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Respect for the near,
affection for the familiar,
these I have learnt
late but not too late.
Let me never lose them. Lord.
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Not only a new poem
but new poetry
by a new man "
if this is not a dream. Lord,
the time is ripe,
give me the Word.
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Confiscate my passport. Lord, I don't want to go abroad. Let me find my song Where I belong.
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I am not fit
for the toughest, work. Lord, give it to the others. After all, as you know, all men are brothers.