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I am not a good man.
\nNo need of a god to confess
\nthat one to,
\nto offer penance\u00e2\u20ac\u201d
\npassion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ashes and a spent bag of wind\u00e2\u20ac\u201d
\nevery god\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s treasure:
\nAnother sorry old man
\nlike Himself.<\/p>\n
Or so the old ones say.
\nNot old like me, you understand,
\nbut older-better, wiser, deader:
\nEternal life, salvation, all of that.
\nThat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m after\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhat comes after.
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a glimpse, caught a whiff.
\nThat changes things, the small disaster.
\nTenses shift.
\nTime is altered.
\nI have not been a good man.<\/p>\n
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Prayer I am not a good man. No need of a god to confess that one to, to offer penance\u00e2\u20ac\u201d passion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ashes and a spent bag of wind\u00e2\u20ac\u201d every god\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s treasure: Another sorry old man like Himself. Or so the … Continue reading