| On the twenty-ninth day Of the fifth moon, Day demi-gods drink And dance with derangement, Palm fronds decorate roads, The populace in search of succour Prostrate And hail, "Hosanna in the highest!" Their threadbare clothes spread For hosanna's horses to tread on. From a high horse, Hosanna, Unlike hosanna of yore Pronounce more promises To wave wand of magic And worries will wane, Elation erupt. Drumbeats And dances Of dancers possessed, Praises of parrots And chants of caged clergies Herald another grope In the unlit alley.
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