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Song of the Sinner

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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Just a bit of ashes Grey, grey ashes⁠—spent⁠— God! how fierce the fires burned Down to this content.

Just a bit of ashes, Not a single spark Lives in this residuum Crumbling cold and dark.

Just a bit of ashes⁠— To the judgment day, I go with my memories⁠— Pray, sweet virgin, pray!

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