I am a master of self-sacrifice,
wrapping each word in white cloth
to place on the collection plate
of my heart: the currency of need,
donated to the church of silence.
With each syllable I imagine a sin
dissolving into my chest, spreading
through the quiet tissue, calm,
the sentence already forgotten.

12/11/2010

Posted on 04/16/2011
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