

Willard
Fluke
My wife lost her health,
And dwindled until she weighed scarce ninety pounds.
Then that woman, whom the men
Styled Cleopatra, came along.
And we--we married ones
All broke our vows, myself among the rest,
Years passed and one by one
Death claimed them all in some hideous form,
And I was borne along by dreams
Of God's particular grace for me,
And I began to write, write, write, reams on reams
Of the seond coming of Christ.
Then Christ came to me and said,
"Go into the church and stand before the congregation
And confess your sin."
But just as I stood up and began to speak
I saw my little girl, who was sitting
in the front seat--
My little girl who was born blind!
After that, all is blackness!
Questions for Willard Fluke:
1. What is the change that comes over
him?
2. What prompted the change?
3. Why didn't he confess his sin?
4. Explain the last line