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The night was made for God.

God walks the earth at night.

You can hear him tramping

around if you listen.

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Like a milky angel flowing from the stars

he settles down in the dark

like a rustling of leaves in a

breeze.

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He comes with the light of a billion light faces.

Among the crickets and prowling animals

it is he who waits in the shadows of the moon.

It is he, at night, that slips past the window

crosses the doorstep, and enters my house.

He fills me with fear and wonder

as I cower against the wall.

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