.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Anna,
\nWith admiration
\nfor your beautiful
\nsinging.
\nBlessings to you
\nalways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cyrus 9\/17\/99<\/p>\n
I do not know, Anna,
\nwhy you let go of
\n\u201cSoul
\nMake ^ A
\nPath
\nThrough
\nShouting\u201d*
\nnor do I remember how
\nyour copy came to me
\nor what you lost or gained
\nin between<\/p>\n
having marked four passages
\nbefore I pass to a friend
\nthere’s a pressing
\nto remind you
\nand thank Cyrus Cassells
\nfor them:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo sit in judgment
\nIs to sit in hell -\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGod-in-the-guise-of-the-stranger,
\nGod-in-the-guise-of-this-flesh -\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHere are flowers of deep suffering,
\nSwaying in the heart of God -\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cO grant us strength to fashion a table
\nWhere each of us has a name -\u201d<\/p>\n
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