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11/07/2018

unless you insist on wings

A little mid-week poetry.  Courtesy of Matthew Ogle and Pome.

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the angels have no wings
they come to you wearing
their own clothes

they have learned to love you
and will keep coming

unless you insist on wings

Lucille Clifton (2004)

 

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