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Compulsive Confessions
Recalcitrant children in
Parochial school vests
Await their punishment
‘Neath yawning gargoyles
Scoured and scrubbed to
Shining, next-to-near perfection
To confess their Adolescent Dramas
In haltingly playing sonatas
To a man they must call Father
To a man who will contribute
To their ruined optimism
Will cater to their mock deference
Will rudely curtail their Youthful Misadventures
Under the omnipotent pressure of
Green-tiled steeples and domes
Heaven-bound turrets and spires
Iconic bronzed crucifixes
And rainbow filigree windows
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