In my case, it was my son's and my brother's deaths that alerted me to the necessity of 'dumb…

For fifteen years
I served cocaine, my mistress
with voodoo in her eyes.
She sang with the voice of a ghost,
conjured the spirit of my departed sister,
chanting incantations of numb acceptance.
The Mistress
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Theodore McDowell
John E Marks
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Jan 26, 2024
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In my case, it was my son's and my brother's deaths that alerted me to the necessity of 'dumb acceptance'.
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Written by John E Marks1.1K Followers
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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot
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