If
      Faustina
     
    
   
   
    
     
      had
      died
      in
      the
      twenty-first
      century
     
     
      they
      would
      have
      built
      her
      a
      high-rise
      with
     
     
      downtown’s
      best
      view
     
    
   
   
    
     
      or
      a
      5.8
      million
      dollar
      home
     
    

    
     
      in
      the
      Hollywood
      hills,
      complete
     
    

    
     
      with
      a
      1.3
      million
      dollar
      enclosure
      wall
     
    

    
     
      (and
      high
      tech
      surveillance
      system)
     
     
      overlooking
      the
      community’s
      daily
      somewhat
     
     
      seedy
      activities
     
    
   
   
    
     
      special
      editions
      and
      tributes
      published
     
     
      upon
      the
      news
      of
      her
      passing
     
     
      stating,
      “Maverick”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      public
      would
      pretend
      they’d
      known
     
     
      what
      had
      made
      her
      special
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *Wallpaper™
      would
      salute
      hotels
      where
      she’d
      stayed
     
     
      and
      restaurants
      where
      she’d
      dined,
      commenting
      on
     
     
      how
      the
      chef
      had
      been
      an
      old
      and
      trusted
      friend,
     
    

    
     
      his
      photograph
      shown
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Oprah™
      would
      commiserate
      with
      her
      audience
     
     
      on
      an
      Angel
      Network™
      update
      show
     
     
      (comparing
      Faustina
      to
      Maya
      Angelou)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ——
      forgeries
      of
      her
      personal
      items
     
    

    
     
      (as
      shown
      in
      biography
      photographs)
     
    

    
     
      would
      sell
      for
      thousands
      of
      dollars
      on
      Ebay™
      —-
     
     
      the
      dice
      of
      our
      age
      being
      cast
      for
      Christian
      relics
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      it
      wasn’t
      the
      twenty-first
      century
      —
     
    

    
     
      her
      passing
     
    

    
     
      had
      been
      given
      the
      best
     
    

    
     
      by
      her
      hometown
      —
     
    

    
     
      a
      temple
      in
      her
      honour
      constructed
      by
      Rome’s
      Emperor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      people
      walked
      by
      on
      their
      way
      to
      market
     
     
      or
      to
      meet
      friends,
      craned
     
    

    
     
      their
      necks,
      admired
      the
      massive
     
     
      Corinthian
      columns
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      reverence
     
     
      as
      if
      heaven
      itself
      opened
      above
      her
      posthumous
      gift
     
    
   
   
    
     
      —Melda
      Gibson
     
    
   
   
    
     
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