_ lips lightly moistened
murmur near the altar
invocations
to the carnal eucharist

is this what you want?
is this what you like?
stop now,
or tumble
breathlessly upon the waves?

the rituals of preparation
a choreography of touch
prayers and psalms that spill
unmeasured
cast sparking to the ground

the spirit made flesh
the flesh made whole
the whole embraced

_

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