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Unholy Grail


The Christians

and the Gnostics

can either sect be right

Would God omniscient 

have created

such violence and blight

To kill and maim

rape and burn

for scripture misconstrued

Defies the spirit

and the mind

— disproving Him anew

 

(Villanova University: February, 2024)

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