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It Is Good to Be the King

National Catholic Reporter,  August 8, 2008  by Barbara McGillicuddy

It Is Good to
Be the King

   "I'm an actor,"
   The young woman replied.
   Actor, not actress
   As in poet, not poetess
   As in whether male or female
   Greek or Jew or barbarian
   We are all baptized
   Priest, prophet and king,
   Not queen for lack
   of a male heir
   Nor queen consort
   Nor queen mother
   Nor flamboyant gay
   But the real thing:
   What I am--what we all are
   Even on a very bad day-King!

--Barbara McGillicuddy

Bolton Brooklyn, N.Y.

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