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The Way of the SpicsThe Way of the Brits
Chapter 25
The way of the Spics was an altar,
2Drenched in the nblood of their faith,
3Which they gave up to God with a passion,
4And a pride that would pay any price.
5The life of the altar is hard and of stone,
6And it ends with a solid-ogold blade,
7Which severs the heart still beating,
8And turns flesh into pgod for an inkling,
9If fear has not broken the spell.
10So they rode out in search of a treasure,
11That was qworth the blessing and pain,
12Masters of fear and its bite on the soul,
13But afraid of the one fear that’s cold at the heart,
14The fear of the Lord God’s disdain.
15For if He rspurned their altar,
16And the heart they proffered him,
17Then how could they be braver,
18Who already sanctified themselves with pain?
19And maybe they dreamt of mercy,
20And a healing god of tears,
21But this soldier of Christ lived a crucible,
22And if he lived it far too hard,
23Slaying one sworld for each altar he built,
24He would tdie like a dog before kneeling,
25And begging for love like some coward.
26But who can speak for the God of love,
27And the ways he raises his young?
28Is one’s faith all for nought if it asks too much?
29Or is valor one jewel in God’s holy crown?
30And many may answer the answer is no,
31aNo love that murders is real love at all,
32But if that is your reason for scorning the Spics,
33Ask yourself what you’ve done for the real love you hoard,
34That’s as hard as what Spics did for God.
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