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I always loved the painting by William Holman Hunt and that Leviticus passage is a classic. It's a shame about the fate of the cute critter, but I guess it's the nature of the scapegoat.

Aaron, the Goat, and Azazel

The goat would go to Azazel
a cleansing was to come
the goat would go to Azazel
Her lot was straight, her road was plumb.

The chosen goat was shining
she spoke above her beard
"Let me free and I will grant you
all the seraphim may grant

Aaron asked like Jabez,
"Goat grant me health and land"
"Your land will make you hate your health
But ask again, and it shall hap"

"A goat is only worth its milk
you cannot grant me much"
he spoke, but wondered through his teeth
How much the nanny knew.

The goat would go to Azazel
a cleansing was to come
the goat would go to Azazel
Her lot was straight, her road was plumb

"Then let me make the air my bread
and make the moon my ale"
"The bread would make your belly heave
But ask again, and it shall hap"

"Then let me call the toads from the stars,
control them with a stick"
"The toads would rise against your stick
But ask again, and it shall hap"

"A goat is only worth its milk
you cannot grant me much"
he spoke, but wondered through his teeth
How much the nanny knew.

The goat would go to Azazel
a cleansing was to come
the goat would go to Azazel
Her lot was straight, her road was plumb.

"Then you shall make me smoke by day
a fire by the night"
"you would become the Wind-wife's toy,
But ask again, and it shall hap"

"Then I shall eat of Eden's tree
the fruit, the snake and all"
"Then you'd never know you died,
But ask again, and it shall hap"

"A goat is only worth its milk
you cannot grant me much"
he spoke, but wondered through his teeth
How much the nanny knew.

The goat would go to Azazel
a cleansing was to come
the goat would go to Azazel
Her lot was straight, her road was plumb.

Aaron thought before he spoke,
"then teach me what is best"
"All else is a coughing shade,
But ask again, and it shall hap"

Aaron asked the goat again.
"You must die instead of me
My death will cleanse us for a year
but yours might cleanse eternity"

He sent the goat to Azazel
a cleansing now has come
the goat has gone to Azazel
Her lot was straight, her road was plumb.

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