Explaining My Religion
by Jenni Pahl
genre:
Poetry
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Explaining My Religion
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Explaining My Religion
Explaining My Religion
chapter 1
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updated 08/13/08
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I walk backwards. If I follow
the darkening path and take enough
steps, I might forget this life and burst
into another where moths sing,
where ants decline to sleep because
of love, where my shadow is stuck
inside the trunk of a dying elm.
Lamps flicker in time with the trapped
mouse's heart. Somewhere overhead,
a plane slices the clouds. They fall
apart like childhood puzzles.
The engine sputters a wave.
I will not mention silos
flaming in sunlight.
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the darkening path and take enough
steps, I might forget this life and burst
into another where moths sing,
where ants decline to sleep because
of love, where my shadow is stuck
inside the trunk of a dying elm.
Lamps flicker in time with the trapped
mouse's heart. Somewhere overhead,
a plane slices the clouds. They fall
apart like childhood puzzles.
The engine sputters a wave.
I will not mention silos
flaming in sunlight.
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Noran
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i feel this way sometimes in the dark of nite alone, while others get to slumber and sleep cheats me another night.
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Elizabeth
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Wow, you're really good. I can close my eyes and sort of just FEEL it. This is great. Check out mine!
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