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Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                          Atheist Chaplains Forging Mixed Metaphors          “Atheist chaplains are forging a new path in a changing world”                                     -CNN 7 November 2024 One seldom thinks of chaplains at a forge Work-weary, work-stained from hours of smoke and sweat With mighty hammer strokes bending hot iron To the will of the artisan in useful things Some writers forge nothing but metaphors tired From overuse, and mixed as verbal soup In music, art, literature, and life paths can be Cleared Paved Traveled Surveyed explored Followed Noted Marked Mapped Found But it is not in the nature of paths to be forged Atheist chaplains and metaphor soup Are nothing more than an ouroborosian loop (Look upon this fresh metaphor and neologism And despair)
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Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024 at 5:08 PM UTC
Atheist Chaplains Forging Mixed Metaphors
Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                          Atheist Chaplains Forging Mixed Metaphors          “Atheist chaplains are forging a new path in a changing world”                                     -CNN 7 November 2024 One seldom thinks of chaplains at a forge Work-weary, work-stained from hours of smoke and sweat With mighty hammer strokes bending hot iron To the will of the artisan in useful things Some writers forge nothing but metaphors tired From overuse, and mixed as verbal soup In music, art, literature, and life paths can be Cleared Paved Traveled Surveyed explored Followed Noted Marked Mapped Found But it is not in the nature of paths to be forged Atheist chaplains and metaphor soup Are nothing more than an ouroborosian loop (Look upon this fresh metaphor and neologism And despair)
Would Shelley approve?
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Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024 at 5:08 PM UTC
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