PRAYER FOR IMAGINARY BEINGS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
protect the people who don\u2019t exist, who are made of nothing but words or childhood beliefs\u2014keep them from invisible harm and threats not present, comfort them if the love they receive isn\u2019t real.
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PRAYER FOR THE BODY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dear body,
it\u2019s time to smooth some anti-bacterial cream over your troubled relationship with my head and observe the litany of what-i-must:
sit up straight; eat without devouring, eat without panic.
fit into a new pair of jeans; walk like i\u2019m not afraid.
maintain a position of ease and grace. above all,
not be fussy about where my beautiful meat ends and the world begins.
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PRAYER TO SHARE THE ROAD<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hey taxi man, hey cycle kids, pedestrians with or without cellphones glued to skulls, jaywalkers, out-at-five-o\u2019clock crowd, delivery boy, truck driver, bus driver, larger than necessary vehicle driver, policewoman, jogger, blade runner, skip-child, hand-held child, child on a leash, child with double-slow grandparents, dog-wielding flotilla of best friends forever, arm-in-arm lovers, homeless man,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
let\u2019s make room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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