Were I On Speaking Terms w/ My Feet ... I'd Still Say This Prayer

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R. I. P.
born: 3/2/31
died: 5/14/18

Almighty God,

As we sail with pure aerobic grace

and striped orthotic feet

past the blind portals

 of our fellow citizens,

past their chuck roast lives,

their implacable inertia

...

To achieve the White Moment

of slipping through the Wall

...

Lord, we beseech thee,

as we sail past this  

cold-lard desolation,

to be big about it.

TOM WOLFE

The Jogger's Prayer 
(1978)   

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