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The Fingers of the
Light
Tapped soft opon the
Town
With "I am great
and cannot wait
So therefore let me in".
"You're soon", the Town
replied,
"My Faces are asleep
But swear, and
I will let you by
You will not wake
them up".
The easy Guest complied
But once within the
Town
The transport of His
Countenance
Awakened Maid and
Man
The Neighbor in the
Pool
Opon His Hip elate
Made loud obeisance
and the Gnat
Held up His Cup
for Light.
Ideals are the Fairy
Oil
With which We
help the Wheel
But when the Vital
Axle turns
The Eye rejects the
Oil.
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