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Richard Siken
“A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river
                    but then he’s still left
with the river. A man takes his sadness and throws it away
                                                                        but then he’s still left with his hands.”
Richard Siken, Crush

Jean Valentine
“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”
Jean Valentine, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003

“Eventually soulmates meet, for they have the same hiding place.”
Robert Brault

Jean Valentine
“Jesus said,
But I am "alive"!

It's the same material
but lighter,
summer stuff,

star-coil,
Akhmatova's hair...”
Jean Valentine

Jean Valentine
“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.”
Jean Valentine, Break the Glass

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