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Drink Love’s Sherbet (7/17/16)

Posted on July 17, 2016July 15, 2016 by Millicent

Drink Love's Sherbet (7/17/16) — Drink Love’s Sherbet (7/17/16)

Don’t let troubles grab your skirt,

Or all the anxieties of the world will gather around you.

Leave before God’s order is carried out;

Before the Angel of Death closes your mouth, drink Love’s sherbet day and night.

Rubailer, Page 217, Rubai #2

Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)

Posted on May 1, 2016May 9, 2016 by Millicent

Hundreds of Lights from God's Purse (5/1/16) — Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)

O my soul, behind the curtain of the soul, there is a secret world, a secret drinking.

Behind the curtain of Absence, there are hundreds of Josephs of Canaan. Continue reading “Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)” →