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The Green Stick
“I used to believe that there was a green stick,buried on the edge of a ravine . . . on whichwords were carved that would destroy all theevil in...
The Body Has a Clarity
The body has a clarity Between high and low hierarchies tenebras et luces. He would be undone Who for too long scorns Either throng to court the other. Vengeance...
On the Commitment of a Friend to a Mental Institution
You heard the voices waftingBeyond the mechanical street. Attending seraphs sighingYou caught their half-notesIn the narrows of the halls at night. Unscrewing lightbulbs from the sockets,Blinding the world to...
