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Fathers Promise

What coarse creature could thrill to Pluto’s brutal rape of fair Persephone,
Or walk a daughter down the aisle and give her to a stranger with serenity?
What surly madman would recklessly drive you off a pleasant country road
For slowing down his mad rush to arrive at some dark and shuttered abode?

Erecting a spike-topped fence, to keep his belongings behind a locked door
Then going to church on Sunday, and giving generous offerings to the poor
Laying up treasures on earth; taking miserly pleasure in all he can possess
Coming home to greet his lonely cat, with a gentle stroke and caring caress

While in the sparse fields his brother toils with the dry and dusty ground
Mother calling children to supper; filling the house with a happy sound
Of laughter and love as they eat their dinner - a meager fare at best
Going to bed and saying their prayers; knowing they are blessed

For his precious family he will labor, for a better life some day
Serene in the knowing of a final bill; that only he must gladly pay
Bent to the breaking he will turn and till, the begrudging sorry sod
Until released from earthly labors; taking the outstretched hand of God
Written by dwells
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