woe to the unfortunates
who doubt mercy
and see no grace in creation

woe to them
because they may be right

there is no sign or sense
of transcendence

but to be subsumed
into the element from which
your earthly body issued

woe to them
woe to any of us for whom death
is the only reason to live




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