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The Call
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By Charles Van Gorkom
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The Call


Flattery sang
his secret song,
and I came.
He hadn't mistaken my name.

Smiling, he girded me
with chain
to a ceremony of corporate sighs---
breezes blown
darkly down halls
of doom--
prisoners breathing
in another room.

"Please me" he smiled
with twinkling eye,
"Please me."
"Live to please me,
or die."

Seven long years I tried,
I tried,
then died.

Resurrected,
I live
on the other side---


by Charles Van Gorkom

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Submitted: Saturday, January 3, 2004

Last Updated: Saturday, January 3, 2004

About the Poet
I am a bootmaker-poet. My wife and I live in British Columbia, Canada. See www.hikingbootshandcrafted.com I want to surprise my readers with a glimpse of the beauty of God, His mercy and grace.

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