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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.
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This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,
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and Today’s poem is by Nenekiri Bookwyrm,
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who makes games and writes stories.
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More of his poems can be found on his SoFurry page.
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When he’s not reading from his hoard of To-Read books,
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he makes time to write some stories of his own.
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You can find more of his stories
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on www.nenekiri.
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www.nenekiri.com. Read by the poet.
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Please enjoy “How Often Do You Ask?”
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a poem by Nenekiri Bookwyrm
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Ashes to ashes Dust to dust
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Fuel for the fire And bones meant to rust
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And from that ash
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Am I reborn? Clad in scales And a great deal of scorn?
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Ashes to ashes Dust to dust
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Fuel for the fire
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And bones meant to rust
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How can I stay So comfortably calm?
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I suppose getting angry Won't fit in a Psalm
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When you hear his name
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Harden not your heart
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God forbid you feel Justified for once
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So I'll grow out my scales And harden my skin
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Grant me the claws To shred open my kin
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When you hear his name
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Harden not your heart
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God forbid you feel Justified for once
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Wings to lift me
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Up above To dine with angels In their grove
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Gloria! Gloria! In Excelsis Deo!
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Moved by the spirit
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Till movement causes change
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How often do you ask
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that people who cause
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the most harm get even a fraction of
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the wrath of God
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you give yourself?
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Gloria! Gloria! In Excelsis Deo!
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Moved by the spirit
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Till movement causes change
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This was “How Often Do You Ask?” by Nenekiri Bookwyrm, read by the poet. Thank you for listening
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to The Voice of Dog.
