Elixir of Life
Donald P. Goodman III
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O elixir of life! Without which nothing lives! and which flows through our flesh and our veins!
Which can nourish the weak and restore them to strength and give healing to wounds and to pains;
and yet purify that which is filthy, and wash away all of the blight that remains;
a miraculous remedy curing all ills and abluting all blemish and stains!
And yet where can a man this all-powerful life-giving succor e'er hope to obtain?
For surely a gift of this magnitude and of this power is deeply arcane?
The terror of filth and the washer of weakness! Of sickness and foulness the bane!
O, this magical potion of life! Yet it falls in its plenty and freely, as rain!