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Stripped
Stripped in the presence of him for whom pretense is offense, bared intentions stand stark- till He wraps me with him in graveclothes, whitened by blood.
Choice Trees
In primal garden the tree stands laden, splendor consummate, grace-rooted, owned by him who warns, don’t eat or sure you’ll die. Yet you, arrogant Adam in us all, grasp...