The Saint
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The commonplace miracle:
The usual miracles:
One of many miracles:
Several miracles in one:
A run-of-the-mill miracle:
A miracle in the first place:
Next but not least:
A miracle minus top hat and tails:
A miracle (what else can you call it):
A miracle that's lost on us:
A miracle, just take a look around:
An extra miracle, extra and ordinary:
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Hanna putting on her stockings in the kitchen.
Hanna standing in front of the tub holding the towel in her outstretched arms. Hanna riding her bike with her skirt blowing in her slipstream. Hanna in my father's study. She has run her finger along he backs of the books and looked into the darkness f the window, at the reflection of the bookshelves, and at her own. Delighted Hanna, laughing and beaming in the silk nightgown.
Hanna in shorts, her face turned towards me but
And in that briefest of moments
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