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GENESIS


the skin
of my poems
May be green, yes,
and sometimes
wrinkled
or worn

the snake shape
of my song
may cause
the heel
of Adam & Eve
to bleed.

split my skin
with the rock
of love old
as the rock
of Moses
my poems
love you

Written by Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)

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