7th Blessing
O to be an earth-mover making rough
places plain to prepare the way
to be like sandpaper smoothing drywall
like gentle waves on the shore erasing
the imprints of a sandpiper like
soothing sounds from the choir stall
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Blessings
7th Blessing
O to be an earth-mover making rough
places plain to prepare the way
to be like sandpaper smoothing drywall
like gentle waves on the shore erasing
the imprints of a sandpiper like
soothing sounds from the choir stall
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