...Bound Books

Herewith, the latest selection from dusted-off published poetry and short fiction, circa 1970s vintage and beyond....

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Strange how the righteous
by some quirk of nature
envision themselves
the embodiment of
the True Spirit;
are invariably
prophets of gloom
lavishing condemnation
on all us sinners.

Oh save me not from
damnation
but from the good
and the godly;
eyes cast upon
the heavens,
feet stumbling through
cowpies of pietical incest.

c. 1979 Rita Rosenfeld
published in ...Bound Books, Samisdat