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Benediction with Self Roseanna Alice Boswell (bio) I stopped praying years ago when I lost god between my thighs& thumb. Enough divinity in the well of me for my ownchurch, I ask myself for what I want & give in moderation. My husbandrises from our bed every morning & I am thankful: thankful for the slope of his ass, his calf musclesliding into jeans, knot of hair over waistband. This worship that is his sleep-smell & tooth-crook. I know what it is to beswallowedby need & open my palm for more. The arc of my shoulderblade is my own promise. My own flood-thirst I make again & again.I dazzle myself between sheets, tell my husband to leave theblinds open––let the sun anoint everything I've touched. [End Page 96] Roseanna Alice Boswell Roseanna Alice Boswell is a queer poet from Upstate New York. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Roseanna holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and is currently a PhD student at Oklahoma State University. She enjoys haunting the Midwest with her husband and cat. Copyright © 2022 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
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