The Cardinal Sings
By Anant Dhavale
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Not the free,
Nay the prisoner
The Cardinal sings to
Wake you up
Wake up!
Not the pious,
Nay the sinner
Afflictions of sense,
Calamities of breath – I say,
Leave the shadows,
The shadows! Beseech the
Light, I say beseech
The light now!
Not the noble
Nay the murderer
All mornings are
Divine in hindsight and
Religion is blatant
Excuse for war
Go away Tiresias
We know how this ends
(It ends like the
recrudescence of the last war)
Don’t you get it, it’s
Him–he sings for you,
The Cardinal sings for
You!
Not the jester,
Nay the king.
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