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AFTER IKKYU: 34 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SIXTH CENTURY THAT THE CHRISTIANS
Last Line: EVANGELISTS ON TELEVISION, SHADOWY AS VIRUSES.
Subject(s): ANIMALS;
It wasn't until the sixth century that the Christians
decided animals weren't part of the kingdom of heaven.
Hoof, wing, and paw can't put money in the collection plate.
These lunatic shit-brained fools excluded our beloved creatures.
Theologians and accountants, the same thing really, join
evangelists on television, shadowy as viruses.



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