Black Powder

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    “This is the end, the redemption from Wilderness, way for the Wonderer, House sought for All, black handkerchief washed clean by weeping—page beyond Psalm—Last change of mine and Naomi—to God’s perfect Darkness— Death, stay thy phantoms!”
    —Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

    “Despite my asbestos gloves,
    the cough is filling me with black,
    and a red powder seeps through my veins....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)