Inquire Within by Maggie Jones

Inquire Within by Maggie Jones

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You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over …

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