Let Your Birth Sign Lie upon Your Chest

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Let your birth sign lie upon your chest,
Unity of character and fate
Now played out in fantasy and flesh,
A tableau to which readers may relate,
Reason and religion on a date. Nor does this mean your reason has regressed,
Even if seduced by such a guest.
What faith might say is often reason dressed, Yielding metaphors that illustrate
Exactly what no logic could suggest,
A time-encrusted truth by beauty blessed,
Retaining wisdom in its gnomic state.

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Video and Audio Music: Waltz to Death.
By Sir Cubworth. Music free to use at YouTube.

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