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Joy in the Lord
It’s Sarah’s old-bone incredulity wrecked by the coos of borne-out prophecy. It’s Jacob learning that his son’s not dead, the brothers scrubbed of blood they long thought shed. It’s...
Ash Wednesday
The clouds are fused with amber fire As vultures climb a dirgy gyre, Babel building with each bird, Glutted on the primal Word. Later one lights on my head,...
October Twilight
The sky pools red this Hallowtide.We enter, ease into a pew,And whisper prayers for those who died,For relatives she never knew. They’re my lost souls. She wears all blackFor...