Yellow Silk Issue 41 excerpt

NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD I FELT SO PLUSH, OR SO SLIPPERY, OR SO RESPLENDENTLY EMPTY.

NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD I FELT MYSELF SO NEAR THAT POROUS LINE WHERE MY OWN BODY WAS DONE WITH

AND THE ROOTS AND THE STEMS AND THE FLOWERS BEGAN.

—MARY OLIVER, from WHITE FLOWERS

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	NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD I FELT SO PLUSH, OR SO SLIPPERY, OR SO RESPLENDENTLY EMPTY. NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD I FELT MYSELF SO NEAR THAT POROUS LINE WHERE MY OWN BODY WAS DONE WITH AND THE ROOTS AND THE STEMS AND THE FLOWERS BEGAN. —MARY OLIVER, from WHITE FLOWERS back to Yellow Silk main page go to next issue