At her Junior High School graduation, br she sings alone br in front of the lot of us-- br br her voice soprano, surprising, br almost a woman's. It is br the Our Father in French, br br the new language br making her strange, out there, br fully fledged and br br ready for anything. Sitting br together -- her separated br mother and father -- we can br br hear the racket of traffic br shaking the main streets br of Jersey City as she sings br br Deliver us from evil, br and I wonder can she see me br in the dark here, years br br from belief, on the edge br of tears. It doesn't matter.