Pansies (Lawrence)/Destiny

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DESTINY
O destiny, destinydo you exist, and can a man touch your hand?O destinyif I could see your hand, and it were thumbs down,I would be willing to give way, like the pterodactyl,and accept obliteration.I would not even ask to leave a fossil claw extant,nor a thumb-mark like a clue,I would be willing to vanish completely, completely.
But if it is thumbs up, and mankind must go on being mankind,then I am willing to fight, I will roll my sleeves up and start in.
Only, O destinyI wish you'd show your hand.

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