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““Angelus" Obsidian. Sturgeon. Infatuated angels. Which only we can translate into flesh. The language to which we alone are native. Our own bait. We are spirits housed in meat, instantly opaque to the Lord. As Jesus. We go into the deadfall of the body, our hearts in their marvelous cases and discover new belfries everywhere. I continued toward the Minotaur keep the thread taut. And suddenly, now, immense flowers are coloring all my stalked body. Making wine of me. As bells get music of metal in the rain. The prey I am willingly prospers. The exile that comes on comes too late. I go to it as Adam, singing across paradise.””

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