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Mothers of Pearl by Mary Langer Thompson
The radio voice says pearls are scarce on the world market.
I wear a white cross my mother gave me cut from oyster shells in the Holy Land.
Daniel Pearl's mother, Ruth, sends him off, as mothers do. He falls into the hands of swine.
Daniel's wife, Mariane, now mother of a new Adam, begs to give her life for his.
I finger the cross around my neck. It reminds me of sacrifice and these pure Mothers of Pearl.
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