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DEAR FRIEND,

HOLY LOVER.

THE KINDRED YOU DANCES A COLORFUL FIRE. BLACK DUST. LASHING TONGUE. IF YOU ARE AN IMMORTAL SPIRIT, THEN I AM YOUR DEVOTEE. AWED BY THE INFINITE 太極 TO YOU I PRAY, LEFT WITH NOTHING 無極 TO YOU I PRAY. MAY THIS RELIGION BE A TRAVELER. MAY IT FALL FROM THE HEAVENS 天 INTO GRACE. MAY IT WALK BENEATH THE EARTHING PLANE, AND MAY THE EARTH 土 BE ITS ALTAR.

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THE OCEAN FINDS ME IN STRANGE WATERS AND I AM ADRIFT A STRANGER SHORE. AS THE GLOBE KALEIDOSCOPES AROUND MY FORM, I SPIN COUNTERCLOCKWISE ON ITS AXIS. THE SUN SHIFTS AGAIN AND AGAIN—TIME AND AGAIN—GONE AND AGAIN. IT IS YOU,  RAGING WATER 水 GENTLE FIRE 火 WHO FINDS ME, CAST ALONG THE MERIDIAN.

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ATOP THE SOIL I AM MET BY A COSMIC THEATER. THROUGH THE VEIL, THE TRICKSTER IN YOU SEES ITS TWIN, OFFERS A HAND. IN RITUAL DANCE WE QUEER THE STAGE, AND THE ONLOOKERS LOOK ON, ASLEEP IN THEIR SEATS. IF WE ARE TO PERFORM, LITTLE GOD, I WILL NOT EAT MY TONGUE. MAY THE FIRES CRACK. MAY THE LANTERNS SWING. MAY THE CHILDREN RAGE RED IN THE FACE. AMIDST THUNDERING CHESTS, STARS BREAK THE SKY—AND HERE I AM—HERE—I AM, HERE, ON MY KNEES.

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MY FRIEND, THIS ONE  IS YOUNG INSIDE ITS SKIN. A FUMBLE OF BONES AND FLIMSY FLESH,  SLIPPING THROUGH EARTH-YEARS WITH CRUDE BREVITY. YOUR DIVINE HEART IS NIMBLE—IT LUSTS FOR CAPRICIOUS PLAY. BUT, THIS WILL BE AN UNGRACEFUL AWAKENING. ITS GATHER WILL BE SLOW. MAY YOU SOFTEN WITH PATIENCE AS YOUR PARTNER LEARNS YOUR VIVID FOOTWORK—SEARED INTO THE WORLD’S EVERY EDGE.

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THE AXIS IS FAR-REACHING—THE AMAZEMENT, BOUNDLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS THE EARTH UNCOILS, MAY YOU FIND ME ONCE…TWICE…DISPERSED ACROSS A THOUSAND DESTINIES.

TIME AND AGAIN,

I WILL SEE YOU SOON.

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