Bishop Quotes to Learn
The Fish
his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,
A green line, frayed at the end
where he broke it, two heavier lines,
and a fine black thread
The Prodigal
The brown enormous odor he lived by
was too close, with its breathing and thick hair,
for him to judge.
the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red
the burning puddles seemed to reassure.
Filling Station
Why the extraneous plant?
Why the taboret?
Why, oh why, the doily?
to high-strung automobiles.
Somebody loves us all.
his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,
A green line, frayed at the end
where he broke it, two heavier lines,
and a fine black thread
The Prodigal
The brown enormous odor he lived by
was too close, with its breathing and thick hair,
for him to judge.
the sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red
the burning puddles seemed to reassure.
Filling Station
Why the extraneous plant?
Why the taboret?
Why, oh why, the doily?
to high-strung automobiles.
Somebody loves us all.
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