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A Writer's Prayer

Whan the blank page tries tae stare me oot

May ah no avert my een

But aye tae haud in perfeck sicht

Whit ah set oot tae win

Whan ma couthy mask creeps aff ma face

May ah no fin stanes tae pile

But pou yon auld mask faurer doun

An’ let fowks gawk a while

An whan freens awn aufy free and fair

May ah no jist byde ma wheesht

But claucht wit ithers herts dae spak

An haud it tae ma breist

An wi thon gid freens we’ll stap ill thochts

hurl oor doots faur tae a scatter

ill jibes weel ment ‘ill mak us hooch

ail-a-nation skelpit un’er