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Have you ever made a just man?

"Have you ever made a just man?"
"Oh, I have made three," answered God,
"But two of them are dead,
And the third —
Listen! Listen!
And you will hear the thud of his defeat."

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  • mermaid7
    January 20, 2007

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    HA! God, what a great sense of humor--of course, with a serious message. This should be read with Crane's, "God Lay Dead in Heaven".