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PROVIDENCE OR FOLLY
by
Jamie Dedes
With gullible hazel eyes fringed in black lace
she looked out at the world.
With ears tuned to pulpit and street
she mistook . . .
. . . love for wisdom
. . . suffering for sanctity
. . . sex for intimacy
. . . saccharine for sincerity.
Because she endured,
she thought she was strong.
She took the tarnished confines
of her dark, singular world
for the broad vision of her god.
Living by accident,
she died on purpose.
Photo credit ~ Statue of a Young Nude Woman by Andrew Schmidt, Public Domain Pictures.net.
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