...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

John Geddes

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...I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to have something of mine...

John Geddes

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...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...

John Geddes

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...You say you don't mistrust me, yet you quote Chrysostom - Hell is paved with priests' skulls....

John Geddes

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...God daubs stars into galaxies with fiery paint - the same lacquer he uses upon your lips...

John Geddes

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...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles...

John Geddes

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...dark embers smolder inside me - one touch and they flare - who would have thought memory combustible, or near you bright sparks appear?...

John Geddes

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...surely by now you must know: It’s love; it’s love—but will there ever be good news?...

John Geddes

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...allowing yourself to be vulnerable makes you weak but also opens you to the nuances of beauty...

John Geddes

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...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was sending me you -sad...

John Geddes

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