{"id":16214,"date":"2023-11-02T20:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?post_type=sonetto&#038;p=16214"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:58:17","slug":"confession","status":"publish","type":"sonetto","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/en\/sonetto\/confession\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Confession<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I kneel and confess, my father confessor, reverend!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too much I loved the intoxication of biting words,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecstasy with rapture and murmuring crowds,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where uselessness paired with the unpleasant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until Jesus Christ once looked straight into my eyes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And said: this must end with your flimsy excuses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He clapped his hands and suddenly\u2014bang!\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I lay among daisies and trampled earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your stole, Father, may I touch it? I kiss your sleeve.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May your maniple lift me from hell\u2019s pit!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forgive me\u2014or I shall ask Our Lady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though to my shame I must face my guilt,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wrestle with remorse in tears of repentance,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And will surpass myself in penance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confession I kneel and confess, my father confessor, reverend! 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