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2 poems—pray for me, pray for you
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Life in 3/4 Time
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I’m sorry, Lord
I spent half my life repressed
The other half aggressive
Now is a time of
Negotiated peace
I’ve tried to give up everything
From each time
Even time
So that now there’s little left
With which to make a new life
Made of acceptable things
For an acceptable time
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Pray for Friends
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Lord,
Watch over all my friends
Send your angels to protect
Them from all kinds
Of things
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There is sickness
There are sick pets
There are jobs
And then no jobs
And sometimes jobs
Not worth the having
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And sometimes things get
Broken, and there is pain
Of all kinds
Sometimes relationships
Are broken and I cannot
Speak with expertise
But eschew all the bitterness
As well
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They are people, mostly
Some are animals
And I pray that where something
Has been split,
You will fill in with healing
And a promise
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Though tomorrow only waits
While today is what
We have
So I must pray for now
For them
For you
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C L Couch
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