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holiness

are holy places and people
the same the burning bush
the incensed flickering the
subdued stasis of hush and
awe the arrowed pang and
moment stopping and scarring
us but it can’t be bottled only
put to rite when the inside
and the outside are one creating
the vacuum where only God
can dwell in unannotated form
this is no clever concept but
a truth that cannot be owned
or exploited the reality that
cannot be dealt with but it
will pursue us because here
is love wholeliness nothingness

© Neil Thompson 2026