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Dear Alexander

from the beauty of the friend by Eric Farr

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You are dear to me, Alexander
Tell me, friend, how well do you remember
The glass jar to hold the frog and salamander
To keep them breathing through the frost of mid-November?
You said the air holes in the lid must look like stars to them
And maybe our stars are just holes that let heaven’s light in

Have no fear with me
You are ever dear to me
I hope you can hear me
Alexander

It is clear to me, Alexander,
The way that shame can make us all pretenders
After your family heard the scandal
They packed and headed back to the panhandle
Your thinning hair and body scream “surrender!”
But you hold on to a hope you can’t remember

But have no fear with me
You are ever dear to me
We can change by grace and mercy
Alexander

We’re all wounded animals, Alexander
Who, without warmth, won’t make it through the winter
Let’s not huddle and hide in homes of rotting timbre
But rise upon their brightly burning embers
Your broken brother’s love grows ever tender
Love lives and breathes forgiveness, Alexander

So have no fear with me
You are ever dear to me
We survive by mercy only
Alexander

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from the beauty of the friend, released December 22, 2017

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