THE TOAD
Solitaire et laid ...

Lonely and ugly -
who hasn't a horror
of me, Lord?
Yet my song trills
of an unmalicious heart.
In the night
that hides me,
I dedicate
the melancholy chant
of my unwholesomeness
to you, Lord.
Of your mercy
graciously accept it,
and at last I shall learn
to bear my odium
with love.

Amen

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