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DRUNK FROM THE BITTER TRUTH
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270 ʯʥ˦ ʸʥ˗ʩʹ ʺʮʠ ʯʸʲʨʩʡ ʲʬʲʷʰʥʨ ʱˌʣ , ʲʸʲʥʥʹ — ʱʲ ʭʲʰ ʪʩʠ . ˦ ʯʥʠ ʢˌʬʹ ʯʥʠ ʭʥʷ ʣʰ˒ʥʥʸˋ , ʯ˝ٷ ʲʣʬʩʥʥ . ʺʮʠ ʯʸʲʨʩʡ ʯʥ˦ ʸʥ˗ʩʹ , ʯٷʥʥ ʯʸʲʣʰˋ ʯʣʲʩ ˝ˌ ʪʩʠ ʱʩʥʨʹ . ʲʬʲʷʰʥʨ ʱˌʣ , ʲʸʲʥʥʹ , ʲʨʫʩʥʸʡʸˋ˦ , ʯٷʠ ʢˌʨ ʯʥʠ ʱʩʥʠ ʢˌʨ ʪʩʮ ʨʮʲʹʸˋ˦ ʱˋʥʥ , ʥʬʢʫʸʥʣ ʪʩʠ ʬʲʥʥ ʯʨ , ʯʨʥʬʡʫʸʥʣ , ʯʨʫʩʥʬʫʸʥʣ , ʯʹٷ ʯʨʱʬʣʩʩʠ ʯʩʠ ʯʲʬʣʰˋʥʥʸˋ˦ . ʯʬʲʷʰʥʨ ʭʲʣ ʯʥ˦ , ʯʨʸˋʤ ʯʥʠ ʯʸʲʥʥʹ , ʨˌʡʲʢ ʯʫʩʥʤ ˋ ʯʥ˦ ʨʱʰʩʣ ʯʩʠ ʩʥʥ , ʯʨʸˋʢʲʢ ʭʥʶ ˝ʲʸʨ ʲʷʩʨʫʩʬ ʪʩʠ ʩʥʡ , ʯʣʰʲʮʩʥʸʨ , ʨˌʢ ʯʣʰʬˋʸʨʹ . 271 DRUNK FROM THE BITTER TRUTH The dark and the heavy—I take them. Come strike and wound, wild anguish. Drunk from the bitter truth, I refuse all other wine. The dark, the heavy, the used up shame me day in, day out, I will burn them through, bleed them through, blaze them forth, and transform them into the most delicate glow. From the dark, the heavy and the hard, as if in service to a higher command, I build luminous steps to the sought-after, dreaming and radiant God. ...