religion
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Carrying the Flag
5/22/2025 I am suddenly struck with the overwhelming vision of a lifetime reading the scriptures and the thoughts of mystics from all wisdoms, with my love beside me. What a joyful life it would be to…
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God is Called a Rock
5/19/2025 God is called “a rock”. Why is his name not “Rock”? Or “The Rock.”? I kicked a rock into a gutter the other day. Is my God not like a rock? God is called a…
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Little Transient Creatures
A man stood on the shore of a grand, calm sea, where even the edge of the water did not lap but hung with a curled edge over soft sand. Ahead, the blues and greens softly…
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One Routine of a Lost Soul
4/15/2025 I wake, study language, hold my love.I boil water, exercise, steep coffee, work the crossword.I kneel at the altar and pull a spread for the day.I shower, reflect, am caressed, discuss the day.I dress, pack…
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A Storied Tradition of Hellish Inhumanity
On completing Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle, a certain emotion hangs with me, which is best illustrated through the path of his narrative, and the fact that I often read it as a reprieve from the…
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Take From Me
In the low hum of my home, I hear footsteps. I watch the crack of my door for roaches and crickets. I stare at the dark parts of the house when I move past them. I…
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Starry Lasses
Here’s to the ne’er easy ladies of Aries,Fires of Sheratan, never to cull-Gone is the mate who had sought ‘em to sate:When they got to rammin’ he went through the hull! Here’s to the chorus of…
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On Shark-Fins
I have this feeling like I am on the cusp of some greater understanding, and that I need an extended period of rumination to bring it forth. I have collected the story of Christ as it…
Sanctity and Constraint 