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He Asked For Charity

 


God came to my house and asked for charity.

And I fell on my knees and
cried,  “Beloved,

 

what may I
give?”

 

“Just love,” He said.

“Just love.”

 

 

From: Love Poems from God  : by Daniel Ladinsky.

Copyright © 2002  by Daniel Ladinsky. Reprinted by permission of the author.

 

 

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