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A Poem by Ookpik
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In the clouds -
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In the thickening haze,
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The eddying whirlpool of twisted abrasion, in its tide,
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In its maze of myth and mystery -
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I sat and prayed.
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I knew not what I prayed for
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Or to whom it was I was imploring
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But I prayed to something then,
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Thereby and thereafter.
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I lied when I said I never do.
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Prayer is not but a question
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For things you can't comprehend
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And yet still want to believe in.
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And I think the only irrelevance 
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Comes from positing prayer
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By begging.
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There's no sense in answering beggars
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And there's no benefit to beggary.
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For what sense is a gift
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If when you come by it
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It's delivered to you, for nothing.
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© 2020 Ookpik


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Ookpik
Ookpik

Yukon Territory, Canada



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