prayers
raze
i
used
to
talk
to
god
on
the
cold
concrete
floors
of
rooms
like
these
,
waiting
for
the
first
blush
of
unschooled ardency
to
heat
my
fleeting
house
,
before
i
knew
love
in
all
its
awful
beauty
.
i
strained
to
hear
her
whisper
something
sweet
in
my
nearest
ear
.
she
never
said
a
word
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from