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LONG BEFORE THE FIRST CRUSADE

And legend has it
as they turned from
the stable
   to  journey home
knowing
     nothing would ever
be the same

Melchior whispered
something in the ear
of proud Balthazar

lost
   to history but

it is believed
to express profound
appreciation of
the unique
sublimity of their
experience

what they
felt so blessed to
have witnessed

the Sun
now rising, a
new dawn
an
  awakening

although, of course,
it might just as well
be all
    downhill
from here.