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He is watching television and
Eating chocolate and it is the
Evening and the television says
In the next hour we and he
Changes the channel and the
Window is open and the sound
Of a church meeting at the
Community centre comes in
Borne on the rising air and
Their singing and shouting is
In contest with engineered to
Give you the sleep you need
And with the immanent noise
Of sugar and cocoa and fat
Churning in his large mouth.
He gets up and his shirt hangs
From him watermarked and
Stained with chocolate and
Vast and a beneficent voice is
Saying You cannot condemn
The others for their illusions