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Poetry

Matthew’s Observation

Matthew, my son, had this observation,

Shook his head in consternation

Can an eye be an eye?

And a door, be a door?

Poets seem to interchange them,

If it’s not the flower,

Then it’s the stem,

Let the prayer breathe,

Soft sweet amen,

do not rob it of its power

-Deacon Frank Attanasia

10/21/2002

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