Padma Jared Thornlyre, _Colophon, for Donna_ + _3.

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Colophon, for Donna: The Elixir by which the Profane Nourishes the Sacred
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Midwife, wetnurse--yours the grail
And net of pearls, the pearly crown

And veil; I the boar, the lunar

Tusk, and I the gash and bloody
Calf, and I the archer maimed

And felled; you the diamond-bolt
My blooming chest embraces, yours
The ghastly necklace--I the skull

Kept warm between your breasts, the mead
Distilled and sweetened by your breath,

Elixir alchemized by art;

I your nourishment profane,
Sphere of semen swimming through tears.

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Today, George Harrison's ashes
will be given to the Ganges. Give me
love, give me love, give me peace on Earth.

May he find his way to the salt; may
the water that holds him evaporate;
may he, too, become our breathing.

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Padma Jared Thornlyre
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