I chant the world alight and make myself anew.
The angels come to hear my word, the sleeping earth
awakes. My sister speaks the fire’s tongue, the true

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Incantation

I knew you in the garden when you were full with fruit.
I saw you slinking on your belly in the dust
inside of him. And I called to you.

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Lilith and Eve

there is a breach, here
under the trees blooming icicles, growing snow like moss
a place where your heart runs perpendicular to mine
 
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estrangement

The Queen of Sheba brings flowers to Jerusalem. A train of them, flowing behind her like a veil, like a wedding dress. The Queen of Sheba is a flower in Jerusalem, a lily-of-the-valley, a blooming night lotus.

riddles

I limp through the muck of miracles to find you     and instead     the swans

Sara Kass Eifler

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