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LIVING WITH GOD



Living with God means living

in my heart, meaning

literally that

fleshly thing in my left 

breast, pumping blood.



Living with God means

the Universe closed

up in my heart, meaning

everything, so that the stars

run with my heart's

blood, and the dead

are there too, and my
family and friends,

all dwelling

together in my left

breast, living with God.



Living with God means something

more joyfully burdensome than Nietzsche's

eternal return of the same - it means

the resurrection of the flesh, meaning

every movement of the flesh

from childhood to 'death'

not coming back at regular

or irregular intervals, but

present and unchanging,

eternally

living with God.



Living with God means hearing always

the voice that sounds

in the Book of Hosea,

proclaiming a relentless,

eternally unrequited love, 
a love that reaches

far beyond the stars,

a love bathing

in the heart's blood.



Living with God means living

not in the thoughts or dreams

of the mind, nor in feelings

or emotions but

in the flesh

and the blood.




God's flesh.

God's blood.
 


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