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Fri Jun-20-08 10:50 AM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 6/20/08 |
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"Standard Checklist for Amateur Mystics"
A lamp, so you can read the words on the tablet. A hand to copy the sentences you find. A hand for you to rest your head.
Feet to dance the gist of what you find. A bird to scour your heart. A bird to help you pronounce the sentences.
Breath to fan the fire's nest. A kiln to test the choice. A crown to keep underfoot.
Two eyes to see the one in one. Three to see the two in one. Seven to see the all in one. A hand to cross out your name.
A donkey to carry your shit. A monkey to filch change and food. A brother to point out the way. A sister to redeem the refused. A sister to ransom the straw. A sister to wake you with kisses when you've fallen asleep on your opus.
—Li-Young Lee
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