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John Baillie  Joseph Barth

KARLE WILSON BAKER

PRONOUNS

O God, You said,

“Say, ‘We’”;

But I shook my head,

Hid my hands tight behind my back, and said,

Stubbornly,

“I.”

Again You said,

“Say, ‘We’”;

But I looked upon them, grimy and all awry.

Myself in those twisted shapes? Ah, no!

Distastefully I turned my head away,

Persisting,

“They.”

Again You said,

“Say, ‘We’”;

And I

At last,

Richer by a hoard

Of years,

Looked in their eyes and found the heavy word

That bent my neck and bowed my head:

Like a shamed school child then I mumbled low,

“We, O God.”