Los Olvidados

 

 

The Sons of Mary  seldom bother,

for they have inherited that good part;

But the Sons of Martha  favour their Mother,

of the careful soul  and troubled heart.

 

And because she lost her temper once,

and because she was rude to the Lord, her Guest,

Her Sons must wait upon Mary’s Sons,

world without end, reprieve, or rest.

 

-- Rudyard Kipling, “The Sons of Martha” (1907)

 

 

Compare, re forgotten veterans:

 

“No, thank you, we don’t want food, sir;

but couldn’t you take an’ write

a sort of ‘to be continued’

and ‘see next page’  o’ the fight?

 

We think that someone has blundered,

an’ couldn’t you tell ‘em how?

You wrote  we were heroes once, sir.

Please, write:  we are starving now.”

 

-- Rudyard Kipling, “The Last of the Light Brigade” (1891)

 

 

These themes are treated in the context of the very beginning of the Christian story, here:

 

=>  https://worldofdrjustice.blogspot.com/2011/04/stabat-mater.html