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41 Blason even a non-believer like me remembers that Jesus held a church isn’t a structure, but its people. These many years I have slept with you, made our children with you, and still after love, lean to rest my head on you, and consider the mysteries of your good and decent heart, its thump and stomp, its clapping chorus raising to the rafters of your chest. I reach for your hand, intertwine our fingers, know here are the people— all this as I slip, fall, and tumble safely into that sky of greening sleep. 42 This page intentionally left blank. ...

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