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Severed Savior
whenever that
severe
outcast-of-israel
valley-of-the-shadow fear
adder-strikes
i pour my poisoned blood
out into the world
lashing
out and thrashing out my
pains
veins fired with
heat
until the
jesus-yearning
forces a retreat
his love slashing
a cross-hatch in my
heart
he sucks the venom
with lacerated lips, they part…
blood
in his hands
to the blood on my hands
i hold it to my mouth and
savor
severed savior
redeemer-physician
you heal me
you tear me
you scare me
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