Love Poem: The Chaste Fox Myth, Legends and Truths
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Written by: John Beam

The Chaste Fox Myth, Legends and Truths

Even foxes have holes and birds their nest                                                                        Jesus the Son of man had no place to rest                                                               Truth's King telling of the cunning craftiness of men                                                          old fox Harod a faux king guarding the home of the hen                                                    In songs of old and new of two lovers sharing a grape                                                     until day break and darkness flees like a roe chased                                                        or of Sampson and Delilah the three hundred running firebrands                                       a strong lover setting a field on fire at last only true love stands                                         Unlike the trickster of old or legends as numerous sands of time                                      in cultures gave sport to the music stories the riddle and rhyme                                    The fox has played the allusions of kings preachers wizards and wives                               Be wise as the fox harmless as doves ask help from above when sifting lies                        Ask for truth myths will fall to the ground as unscented paths for the hounds                 only hiding in His truth surrounded by His love can the chaste fox be found                     Yet in this world myths abound changing shape like a Kit soon                                          with nine lies and nine tails grasping at will-o'-the-wisp's lume                                           Tally-ho little kits while skulking on the leash of this earth Do not believe                            the lies of the enemy chasing foxfire or being poor eat the sweet peas