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“Dante, before he ascends the mountains of Purgatory is told that his face must be cleansed of the tears he shed in Hell and Virgil washes his face with dew.”
― Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael
― Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael
“But searching for i’s not dotted”
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
“Too much too soon disappears.”
― Poems: New and Selected – Profound Verse Capturing the Resilience and Traditions of the Rural South
― Poems: New and Selected – Profound Verse Capturing the Resilience and Traditions of the Rural South
“But when I say he and Dolores were lovers”
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
“all of autumn was the sycamore leaf and its red the red of her hair and its stem the rusty color of her rough voice and its jagged shape the pattern”
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
― Other Voices, Other Rooms
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