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“The Church says: the body is a sin.
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.”
― Walking Words
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.”
― Walking Words
“lean in to kiss me
in all the places
where the ache
is
the most special.”
―
in all the places
where the ache
is
the most special.”
―
“But I have burned already down to bone.
There is a fire that burns beyond the names
Of sludge and filth of which this world is made.
Agony sears the dark flesh of the body,
And lifts me higher than the smoke, to rise
Above the earth, above the sacrifice;
Until my soul flares outward like a blue
Blossom of gas fire dancing in mid-air:
Free of the body’s work of twisted iron.”
― Above the River: The Complete Poems
There is a fire that burns beyond the names
Of sludge and filth of which this world is made.
Agony sears the dark flesh of the body,
And lifts me higher than the smoke, to rise
Above the earth, above the sacrifice;
Until my soul flares outward like a blue
Blossom of gas fire dancing in mid-air:
Free of the body’s work of twisted iron.”
― Above the River: The Complete Poems
“I run no more; the winds dance me.”
― Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems 1960-2010
― Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems 1960-2010
“I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.”
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