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CONFESSION (1) by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO

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First Line: FROM MY POOR SINS I AM SET FREE
Last Line: THE CUSTOMARY CROSS REPEATING.
Subject(s): CONFESSIONS; SIN;

From my poor sins I am set free.
In lilac dusk the taper smolders;
The dark stole's rigid drapery
Conceals a massive head and shoulders.

"Talitha kumi": Is it He
Once more? How fast the heart is beating ...
A touch: a hand moves absently
The customary cross repeating.



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