He spit out the curse

In the darkness, his despair
his spiral of pain
shouting epithets at God
cursing his holy name

He spit out the curse
frozen in the silence, alone,
the words themselves a presence
as real as flesh and blood


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Edited November 15, 2012
“his words themselves a presence”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/his-words-themselves-presence.html
Edited November 15, 2012
“frozen in the silence”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/frozen-in-silence.html
Edited November 15, 2012
“as real as flesh and blood”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/as-real-as-flesh-and-blood.html
Edited November 15, 2012
“His pain real”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/his-pain-real.html
Edited November 15, 2012
“He spit out the curse”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/he-spit-out-curse.html
Edited November 15, 2012
“He spat out the words – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/he-spat-out-words-v2.html
November 14, 2012
“He spat out the words”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/he-spat-out-words.html
page 80-81, Chapter 5,
“Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”
The Shack, by William P. Young
http://www.theshackbook.com/


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