Mancipium
i)
As virtue is entailed
to scant unlikelihood,
is proven only
where wronged or wretched,
so cantankerous hunger
thrives on occasion,
disdaining promise
of remote satisfaction.
ii)
Clamour of uplift is strictly for
your flash new converts -
there is no such rot
among the faithful.
It is left to perdition
to ransom the dutied intellect
and heave the passions
into unmanned flight.
iii)
"Chastity is charity" - so these,
one supposes, are failures
of charity above all,
less and less endearing
whatever you say -
the beholder's joy
in simple daring
not yet beneath contempt.
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