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As his voice droned slowly through th p
quivering ce sed in the shoulders b ne h his h nd.
the other m n crossed hims If nd dropp d to hi
Th third merely bowed his h ad. The two v l r n
linued to st re bl nkly t the s a as it ru hed by.
II ••• for his name's sake. Ye, though I w Ik through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will { r no vii, for
thou art with me. II
It w s a compliment to science that th min xplod d
so ffectively from the slight nudge it received from the bo tis
:-_cing through the greyness of fog and water. At ny rat ,
In the n xt instant there was no bo t--nor w s ther fe r.
Only a grimy, little Bible remained in et , floating soggily on
th water.
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Ivory and ebony placed in patterned qu r s ,
Manicured h nds moving peons on bo rd.
A thousand we ry sighs xplrlng in blood,
Anxious kings awaiting the victory of their ho rd .
!='eople pass through like as clouds through the
heavens, moved by some uns en fore , sometim s
gently coaxed, and othertimes forcefully shoved.
Frank Kidd
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