Christina The Astonishing

Lived A Long Time Ago

She Was Stricken With A Seizure

At The Age Of Twenty-two

They Took Her Body In A Coffin

To A Tiny Church In Liege

Where She Sprang Up From The Coffin

Just After The Agnus Dei

She Soared Up To The Rafters

Perched On A Beam Up There

Cried "The Stink Of Human Sin

Is More That I Can Bear"

Christina The Astonishing

Was The Most Astonishing Of All

She Prayed Balanced On A Hurdle

Or Curled Up Into A Ball

She Fled To Remote Places

Climbed Towers And Trees And Walls

To Escape The Stench Of Human Corruption

Into An Oven She Did Crawl

O Christina The Astonishing

Behaved In A Terrifying Way

She Would Run Wildly Through The Streets

Jump In The Meusse And Swim Away

O Christina The Astonishing

Behaved In Terrifying Manner

Died At The Age Of Seventy-four

In The Convent Of St Anna