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Who would stun the man, full of words,
as the initiation absorbs him? Who would
roll the wordless man out from the satchel
of the tramp and tell him that the world
has been re-created? Who would burn in
the stead of the unwanted man who cries out
the name of his children when the sun turns
red? Who would fascinate the beggars with
stories of their success? Who brings the world
to him with a wink and a nod? Who would insist
that heaven is an invisible city caught in the
net of our innocent lies? The morning does not
break easily for the man whose words can not form
answers. He lies in his cold bed and dreams the
guilty man will come and take him far away.
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