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May 24, 2013
By dysfuntellect DIAMOND, Yorktown, Virginia
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Everything that you want is on the other side of fear- George Adair

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i always held the Communion wafer
under my tongue
to let it dissolve.
because my mother said you should never press your teeth
into the Eucharist
since it's the bread-flesh of the savior
and so disrespectful to
chew.

i always held my palm open and out flat
with the slice of silver bridle's bit
across my hand like the arrow on a ­compass's face.
and the horse would
open its chimney rock teeth
and into its mouth
accept its fate.

© Katya K.

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Gary King said...
on Dec. 13 2013 at 10:46 am
Gary King, Wilmington, Delaware
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I love the article because it relates a lot about myself