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66 Don Mattera Contamination For the banned and the house-arrested Only from the corner of your eye Must you look to see If I am looking To see you look away Do you recall those midnight knocks You made at my door When you spoke of fear and concern Do you remember how you cried on my shoulders Sharing the silent innermost pains And do you remember How your children clamoured around And you told them to someday be like me How proud I was when I lifted to kiss them Nearly smothering their souls But now you look away For fear of contamination Who can tell what the morrow brings For the leper who walks alone ...

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