Poetry Annual 1998 | O Y S T E R B O Y R E V I E W [ 8 ] |
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Michael Rumaker | |
F O R J E F F R E Y D A H M E R (murdered today in prison, 11/28/94) | |
Gnawing in his croc brain at the elemental origins of love suckling his intimacies to become his flesh and blood This is my body This is my blood in me now and forever till death do us part in feasts of marraige of union of communion boning those he had tasted in closet holes of pleasure comsumed by passion whiteness devouring blackness as primary ancestors at the skeletal origins of respect chewing the fat of enemies the choice joints bulging with toughness juicy with cunning tenderness communicants at the ligaments of spirit This is my body This is my blood eat me in the name of love savor me to be saved redeemed in the meat of Jeffrey redeemed in the meat of in the bowel of the redeemer hacking back to what is debased consuming love consuming the beloved consuming the redeemed consuming the redeemer Jeffrey gaping at the gaping maw | |
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