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The Baptist at the River Jordan


by M. M. Kolf

This one is like a comet

A white light

A force sent from the heavens

Long ago promised

To faze the earth

Set in a wilderness mist

He roams in leather and camel’s hair

Skin black as the fishermen of summer

No earthly prince, and yet

In droves they gather

From every kingdom

Soldiers find a balm for internal wounds

Others are released from infernal gloom

His words, like physician’s tools

Cut festering sores, and more

Blinders drop beneath blue skies

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