Lawrence Hall
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office
And Your Word Is…?
“The word is given!”
-John Derek as Joshua in The Ten Commandments
When all have gone to bed
You slip quietly into your room
And sit at a table bare of everything
Except for a solitary candle
A pen, a sheet of paper, a bottle of ink
You then write down your day, your acta diurnalis
Every action and thought, every glance and breath
Every hope, every failure, every fear
Every little victory savoured with delight
In only a word, a word, a glowing word –
What is that Word?