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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness

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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness

They shout "We don’t love you any more!" as the rest of us run into the sea.

Arabelle Sicardi
Nov 14, 2018
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness

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I got permission from the poet Rebecca Perry to share this poem from her book, Beauty/Beauty with you in full. It’s not available online elsewhere, and it’s one of my favorite poems….and feels quite relevant these days. The bold emphasis is mine.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages

It’s been said that a line can be straight,

or a street, but the…

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