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Mixed Marriages
The young Cuban mounting the debutante from Cleveland
the mule that wants to mate with a sheep
the Hassid who falls for the Chinese girl from Akron
the canary that sings to a cage full of finches
the flute that wants to play with the oboe
and the gin that longs for a shot of vermouth
have something in common. They are all emissaries
from the world of generous singing.
They are all prophets
of a light that will admit no divisions.
They are all giving testimony
to the fact that we will come in the end
to a place of no borders,
that the way of all flesh is the arc
of a good seed's longing —
mixing it up, keeping things whole.
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©1999
Michael Blumenthal and Nerve.com
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