"Faun's flesh"
Lines 17 - 26 read:
Faun's flesh is not to us,
Nor the saint's vision.
We have the press for wafer,
Franchise for circumcision.
It seems that # is making the claim that in modern society we no longer have any religion -- pagan or Christian. The truths once received through communion (wafer), a ritual in both pagan and Christian worship, are now, claims #, found in the pages of newspapers. Man's promise to God (circumcision) is now achieved through commerce.
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