no mystic symbol nothing so absurd
you wait for vain ceremony to end
meanwhile are bored and straining to attend
keeping in mind each false thing that occurred
not being halted in no way deterred
by each of those you know who might intend
the simple path of truth to twist or bend
or hide in shimmers the awakened bird
not much is taken but not much is due
to each of us this day except the right
to find our home where each desire is left
beside the place where no one else could rue
lost hopes and pain unhealed at fall of night
nor words all stripped of any human heft
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