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Under nuclear skies

we pray without ceasing

for significant others

and pearly gates

where Blind Willie Johnson

serenades the entrance.

Peace be unto us

from a whirlwind of tropics.

which preachers will realize they are wrong?

And which will rejoice?

And what of the baby asleep

in her cradle

her casket

        the time is near

        where we will sing aloud

        rejoice, children, rejoice

     our day has come

planet washed in an amber haze

and the stench

of a billion forfeits.

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