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THE RE-SIGN OF THE CROSS

The Abbess of Abjection

In the name of the Father

Touch the mind twisted by dogma

The brain impaled by plaster saints

The skull swinging from Sheol’s cross

In the name of the Father: loss

In the name of the Son

Touch the chest crushed by the testament

The heart pierced by genuflections to false martyrs

The ribs caging the censer’s rise

In the name of the Son: lies

In the name of the Holy Spirit

Touch the shoulder bruised by the crucifix

The shoulder whipped by phantom soldiers

The frame wreaking the heretic’s fate

In the name of the Holy Spirit: hate

Make the re-sign of the Cross

Cast these marks of bondage off

Make the re-sign of the Cross