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The Shepherd

The staff of my Father enjoining the past
futurity’s herding a bleating morass 
The bloodline of orphans forever is linked 
tattooing the flock with invisible ink
The first time the last time when nearing the end
tomorrow’s ungifted excuses portend
And times better nature is better untimed
 beginning and ending forever conjoined
Eternity’s fenceposts hem in with disdain
all future inclemency fire and rain
But just as that last final sheep stays unsold
— my Father returns to re-shepherd the fold

(Dreamsleep: June, 2025) 

Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm

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