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JESSE GLASS, JR.
JESUS BlAKE' S SPIRITIlAL SAYINGS
1
I threw off my cloak & walked across water
to a lady wearing clothespins on her nipples
I said: ยท'what' s wrong Sister?"
She wept :millstones pointing to her drowned babies
that my reflection covered like a bed-spread.
2
I took. my maSk ofr s spat in the dirt
sme,aring the clouded eyes of a blind man
I turned toO the crowd s said: "behold ~n
but b.lood& :mud dripped fram my fingers.
3
I t.ook off my workpants
& dressed in a white iobe
"maybe I'll walk to Snydersburg" :r say.
On the way I met twelve young men
under a tree.
They called me "Lord!" s "Master!-
beat me & took my robe.
4
"Mother, were you a virgin
when I washam?"
-3~.
