Tuesday, July 31, 2012

2 From THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EMILY DICKINSON



Christ may love you—I must not—
My white Calvary—be
Perfect like That—without the Taint
Of sad Carnality—

Lepers—God enjoins—in Love—
Law casts out—Unclean—
“Vox Populi Vox Dei”
Festers in Irony—

3 comments:

  1. Sounds like a perfect God.

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  2. Neat--"Post coitum omne animal triste es, sive gallus et mulier..." -- "After coitus all animals are sad, except the rooster and the woman..." Attributed variously to Aristotle and to Galen. Neat!

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  3. I like the pun on "taint."

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