Would you take your daughter there,
the unholiest there you guess
you could go?
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Poetry
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The Sand and the Stars
Well, I am shy of miracles
and shy of the talk of miracles.
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The Manatee
After the word is forgotten and discovered,
and streamed until it’s nothing,
she is not here.
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From This Distance
I’m caught in my longing to be with you somewhere else.
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In Adoration: April 2019
Christ shining, Christ gold, dawn
in a fragile frame
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Passion Play
I decide on wide slashes—precise but hungry,/as if the soldier had wanted to peel into the heart—
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Postmodern Prayer
I’m tired
of the world’s incessant
buzz and scrutiny, the news
and the news of the news,
the onslaught.
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Kicking the Can Down the Road
it has / become the norm / to claim your side / just scored.