Give me laurel to where in my crown of thorns <br />give me sleep <br />give me breath <br />give me narcosis <br />give me visions <br />give me purple and orange and green <br />give me epiphanies <br />give me dogmas to burn <br />give me ground to test <br />give me madness <br />give me holiness <br />give me freedom <br />give me ether <br />give me miasma <br />give me vapors <br />give me euthanasia <br />give me foresight <br />give me closure <br />give me blessings <br />give me ghosts <br />give me cavalries <br />give me microbes <br />give me evolution <br />give me roses <br />give me herpes <br />give me rigor mortis <br />give me a glance/chance/dance <br />give me completion <br />give me unholy matrimony <br />give me sacred divorce <br />give the hope of salvation <br />give me the promise of damnation <br />give me loyalty <br />give me treason <br />receive machines of five more seasons<br /><br />Luke J. Holt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/plea-in-litanies/