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Eunice de Souza

Catholic Mother

Catholic Mother

Catholic Mother

Father X. D’Souza
Father of the year.
Here he is top left
the one smiling.
By the Grace of God he says
we’ve had seven children
(in seven years).
We’re One Big Happy Family
God Always Provides
India will Suffer for
her Wicked Ways
(these Hindu buggers got no ethics)

Pillar of the Church
says the parish priest
Lovely Catholic Family
says Mother Superior

the pillar’s wife
says nothing.
Eunice de Souza

Eunice de Souza

(India, 1940)

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Catholic Mother

Father X. D’Souza
Father of the year.
Here he is top left
the one smiling.
By the Grace of God he says
we’ve had seven children
(in seven years).
We’re One Big Happy Family
God Always Provides
India will Suffer for
her Wicked Ways
(these Hindu buggers got no ethics)

Pillar of the Church
says the parish priest
Lovely Catholic Family
says Mother Superior

the pillar’s wife
says nothing.

Catholic Mother

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