Leviticus 16
Carrying the sin of a nation,
expelled and alone,
the scapegoat goes hungry
searching for home.
The fate that's befallen
this frightened being
executed by others,
themselves unclean.
In their comfortable houses
on ignorance they feast
and with hardened hearts
they toast the lot of the beast.
With their sins and their shame
their hate and their greed
on the back of another
no repentance they need.
But just for this moment,
to assuage all their blame,
one goat's insufficient,
they'll need more of the same.
And so on it goes,
by collective denial
ever blaming the other
no evidence, no trial.
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