Sanctity

Posted on July 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

Sanctity

To be a poet and not know the trade
To be a lover and repel all women
Twin ironies by which great saints are made
The agonizing pincer jaws of heaven.

– Patrick Kavanaugh

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