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An Atheist Prayer

His chest folded in upon itself

and his face sank into the cavity.

He thought how strange it might

be to not think, resigned to not

ever think again and to mean it.

But this is no way to approach

the question: We are all dying;

just  as we all have lived. What

we need so horribly is not

God, in fact, but  context.

There is no one to save us:

there is no need. We are

what we are  & have been,

& won’t be soon enough.

Still, it’s worth crying  over.

Todd Young