Xavier Review 41. 1 & 2

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Maryanne Hannan

Holy Host of Inquiries Circles, sibilance, the line without end, open sound Clean floors, wide windows, loamy earth Stained glass, Gregorian chant, the elevated Monstrance Consolations, all; also, parables, mantras, the Jesus Prayer A true cross, I know, depends on two non-finites The upright piece, no bottom, no end to transcendence The transverse, for same-plane, same-time each other My friend is sick. Nobody is ready. He needs a miracle Yesterday, I noticed my town paved a section of sidewalk Pristine, unblemished. Where it starts and ends makes no sense

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