Press Release (Houston, Texas, January 16, 2022): Saint Julian Press is proud to announce a new book of poetry by author Fred LaMotte, which will be published on April 15, 2022.
"Sweep up the dust of a thousand ruined civilizations in this breath. Gather the ashes of your ancestors in this breath. Whisk the DNA from all the microbes that ever swarmed the gut or swam the blood of rodent, honeybee, or leprous medieval peasant in this breath. Reap the protein from each virus, harvest molecules of leopard scat and wolverine, the very color code of parrots in this breath. Garner the rune of an alien chromosome, fossilized in meteorite, or learn the secret gene-Om of a black hole humming at the core of a distant sun, from this breath. Distill the tears of your enemies, the wild scent of your first love from this breath, the healing elixir in rain-forest herbs, dew from the eyes of your unborn children, the bittersweet atoms that Jesus breathed. Now hold and cherish this breath, sweeping up the stories, the grievances, the blame and forgiveness. Transmute it all into sparkling awareness."
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