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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE DAMIAN

WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS SICKNESS

BY SAYING

WE LEPERS

THERE IS A BOND THAT GOES OUT

TO ALL ASSEMBLED

THAT SAYS

THIS IS SOMEONE FAMILIAR

WITH WHISTLING

PAST GRAVEYARDS

WE ARE MANY

YOUNG

OLD

MARRIED

SINGLE

CHRISTIAN

JEW

WHATEVER

WE ARE DIFFERENT

WE HAVE FACED THE BEAST

BUT WE ARE ONE

AND IN THIS ONENESS

I OFTEN HEAR

OR FEEL

THOUGH MANY

DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME

THE PRESENCE OF HIM WHO SAYS

WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED

HE IGNORES THE NAME RECOGNITION

AND STAND SILENT

READY TO HELP

BY NOT MAKING THE LAME MAN WALK

BUT TO FIND INNER PEACE

IN HIS LAMENESS

EXPRESSED

IN THIS HERD INSTINCT

TO HEAR ANOTHER’S PAIN

AND SHARE YOUR OWN

AND THE SPIRIT

BROODS OVER THE CHAOS

OF OUR LIVES

AND MAKES A NEW CREATION

THE TALK GOES ON

OF TREATMENTS

AND PAIN

LIFE CHANGES

CHEMO BRAIN

PHYSICAL CHANGES

BUT ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE

I HEAR

THE SIBILANT

SOUND OF WINGS

FRANK A VOLLMER