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                              San Andreas Fault

 

                         Along San Andreas way

                         the Angel of Darkness

                         fell to Earth

                         before Jehovah's mightier sword

                         He traced a course

                         through Sodom's streets

                         by way of Beverly Hills

                         why  the schism

                         the Earth a buffer in between?

                         a failure to communicate

 

                         They teeter on the brink

                         doing a devil’s saraband

                         strutting with eternity

                         to a shrill macabre tune

                         if you listen carefully

                         through the fissure you will hear

                         Lucifer  he still complains

                         he shakes his angry forked stick

 

                         Victim of a mightier sword

                         He left a scar

                         so miles long

                         against the Western Sea

                         what went wrong

                         who was right?

                         we shall see

                         yes  we shall see

 

 

                                                      Jack Mashman

                                                      Rev. 1993