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1 How long, O God? wilt thou forget me for ever?How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,Having sorrow in my heart all the day?How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?3 Consider and answer me, O God my God:Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.5 But I have trusted in thy loving kindness;My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.6 I will sing unto God,Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Who will hear me?

Somebody who

Where are you now

Whoever you are?

Lighten my soul

Lift my sorrow

Otherwise

What good

This hunger in my heart?

What sense

Can I ascribe to pain

And loss

Did someone mention death?

They say the world laughs at calamity

The misery of the poor

The sorrows of the elderly

Scratch that

We are here to be entertained

Definitely

The young and the restless

A small screen narrative

Endless coupling

Held together by greasepaint

And subterfuge

Lipstick ruby red

A cacophony of compliments

And lies

The way of the world

A cliché come true.

I remember the simple elements

The beauty of the black brown soil

The laughter of dogs

New life come spring

It’s all of a piece

Complexity

Guaranteed

Whoever we are

Remember

We are still the human race.

Kyrie Eleison