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Preying:The Mantis' Prayer Robin Coste Lewis (bio) It's true: we know.They all knew. And stillHere we are – keen, compelled –Down on our kneesProstrate for, pursuant ofThat one thingWorth relinquishingAll things for. Whatever we haveDone, whatever you must do, cleaveTo me. Pleasedon't stop –Not now, nowWhen we are here, hereAnd so uncommonly closeTo our darkness. [End Page 387] Robin Coste Lewis Robin Coste Lewis is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, where she received a master of theological studies degree in Sanskrit and comparative religious literature. She is the Samuel Valentine Cole Professor of Creative Writing at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and Assistant Professor of creative writing at Hampshire College's School of Interdisciplinary Arts. Her work has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Black Silk, and The Encyclopedia Project. Copyright © 2008 Charles H. Rowell
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