Summoned

If you ask for him long enough
The devil will come

Beneath your feet 
I’ll lie and I’ll reek 
Think of me and remember
The consequences
Of not turning thy right cheek
On and on, in search of a home I seek 
Orphan grounded beneath your feet

Ask for the devil long enough 
And I will come

Foster home to foster home
Trying to match my teeth
With marks from a pre-bitten wall
Clustered and alone 
Never mind my posture, I’m grown
Beneath thy ark these journalist have rewritten my fall
This day today, this day yesterday
This day tomorrow, I will await your call

If you ask for him long enough
The devil will come

My peace is death
I’ll come again
I’ll come for your sins 
Summoned by everyman
I give to you, 
Your every materialistic wish
For there is nothing in all that I demand

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