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bodies redden with rash, but healed dreams
rise into the sky like helium balloons
and the smiling teeth, like crystal glasses
at a wedding, break open their tombstones
in an ecstasy of Faith.
Simple as a cake, Clara built
the first hospital for women and children in India,
Clara Swain Hospital.
Probably she touched the tears of the sick
like a tender touch of God’s fingertips,
so their tears would sway in a smile
as if some righteous eternity
was being rocked in bed,
like a warm Indian Ocean
under the sheets.