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KYRIE ELEISON
VISITED
MODULATION
this door gently closes
and encloses, sephulchral
the nuclear you and i
like Christ - infusion at the gentle dawn
shall see you allayed
a touch, stylized
dry lips tremble at the razor’s first touch
as pale blood tempers
the white-hot chalice
it is so final. . .
for this was my body broken,
for this was the new Sacrament.
Agnus Dei.
Agnus Dei.
/ was
by jbeings
from the
outer space
Asked if I might
go
with them —
/ asked
what them ^
could teach —
they laughing, said
‘anything’
I said
‘‘But, you’ve answered my only question.
A
Ray
Leaps -
the so black
a-cross
quick
silver
arching
dart
so bright
thin
and
parallel
to the floor of consciousness
ray
trembles,
once,
and then
we are gone
the photograph is by tim barnwell and was done with a Canon F-1 and is printed on Ilfobrom. the poem KYRIE ELEISON was written by mark west. The poems
MODULA TION and VISITED were written by erwin cook, we’re going to print art and poetry in each issue of the RIDGERUNNER. If you would like to submit
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