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The Ambush

Rock painting called The Holy Ghost and His Companions, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah



There’s a God lying in wait in everyone’s life. / Tout homme a dans sa vie un Dieu à l’affût.—François Mauriac


What master would a godling serve,

Bushwacked the Lord's befuddled lambs

In saddened swamps and bloodied burg,

When Serapis unscarfs his scams?

If Hades sics the dogs-in-law,

A toxic cloud will rush before

That's black enough to dim the light

And quite oblivious of right.


Plaguer in the Paraclete's place,

Graupel smirching the Pergula,

For the grievèd Golden Ruler,

The big Assumption is Disgrace.





Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hell, with Hercules and Mercury, in a Roman tomb mosaic.


Saturday, November 23, 2024

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