POEM

The Reason

by Stevie Smith

Stevie Smith
My life is vile
         I hate it so
         I’ll wait awhile   
         And then I’ll go.

         Why wait at all?
         Hope springs alive,
         Good may befall   
         I yet may thrive.

It is because I can’t make up my mind   
If God is good, impotent or unkind.

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