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In the lust of my strength
I cursed God, but he paid no attention to me:
I might as well have cursed the stars.
In my last sickness I was in agony, but I was resolute
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Edgar Lee Masters
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Ax Axax 28 January 2006

an older man is trying to find strength, he prayed and asked god but god was no more powerful than any of the numerous stars. the guy then finds himself dieing and againgn asking for gods forgiving hand and to ease his agonizing pain he then claims that god has left him alone as always and that god is no more powerful thatn the church the guy then recieves a visitor, who brought with a boquet of flowers. the guys then decides to make peace with god and be friends with the flowers. MORAL; god is around and powerful, even though u may not see signs of his exsistance he is there and when the time is right u will find he is there for u. (By holding close to me the love in me for the bouquet And so I was creeping upon the secret, but -) this last line represents the love of god in an object as flowers and the last word or sentance that is not finnished show the guy has passed from this world and is happy.

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