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Monsters are supposed to be slain

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by SonnetsByXander

by SonnetsByXander

Monsters are supposed to be slain.
Baptism apparently irrelevant.
I have a disease.
Call it mental illness.
I have a mental illness let's call it 'original sin'.

I have a weapon.
Let's call it support.
Let's call it a family's love.
Let's call it Prozac...
Better yet let's call it 'Excalibur'.

Monsters are supposed to be slain.

-XR