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20 Penitence฀Essay A฀blue฀flame฀arrows its฀way฀through฀the฀globe฀of฀my฀eye. Perhaps฀I฀was฀“pain”฀or฀had฀a฀broken฀knuckle, a฀bloodied฀nose฀on฀the฀playground. I’ve฀begged฀for฀it,฀but I’ll฀beg฀longer.฀I’ve฀been฀there. I’ve฀seen฀winter฀childhoods on฀the฀merry-go-round. The฀holy฀light฀from฀the฀school, jagged฀as฀the฀steam฀from฀the฀heat฀exhaust quivers฀like฀tacky฀sentences slivered฀between฀teeth. It’s฀cold.฀I฀beg฀you.฀It’s฀cold. ...

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