Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BARGAIN, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE


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First Line: I counted blisses, tortures, shames
Last Line: It was not fair.' god bowed his head.
Subject(s): Aging; Bargains; Religion; Theology


I COUNTED blisses, tortures, shames,
The sweet of birds, the sea, the sky,
The spirit's clean and filthy flames,
The right to live, the boon to die,
And looking in God's face I vowed
The bargain fair, and raised the load.

But I am wiser now than then,
Who bargained long before the spear
Too pointed for the worst of men
Laid low my mother on the bier.
I looked again at God, and said,
'It was not fair.' God bowed His head.





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