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2 / The Crisp Day Closing on My Hand Advertisement I’m a bad ad, Lord, try another. Try a Parasol red and white striped “jesus saves” don’t try me. As a street sign—I’m hard to read, As a light? I don’t shine in valleys. I don’t shine at night. Try another, Lord. Try a fairer soul. Some people will stick up posters on anything— old barns, old women, crosspatch in the garden nattering her man, and a great big sign across her middle: “Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb?” ...

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