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Great Big Piece

There's a cosmic distribution of suffering We all get a slice of it There's no running and no recovering Nobody escapes the ---- It don't matter where you come from It don't matter where you belong It don't matter what's your skin-tone It's all gonna turn out wrong At the great big banquet in the sky, God's always there to offer you a slice A great big piece of the eternal pie Of suffering There's a holy domain on suffering Ain't nobody immune You can have all the riches in the world You can be all alone in your room You can have the world's wealthiest uncle Or junkie tracks up your arm There may be a light in the tunnel, But it's a locomotive train called "Harm" While at the great big banquet in the sky, God's always there to offer a slice A great big piece of the eternal pie Of suffering Who's up for seconds? Whoa I barely finished mine To live in the rain is human -- To survive the storm is divine There's a cosmic distribution of suffering We all get a slice of it There's no running and no recovering Nobody escapes the ---- And at the great big banquet in the sky, God's always there to offer you a slice A great big piece of the eternal pie Of suffering Say, who's up for seconds?

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Date: 6/3/2021 9:01:00 PM
Keith, your line "To live in the rain is human--To survive the storm is divine" stopped me in my tracks. A marvelous monoku standing by itself. Good writing!
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Keith Dovoric
Date: 6/4/2021 4:36:00 AM
Thank you for that kindness; I look forward to reading your work, as well.

Book: Shattered Sighs