Charity Begins Where Interest Ends

Music: Fugue in F# major. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Charity begins where interest ends, Having little interest but in giving, Removing self from self, that there be space In which a much-loved guest might feel at home. So might one find delight, though ravens rend The unembroidered fabric of one's being: Miracle of unrequited grace, A wave of wonder welling up from stone, Singing as it breaks of selfless grieving.