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Poetry of Issue 9: Jocasta Quits In Protest

Jocasta Quits In Protest

Facing political persecution, &
concerned that a war of words
on the subject of replacement hor-
mone therapy was being waged
against her by Augustine, the

Bishop of Hippo, via a series of mis-
spelled tweets, she signaled to the
camera operator to cut away from
her & focus on the small window set
high up in the otherwise blank back

wall. Then, in a voice-over, she calmly
said: “When the Bishop asks — & he
will — what is the highest meaning of
the sacred truth, just answer vast
emptiness, nothing holy
 & walk away.”

by Mark Young

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