SHE VISITED THE CATHEDRAL AGAIN LATE ON THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING 2014. As usual, the statues had no comment. Jesus hung on his cross, eyes half closed, hoisted like a flag on a lost hilltop. His sole career misstep was to be born on Earth, and look where he ended up. His mother looked preoccupied and sad. Flora made a play for their attention by lighting a candle. No response. She sat down. She still didn’t believe in God, but she had come to believe in many higher powers, such as her employer. Activists around her spoke of speaking truth to power, as if power cared, as if power’s assent
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