Who's a Saint?
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WHO'S A SAINT?
by J. Randal Matheny
It's fair to ask just who's a saint;
He's not the recluse who speaks in quaint
King James's ancient thees and thous
In sonorous tones, with furrowed brows;
The saint is not above the tumble
Of life, whose rigors keep him humble;
His shoes are scuffed, his fingers soiled,
He sees his good intentions foiled.
The saint must bite his wily tongue,
He holds his breath at the spiteful lung;
Temptations hound him, men revile,
He's homely and plain before their guile.
No perfect man, this striving saint,
He may be weak, but refuses to faint;
The term deserves no special fuss:
The saint may be any one of us.
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