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Disclaimer: I am not an anthropologist and know nothing about anthropology aside from a 100-level course taken in 2010.
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Feb. 17th, 2016
When I'm reading a book sometimes I like to write down memorable quotes, so might as well list them for your reading pleasure.
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"Be holy, for I am holy."
Feb. 17th, 2016 02:54 pmthe mother was holy
though she worked in the field
scrubbed clothes with hands raw and swollen from water
fingers calloused with labor
full of pain and blood and fluid as well as her son
the beasts of the field are holy
they are a pure sacrifice
though they eat, shit, fuck, age and die
their bodies crawl with worms when they do not writhe in fire
the desert is holy, too, the wild places, the adobe of prophets
the dust falling from their robes was once bone
locusts and honey fed holy bodies
this empty space holds beasts and visions alike
the stars gaze upon all things as they dance their ceaseless waltz
as i am, so you, too, are holy
though she worked in the field
scrubbed clothes with hands raw and swollen from water
fingers calloused with labor
full of pain and blood and fluid as well as her son
the beasts of the field are holy
they are a pure sacrifice
though they eat, shit, fuck, age and die
their bodies crawl with worms when they do not writhe in fire
the desert is holy, too, the wild places, the adobe of prophets
the dust falling from their robes was once bone
locusts and honey fed holy bodies
this empty space holds beasts and visions alike
the stars gaze upon all things as they dance their ceaseless waltz
as i am, so you, too, are holy