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I Tie the Cord

Donald P. Goodman III

Version 1.0 (10 Feb 1204)

I tie the cord; I bind myself with knots of five

to hold me far away from my own self and soul

and all that they would lead me to; to self deprive

of all the filth and poison that I long to thole.

I tie the cord; I bind myself to better things,

the peace that puts to flight all suffering and strife,

the poverty that gives the hungry soaring wings,

the death that brings the dying to a better life.

I tie the cord, and knot it fivefold tight and sure,

above the valley with my demons full and rife;

the cord which binds the joyful sorrows I endure

to my own self and to their everlasting cure.

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