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Gail White

Ash Wednesday

Those who fast come to God

in the bodies of Adam and Eve.

They do not know they are naked.

They are perfect as altered cats.

While the rest of us crawl

 from tree to tree, hearts raked

with longing for fruits out of reach—

they can live on the smell of leaves

and songs in the air, like bats.
 

 

 

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