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
Copyright © Jerry Golden | Year Posted 2008
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