LEGION by CS Lewis

Lord, here my voice, my present voice I mean,
Not that which may be speaking an hour hence
(for I am Legion) in an opposite sense,
And not by show of hands decide between
The multiple factions which my state has seen
Or will see. Condescend to the pretense
That what speaks now is I; in its defense
Dissolve my parliament and intervene.

Thou wily not, though we asked it, quite recall
Free will once given. Yet to this moment’s choice
Give unfair weight. Hold me to this. Oh strain
A point - use legal fictions; for if all
My quarreling selves must bear an equal voice,
Farewell, thou hast created me in vain.