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God, or the gods, are invisible, quite understandable. But holiness is visible, entirely. (Mary Oliver)
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Listening to The Mountain Goats while on public transport
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me.
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The Second Coming
or alternatively, Jesus at the gay club.
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Sharing a Cigarette with Joan of Arc
"I am not afraid; I was born to do this."
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the poet as an autopsy table
Break the bones on every finger to point to the sky, & now what?
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con la frente marchita
On fathers, transsexuality, & growing old.
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on tragedy
After Sophocles & Anne Carson
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orpheus' lament
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