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the hand that signed the paper - dylan thomas lyrics

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the hand that signed the paper felled a city;
five sovereign fingers taxed the breath,
doubled the globe of dead and halved a country;
these five kings did a king to death.

the mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder,
the finger joints are cramped with chalk;
a goose’s quill has put an end to murder
that put an end to talk.

the hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,
and famine grew, and locusts came;
great is the hand that holds dominion over
man by a scribbled name.

the five kings count the dead but do not soften
the crusted wound nor pat the brow;
a hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;
hands have no tears to flow.

- dylan thomas lyrics

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