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APOSTROPHE TO TRUTH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You will arrive some day. - I know this surely
Last Line: And burn them until they live again!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


You will arrive some day. -- I know this surely.
I am aware of dust on far horizons, and I hear
The quiet thump of feet on distant roads.
You will arrive in punctual time.
You will arrive and nail these silly hands
Flat on the walls they built.
You will arrive and crucify
The crying flesh.
-- And this I charge you so that I may still believe
Justice is more than pompous words of men:
Take the cold spirit and the frozen core,
And burn them until they live again!





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