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But this next one called Prayer
is from the first Iraq war.

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Begin again among the poorest.

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Moments off in another
time and place.

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Belongings gathered in the
last hour, visible, invisible,

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tin spoon, teacup,
tremble of tray, carpet

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hanging from sorrow's balcony.

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Say goodbye to everything.

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With a wave of your hand,
gesture to all you have known.

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Begin with bread
torn from bread.

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Beans given to the hungriest,
a carcass of flies.

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Take the polished stillness
from a locked church.

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Prayer notes left
between stones,

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answer them and hoist
in your net voices

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from the troubled hours.

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Sleep only when the
least among them sleeps,

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and then only until the birds.

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Make the flatbed truck
your time and place.

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Make the least daily
wage your value.

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Language will rise
then like language

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from the mouth of a still river.

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No one's mouth.

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Bring night to your imaginings.

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Bring the darkest passage
of your holy book.

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