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A Psalm of a Child’s Lament
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A Psalm of a Child’s Lament
By Jane Tawel
March 26, 2023
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And as we look, under narrowed lidded eyes,
with hearts made heavy by hate and fear,
we fear that each of us, alone, or with our few,
are helpless.
For fear and hate are the same thing,
and now, oh, heavy-hearted, helpless headed, I fear,
the whole world seems to want to de-evolve.
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Nations look to gods whose time has passed.
People rage and flail against those who might have been a brother.
All come down upon the women who might have been mothers;
might have been if only someone cared for the babies they bore;
might have been if only their nurturing love had not so often
been raped
by those who think power
is a type of holy matrimony/patrimony/schmatrimony.
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Incarnation has been a willing victim of climate-change.
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