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……“Faith is a fine invention…”
…. ……… —Emily Dickenson, 56
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faith’s a fine invention:
a spade to shovel doubt away
good for diluting apprehension
keeping disbelief at bay
it sidelines skepticism
puts incredulity in a box
to become a soothing salve
or cell with locks
boosts the the probability of inattention
and ends in cul de sacs of answers
discounts anything that trips its dancers
such a body’s mind will not bend
to newer sets of circumstances
faith’s the up and the downside of willing
—its fathering voice is not averse to killing
anyone who’s made a different choice
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by Jim Culleny
4/5/14
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