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Advent: The trouble is coming, let it come

Advent: The trouble is coming, let it come

an honest poem about making kin with the chaos

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Nov 29, 2024
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BEFORE THE TROUBLE CAME
On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken. Isa 22:25

Something bad happened

We ground our teeth and said cruel things to
Hide the fear we felt
That we were losing something
We would never…

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