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The Good Book

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The Bible,

Well,

It’s an awful book

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There’s sex in there

And violence,

All kinds of aberration

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There’s slavery

In stories,

Even though promises

Of freedom abide

As well

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There’s poetry,

Truth in metaphor

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An animal

Talks

Not to another,

Rather to a person

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There is nudity

(animals

by nature are

naked)

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And realized

Punishment:

Rules draconian set by

The pettiness

Of kings

And queens

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In retribution

And

For

Mortification,

There is the

Anger of prophets

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There is the punishment by God

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And did I mention many

Miracles

For sustaining life especially in

The wilderness?

(there’s a good deal of

wilderness)

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So

Why should we read

This book?

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Because there’s life

Rendered with great beauty like

The facets

In a jewel

Emblazoned by the sun

And cool

By night

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It is a book

That does not float on

Waves

But nonetheless

That saves,

Requiring ingestion

As one reads

Or good hearing while

Another person

(or maybe Balaam’s donkey

for a further

miracle)

Reads

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Good book

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