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shall the wicked
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.”—Edmund Burke
shall the Giver
of the river
wait forerever
for the ‘clever,’
who will never
seek to sever
his endeavour
from the bevel
of the devil?
shall the leaven
of all heaven
be hard-driven,
just to liven
those who've striven
to be given
all things even,
others driven
off the level?
shall the wicked,
vile and crooked,
intercepted
by corrupted,
misconstructed
ill, be lifted
with the gifted,
who are sifted,
home to travel?
shall the Shepherd
of the leopard
not be sceptered
when the raptured,
from death captured,
raise a standard
in His vanguard,
as the Dear Lord
strikes His Gavel!
© Copyright 2024 February 09
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
to do nothing.”—Edmund Burke
shall the Giver
of the river
wait forerever
for the ‘clever,’
who will never
seek to sever
his endeavour
from the bevel
of the devil?
shall the leaven
of all heaven
be hard-driven,
just to liven
those who've striven
to be given
all things even,
others driven
off the level?
shall the wicked,
vile and crooked,
intercepted
by corrupted,
misconstructed
ill, be lifted
with the gifted,
who are sifted,
home to travel?
shall the Shepherd
of the leopard
not be sceptered
when the raptured,
from death captured,
raise a standard
in His vanguard,
as the Dear Lord
strikes His Gavel!
© Copyright 2024 February 09
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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