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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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19.12.02

from

Immolations
...God's intermediaries
strip down to their souls
while I press my forehead

against the cool tombs of saints
and murmur my endless requests.
Among candles, incense,

how many souls
show up in heaven
smelling of smoke?...

Catherine Sasanov

All the Blood Tethers

Poetry Daily Dec. 19, 2002

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