by Earl J Wilcox
She said: we forgive you.
He was mute.
She said: hate will not win.
He looked straight ahead.
She said: repent and find your savior.
He said” Yes, sir, to the judge.
They said: Every fiber of our being hurts.
He turned and walked out.
Today there is no balm in Gilead.
Earl J Wilcox lives in South Carolina, cooks, writes, watches baseball, contributes regularly to The New Verse News.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
THE TYGER AND THE LAMB . . . AGAIN
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