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# Bargains
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/bargains/
- Published: 2021-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: In the depth of despair First you ask God When he doesn't answer You offer the Devil Faustian bargains
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

In the depth of despair  
First you ask God  
When he doesn't answer  
You offer the Devil  
Faustian bargains

When the miracle occurs  
You don't know who to thank  
A cross in one corner  
A pentagram in the other  
A menorah for good measure

Thus satisfied, you proceed  
Until the next bump in the road