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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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The King from Queens

God love him.
And God does love him,
along with the many others
who need his reassurances,
awed as they are
by the gilded buildings
which bear his name.

To me,
there’s something endearing
about this man.
He’s starving for love,
and I can think of no better metaphor
for all of humankind today,
than that of a starving man.

His solitary journey
has been a long and protected one.
Now his heart has become too fragile
for anyone else to handle.

Let us pray
for that fearsome day
when it inevitably breaks,
that only love rushes in
to fill the void.

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