Chapter Ten Smoking
Candle power! Shadows! Illumination nevertheless!
I could write in scintilla forever! Stumble! Bump! Bop!
I could quit—wrap it up—apologize—
Faith given out—petitio principii—
Hope pulls faith while faith pushes hope—
Castles in the air vanish in the morning light—
“If you can” is not the issue—
“If you will”—if a human word will move you—
“If you want to,” asked the leper—Jesus said, “I want to.”
“Let the sun stand still,” asked Joshua—
Commissioned to conquer the land—
The sun stood still—so says the story.
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