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HEAVEN THE
RA STOOD AND FACED HIS GOD, HE
HOPED HIS HOUSING SHIRT WAS PRESSED, "STEP
FORWARD NOW, YOU RA, HOW SHALL I DEAL WITH YOU? THE
RA SQUARED HIS SHOULDERS AND SAID, BUT I NEVER STOLE LOCK-OUT MONEY, THAT WASN'T MINE TO KEEP, THOUGH I WORKED A LOT OF OVERTIME WHEN THE RESIDENTS WOULD NOT SLEEP, AND I NEVER PASSED A CRY FOR HELP, THOUGH AT TIMES I SHOOK WITH FEAR, AND SOMETIMES, GOD FORGIVE ME, I'VE WEPT UNMANLY TEARS. I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE A PLACE AMONG THE PEOPLE HERE, LORD, IT NEED NOT BE SO GRAND, I NEVER EXPECTED OR HAD TOO MUCH, BUT IF YOU DON'T I'LL UNDERSTAND." THERE WAS SILENCE ALL AROUND THE THRONE WHERE THE SAINTS HAD OFTEN TROD, AS THE RA WAITED QUIETLY FOR THE JUDGEMENT OF HIS GOD. "STEP FORWARD NOW FOR YOU RA, YOU'VE BOURNE YOUR BURDENS WELL, WALK PEACEFULLY ON HEAVEN' STREETS, YOU'VE DONE YOUR TIME IN HELL." - MODIFIED BY MIKE FREYALDENHOVEN II |