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esk August 13 2010, 23:37:51 UTC
oh, i hadn't heard that before. that's good. i like this one of hers too.

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jess_s August 13 2010, 23:47:55 UTC
I like that one too. I like it when the stars begin to burn. Did you know she had a female life partner? Yes, indeedy. And I like this one:

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

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esk August 14 2010, 01:25:03 UTC
yes! beautiful. let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

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