PLAY THE FOOL

I was made to play the fool

there was so much for which to atone

that I doubted every rule

and shunned what was mine alone


I did not think I was holy enough

so I disdained a religious life

and now see clergy wild with love

for flesh and gold and pride


come falling from their perches

and dropping arrogantly with no shame

they also immune to the Word that searches

still for mouths pure enough to guess the Name


and thus I doubted every rule

and thus was I made to play the fool





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