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A Midnight Appointment of Shame
“Where greed is an ape and pride is
an ass”
-Chesterton, The Ballad of the
White Horse
You poor man –
You are not the first to
use Truth as a spade
With which to dig for yourself
mouth-honors and wealth
A tyrant piped, and now you
dance for him
His toy, his poppet, his
puppet, his pet
You poor man –
Who pottage-messed stout
honesty for toys
To descend in a brazen
elevator
To an evil that didn’t
even have to try
For you were so eager to
go to it
You poor man –
You poor, poor man: the
cock will not crow for you -
You have betrayed only your
wretched self
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