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# I Need an Exorcism
- URL: https://theclutteredmouth.com/i-need-an-exorcism/
- Published: 2026-07-27T05:16:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:16:25.000Z
- Description: a poem
- Author: Aaron J. Smith
- Tags: Poetry

I am angry  
at what was given me  
by the founders of my faith.

  
Terror in toy boxes;  
satanic panic;  
demons lurking   
around every bend.  
Is the faith  
once for all  
passed to me?  

After all,  
we are our ancestors legacy.  
Inheriting their flaws;  
fulfilling their dreams  
(made of fear and withdrawal  
from this, my Father's world;  
amounting to nothing more  
then remaining afraid of the dark).  

Is that what you wanted for me,  
Grandmother?  
You sought to keep me pure;  
to stay my course;  
to remain faithful.  
Now I am faithfully afraid  
that I will prove to be  
nothing more than  
the false specter  
you thought could drag me away  
from grace's grasp.

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