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Strange energy

Core of my being

Causing me to grunt

To commune like a caveman

But to walk upright

Humanism elevated to the primal degree

Raw data

Fight or flight

Flesh and Spirit

Spirit and Truth

Locusts and honey

Uncooked meat

The finest wine

By the bucket load

A single drop

From a tarnished chalice

Pure

Can’t be dirtied

As hard as they try

That pointy-eared bastard

Striking an innocent pose

He’s met his match

Superman in a long white robe

Chest afire

Heart engaged

Burning man

A funeral pyre

Ashes turned to ink

Tattoos for free

“John loves Mary”

For all to see

A caveman takes her into his home

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Howard Hain   Sept. 26  2018