It began as sacrifice. The favored son. The virgin. A chalice of blood: blod. Then surrogates: ram or doe. The prettiness Of a lamb.
by Caron Andregg “Surely, there’s something beyond this” is the last phrase in Joanne Diaz’s Brittingham Prize-winning collection My Favorite Tyrants, and as fitting
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