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There’s a crash outside the church
\nand bodies in the road,
\na flood of blood, the sirens cry,
\nand god is just a goad.
\nTo die in shadows of the cross
\nseems ethically untoward.
\nThe master’s out of bandages,
\nhe only owns a sword.
\nA priest is standing in the street.
\nHe offers up a prayer.
\nBut save the space, delete, erase.
\nIt seems the dead don’t care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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