Carpathia in deus

For food and shade

While his heart aches

and his mind cannot fathom

how things have changed

since Eve and Adam,

he must, of hunger,

choose a trade

that gives him food

and a little shade.

As he paints,

he think of dawn,

when in a few hours

tomorrow’s born,

and then he'll have to look his best

and go out there and take the test

and find a job that gets him bread,

though tomorrow,

his heart is dead.

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