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Leaves and Leaving

from Live at The Sickhouse by Stephen Lin Poetry

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Listen: in the meditation of the breath
the nose talks noises to incense
a jasmine prays, swaying in rapture
and exhales something like “amen”

closed eyes tasted God, tasted the soul
like wet grass, the back of the throat
look: i was shoved by divine intervention
standing in the street reading a bible

and last night i forgot to be alone.
i talked love and history with a garden.
i drank the wine of morning dew,
broke stems as my daily bread.

leaves and leaving:
i felt the holy presence reaching for itself.

i felt whole as roots entwined through soil,
embraced across statelines.

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from Live at The Sickhouse, released December 24, 2014

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The poetics of parallels and intersections, collisions and contrasts.

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