#468 Lemonade- Maxine Clair
On 10th street in Rattlebone, three girls play
their summer game called Lemonade. They are interrupted one day by the whitest
lady thay have ever seen. She is dressed in an all white nuns outfit and starts
telling them bible stories. The girls call her Sister Joan of Arc.
She is a follower of the Mother Mary and gives the girls
rosary beads to secretly honor the matriarchal deity. She also blesses Puddin,
who is a slow (probably autistic)
brother of Wanda. Puddin’ startles the neighborhood when he can play
back the Moonlight Sonata after hearing in just once.
Sister Joan claims the credit for Mary in delivering
such a miracle, but Irene’s mother sees that as blasphemous, there is only on
God, and only he can claim such miracles.
“God is jealous…he can whip you worse than any power on
earth can, so don’t you go trying him.”
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