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He makes no mistakes, they say.
He is love and He loves you.
They say He is flawless,
and He has a reason
for everything and a plan
for everyone, and He
loves every one of us.

he is a child, building clumsy figures
of grass and mud, misshapen,
mistaken, hideous creatures
capable of committing horrific acts
and full of rage and hate.
he is a child, burning ants
with a magnifying glass,
and finding much glee in our cries.

When I was eight, I ran all the way to the forest at the opposite edge of the field behind my house, and I slept beneath a bush with my heavy knit…

Patrick's head rested atop Greg's chest, and his arm was wrapped around his waist; he toyed with the bottom of Greg's t-shirt with his fingertips,…

I steer the shopping cart down the frigid Pizza-Beer-TV Dinners and Wine-Liquor-Liquor-Liquor aisle. Everything a bachelor could need on a lonely…