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“Temptation”

By JOHN DEEM*

Come to the desert, Satin told Jesus,
and prove your dominion over the world.
Jesus came armed with the power of God,
But He yielded not to temptation.

Come to the desert, Saddam told George Bush,
and prove your dominion over the world.
America attacked with fierce power,
whose very use reveals our weakness.

*A writer and poet living in Huntersville, N.C., with his wife, Susan, and daughters, Leslie, 13, and Mary, 10. It is to them that he dedicates this.