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Devil¶s Song

Bless beasts

that burden

least² 

curse heat

that won¶t

retreat² 

reason is

madness

reconciled² 

light is

abstinence

reclaimed² 

stars are

marshaled

 by the poor 

who won¶t be let in

heaven¶s door² 

defend

the weak² 

conquer 

strong² 

I am

the distance

none ignore

and all

adore

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I¶m absence

 beyond

what¶s born² 

I¶m presence

angels

scorn² 

call me

Christian

or call

me Jew² 

call me

 prophet

or call me

saint² 

I am what¶s

missing fromthe window

frame² 

I¶m the

father of 

what I ain¶t² 

an emptiness

earnedand spent² 

a fullness

forfeit for 

what¶s lent² 

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a beginning

without

an end² 

an end only

 beginning

can defend.