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 </div><p></p>I will pronounce your name, Maria<br>
I will pronounce you<br>
Upon the hills of Lebanon<br>
down the straits of Gibratah<br>
Upon the hills of Kigali<br>
Down the Sub-saharan arids<br>
Even in the face of Agatu’s sword<br>
I will stand and stride an horse<br>
And declare your name, Maria.
<p>You are fair<br>
Fairer than angels<br>
Lucifer is jealous<br>
That the beautiful ones<br>
Are finally born.</p>
<p>Your smile<br>
Is a toxin<br>
Sending cold warmth<br>
Down the spine of the gods<br>
Whose heart skip<br>
The skippings of deers<br>
On the hills of Rwanda.</p>
<p>Listen to the voice in this voicelessness<br>
And the mime of words unspoken<br>
And the echoes of unsaid words<br>
Which are all encoded<br>
In this unwritten scroll<br>
As I pronounce your name, Maria.<br>
I will pronounce you.</p>
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