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“Apostate” by Patrick Kavanagh 🇮🇪 (21 Oct 190430 Nov 1967)
I turn from you, who are
Lyrical and wise
As a child in a confessional
Saying:—I will unbar
The golden door of the adulteries.
The fluent wine is poured
That I may drink to the Dark Lord.
The raped virgin’s howl
Will be my music.
I shall not listen longer
To your dream-praying.
On Pleasure’s thorn
My soul’s robe shall be worn.