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“God break me out of this stiff life I've made”
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―
“Never ran this hard through the valley
never ate so many stars
I was carrying a dead deer
tied on to my neck and shoulders
deer legs hanging in front of me
heavy on my chest
People are not wanting
to let me in
Door in the mountain
let me in”
― Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
never ate so many stars
I was carrying a dead deer
tied on to my neck and shoulders
deer legs hanging in front of me
heavy on my chest
People are not wanting
to let me in
Door in the mountain
let me in”
― Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
“Don't listen to the words—
they're only little shapes for what you're saying,
they're only cups if you're thirsty, you aren't thirsty.”
― Break the Glass
they're only little shapes for what you're saying,
they're only cups if you're thirsty, you aren't thirsty.”
― Break the Glass
“Jesus said,
But I am "alive"!
It's the same material
but lighter,
summer stuff,
star-coil,
Akhmatova's hair...”
―
But I am "alive"!
It's the same material
but lighter,
summer stuff,
star-coil,
Akhmatova's hair...”
―
“Yes I know: the thread you have to keep finding, over again, to follow it back to life; I know. Impossible, sometimes.”
― Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
― Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
