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Kat Payne Ware

Two Poems from THE LIVE ALBUM

November 6, 2020 by Konstantin Rega

 BLOOD   Blood is associated not with true life, but with its pale and ghostly counterpart. Dennis J. McCarthy, ‘The Symbolism of Blood and Sacrifice’   I …spin ..my .red wool in the purificatory rite of ..a ..spider dropping stitches…..onto…..steel altars…My…šurpu..lifts all…kinds….of…..curses and…..bodily…….pains. Let..me..sing..for…you a…red…song…Let…my shedding…..raise….the “strengthless……..dead” in……………supplication that….you….and….they may…confer.…Do…you wish……..to………change your…….answer.…….Pet food……..and…a…….half life…of…millennia,…..or Circe’s………punishment. […]

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