Book of Mary VI

Mary carried him—
the bleeding and comatose

drummer down Worth Street,

turning onto bowery

toward Elizabeth Street.

Putting all her faith

in civilian guidance,

she found a clinic.

Barging in with the poor man 

she pleaded for assistance,

"Someone help him, please!"

She refused to drop the man

to fill out the forms,

"He took a bullet for me!

Please, someone call the doctor!"

The doctor found her

and took the man right away.

He said, "Please stay here.

I'll do everything I can.

There's the restroom. Clean your hands."

R.L.P. Auriga

Hempstead, New York