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silent flesh
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god made into flesh
while divinity wasn’t noticing
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how else could perfection
give up eternal everything,
knowledge and power
and everything we want
and some of us think we should have
right now
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jesus, god and human
how hard must that be
and who among of us would do it
knowing invincibility would be
a memory, only
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as mortal, god would know us
as god might know a deer
or a rainbow
or unrequited love
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that is, from the inside out
from the other side of creation
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god will know us
as we live
give up a cure for every illness
prevention in perfection
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excruciating
loving
all love because
there is no other reason
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c l couch
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notes
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reading a prayer that mentions (I think) God made flesh (or maybe it was human) in a baby
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thinking of an old hymn whose lyrics I find haunting (with a haunting melody):
Let all mortal flesh keep silent
And in fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded;
For with bless in his hand,
Christ our God to Earth descended,
Our full homage to demand
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Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom
The Body
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