Ozeki’s “Tale” Entangles Readers
First sixteen pages
Seventeen footnotes ask, “Is
She making this up?”
The Breastplate of St. Patrick
I bind unto myself the power /
Of the great love of the cherubim; /
The sweet ‘well done’ in judgment hour, /
The service of the seraphim, /
Confessors’ faith, Apostles’ word, /
The Patriarchs’ prayers, the Prophets’ scrolls, /
All good deeds done unto the Lord, /
And purity of virgin souls.
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Creation Groans
Turning & turning – and do we now see /
Mere anarchy at last upon the world?