after Emily Pettit
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what do you god call a room
of prayers unanswered a blessing
waiting to happen is one thousand church bells
banging on the tongue’s floor the devil’s feet
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if i were you god i would not
to worship or prayer respond
i would set the books on fire
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resentment in the prayer
in the pulpit god
is suicide note and cymbal
contralto and trumpet
crashing
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what do you god i am praying you
answer call prayer undoing itself
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what do you god call a room
of prayers unanswered one thousand hail mary’s
scaling the temple of mouth