William Blake, Satan Inflicting Boils on Job, 1825 Harold Venable / Suffering Weeping all the clouds can muster Calm the dust for sun to fluster Green the skin for flowers mourning Warn the dogs… Pavlov’s coming Rhyme an ancient curse called breathing Truth the search involves a leaving When the light is cloaked in shadow Tell the gods… Faith is fallow © Harold C. Venable 1981