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sabbath bow


cursed
be one
blessed
with test
to circumcise
circumcision
of flesh
inflected
through
word
wavering
confession
of submission
circumcised
in heart
infested
cliché
placated
on plate
breaking
passion
punctuated
pain
pinning
spine
spinning
on poles
of pleasure
i receive
in recollecting
circumcision
of tongue
twisted
time
fleeting
as bow
remembered
in forgetting
the forgotten
like christ
babbling
in pentecost
passion
breaking
open
place
beyond place
forsaken
forgotten
circumcision
of circumcision
in submission
of confession
deflecting
inflection
of what was
what would
not be
remembered
or forgotten

seward, alaska
23 july 2006


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