Abby Bass

cosmicbassexhibits her spiritual effulgence

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In Flight

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Elevation

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The world attracts you through your senses, and as long as you do not see the Sacred in the objects of your senses, you live in an awkward position, which scarcely helps you in procuring your spiritual elevation.

Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Precepts by Bhaktivinoda Thakur

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Through

Angels strip you

They take everything

Japanese women in white

Covering their mouths

Giggling as they pull

Off your clothes

.

The door’s just big enough

To crawl through

More of a tunnel really

.

On the other side

There’s a throne

Gold vaguely translucent

And she’s sitting on it

Legs crossed

.

It’s the kind of a room

A throne would be in

The light diffuse

Through stained glass

.

On your knees

You confess everything

Every sin

Every desire

Every regret

.

She uncrosses her legs

You enter her

And you

Are reborn

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Window Dressing

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Japan

banquet

After the banquet
You were livid
Even slapped me
For staring at your legs
All night long
For staring at your legs
Even slapped me
You were livid
After the banquet

Before I could react
Footsteps outside
We never mentioned it
Until our last night
In Japan
Drunk on sake
I said remember
After the banquet

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jennifer aniston

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Scan037

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In Search of 2

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Sappho

(c) Manchester City Galleries; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

by Auguste Charles Mengin

Date painted: 1877
Oil on canvas, 230.7 x 151.1 cm
Collection: Manchester City Galleries

My life is bitter with thy love; thine eyes
Blind me, thy tresses burn me, thy sharp sighs
Divide my flesh and spirit with soft sound,
And my blood strengthens, and my veins abound.
I pray thee sigh not, speak not, draw not breath;
Let life burn down, and dream it is not death.
— Swinburne

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