Francisco R. Albano Biography

I went around
Looking for carnations.
I couldn’t find any.
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In the beginning
Before beginnings
God said
Let there be light
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(After Mategna’s “Night”)


Claim this night,
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All the streets lead to the sacred temple
Built by the town’s flesh and bones,
Its spirit, the blood of life freely given.
The secret is tabernacled here
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His mountains design flight of earth
Rise of self to the top
Where word and silence stop
The inner eye seeing
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