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The Angel and the Ass

Donald P. Goodman III

Version 1.0 (18 Oct 1206)

A man walks from the mists of time; his dusty feet

are sore and marked by his long road; his ratty clothes

can barely hold together; nor can this man eat,

for every bite he gets immediately flows

to others who may need it; so he's gaunt and thin,

his skin hangs from his bones like thief hangs from the stock;

yet joyfully he wanders; to the angels kin,

he's full of wonder, anchored to the fastest rock!

For him his rags will best the finest silken clothes,

and emptiness is fuller than the glutton's gut;

by having naught he all things on himself bestows,

and poverty grants him of all good things a glut;

and by recalling what is angel, what is ass,

he does both man and even angel far surpass.

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