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That’s not the light you are looking for. Words cannot live with your brain all lit up like that. Let those dark parts of your body, those body-prayers mostly ignored, gift to you a few poems. Most of your better images are born in that low-grade radiance of flesh and bone. After the glow you can fill in the gaps but not too much or you’ll cover up what you should have revealed.

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Date: 11/13/2020 5:54:00 PM
...the greatest writers require humility in order to see/know what potential incoming information surrounds them...... stan sand
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Eric Ashford
Date: 11/13/2020 8:20:00 PM
There you go Sand Blown Cheers e

Book: Shattered Sighs