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A Psalm in The Time of Pestilence
A Psalm in The Time of Pestilence
By Jane Tawel
July 28, 2020
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Oh, Great Epidemiologist,
Knower of each cell,
From Eden’s first
dusty particles of Atoms,
You created All.
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You Who exist as Spirit Eternal,
And Parent-Progenitor, YOU
Understand all mysteries,
Even the greatest mystery of all —
The workings of the human
mind and body, will and heart.
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Create in me, Oh, Heart of my heart,
a new auto-immune system,
a system of my own
made in the image of
Your perfect Non-coding DNA.
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Create in me the antibodies needed
To be born anew; and
Reshape my very cellular make-up
To love recklessly
To live wisely,
To speak truthfully,