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The Jesus Gene

by Ian Whiteley

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The Jesus Gene

 

In a Papal palace

a piece no bigger than a postage stamp

is missing

from the pranksters shroud.

 

Christopher waits on tables

at the local Pizza Hut

and changes water for wine

upon request.

His mother is a virgin,

in all but hymen,

and keeps a photo of a pipette

upon the mantelpiece.

She tells Christopher

it was an...

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