Liturgies of the Literate
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Liturgy of the Essayist
The friction of a whispered word can set the world ablaze.
And when that word is shouted, believe that lives will shatter
Break and batter along the matter the word was spoken

Liturgy of the Author
So I say, that he has said, something I will say again
In words jumbled, fumbled and rearranged I shall say it again.

Liturgy of the Historian
In a history of written works both witty, fitting and memorable
Our lives sum in a swell of softly printed syllables
That part was good and we must not forget that other part as well
To sum it all up is a tale that was told so that we would tell

Liturgy of the Dreamer
But we must not let our shining dreams
Outshine ourselves, for we were their beholders,
That makes us shine just as bright.


-OmniTense