Open Secret.(Poem)
From: Poetry
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Date: 9/1/2005
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Author: Nelson, Marilyn
Open Secret
After Hadewijch of Anvers, thirteenth century
If your days swirled to chaos, wouldn't you turn
to someone on whose shoulder you could weep?
St. Paul says it's better to marry than to burn.
Wouldn't you choose the solace of escape
into the brief banquet of tenderness?
My widowed minister, with three motherless
children; my ...
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