Thought for the Week: Defined by a negative?

'Defined by a negative?' by Jill Wheatley

May I un-burden myself?
They would call me            non-theist
                                           a-gnostic
But it is not my fault
Not a deliberate act of        dis-obedience
                                           a-morality
                                           in-transigence

There is a chasm
Which I may not cross
And remain true to me
So I do not pray
Even though a lifetime of trying
Brings the words                pat

Death will come
When I have lived as long as my body can bear

Plant me under the crab apple tree

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