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TITLE  : I Knew the Devil
AUTHOR : Ash Lux
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DATE   : 5/29/99
DESC   : Poem
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I Knew the Devil
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Hatred-such a powerful word,
Stronger than one should know,
All that deems possesed by one,
Is lost by this struck chord.

The word itself should never be used,			
Except by Satan and his damned friends.
Everyday some few are accussed-
Abused when thye know not of him.

But I feel I know a truthful follower,	
Or at most a blessed admirer,				
For she lets her dislike come and unfold,
The best of his human nature.

Maybe not his true human side,
But that of a distorted image.
Because only one has lived before us,			
And kept what was His and ours.

That poor thief of my own salvation,
I know but all too well.
It uses that sinful contraception,
like it was our dinner bell.				

I feel like the weed inside,
Smothered  by human idolatry,
Or that bird born of human waste,
making the best of our own created Hell.

I give it a best second thought,			
And realize it could be worse,
For it could truly be Satan's wish,
And be so much more to burst.

Music of such ignorant play,
Only because its out of my touch.			
For it is of such odd design,
Compared to my own molding clay.

Oh God, please grant me the power,
In which you gave those early Christian followers.
The Power to overcome,					
Life's over-sized miniature hills.

    -5/29/99-