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The Saint

Posted by Kaleidoscope on June 2, 2006

Written by: Marqas Copyright 2006

His hands were like chasms that had been filled in with a life-time of dirt and grit.

Speaking in a babble of tongues, he spoke the names of the Saints.

He was not crazy; I could see lights behind his eyes.

He had seen things no man should ever have to see; lived like everyman presumptuously wished.

He knew St. Luke’s but he prefers to live outside.

Crumpled pages, all scraps of paper - a trail of missed hopes and unfulfilled dreams.

I could only watch him walk away.

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