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@@ -595,14 +595,13 @@ sign that you’ve died.
 Your old life was a frantic running
 from silence.
 The speechless full moon comes out now.
-S O M E K I S S W E There is some kiss we want
+SOME KISS WE WANT
+There is some kiss we want
 with our whole lives, the touch
 of spirit on the body. Seawater
 begs the pearl to break its shell.
 And the lily, how passionately
 it needs some wild darling!
-W A N T
-  
 At night, I open the window and ask
 the moon to come and press its
 face against mine.
@@ -683,7 +682,7 @@ These words are an alternate
 existence. Hear the passage into
 silence and be that.
   
- . A New Life
+A New Life
 As one becomes a lover, duties change to inspirations. Prac-
 tices become dance, poetry, creek music moving along.
 Impossible natural images of transformation appear: candle
@@ -776,7 +775,7 @@ rising up. Today I recognized that that
 jewel-like beauty is the presence, our loving
 confusion, the glow in which watery clay gets
 brighter than fire, the one we call the Friend.
-N A S U H ’ S C H A N G I N G
+NASUH'S CHANGING 
 At that moment his spirit grows wings and lifts.
 His ego falls like a battered wall.
 He unites with God, alive,
@@ -828,7 +827,7 @@ the poem again so he can play.
 There is
 no end to anything round.
   
-T H E D E A T H O F S A L A D I N
+THE DEATH OF ALADIN
 You left ground and sky weeping,  
 mind and soul full of grief.
 No one can take your place in existence
@@ -913,7 +912,7 @@ How do they learn that?
 They fall, and falling,
 they’re given wings.
   
-I T H R O W I T A L L A W A Y
+I THROW IT ALL
 You play with the great globe of union,
 you that see everyone so clearly
 and cannot be seen. Even universal
@@ -1058,8 +1057,7 @@ In the blackness those friends keep arguing.
 Like a wanderer with no face.
 Like the most powerful bird in existence
 sitting on its perch, refusing to move.
-  
-I ’ M N O T S A Y I N G T H I S R I G H T
+I'M NOT SAYING THIS RIGHT
 You bind me, and I tear away in a rage
 to open out into air, a round
 brightness, a candlepoint,
@@ -1076,7 +1074,8 @@ A disbeliever hides disbelief,
 but I will say his secret.
 More and more awake, getting up at night,
 spinning and falling in love with Shams.
-W H O S A Y S W O R D S W I T H M Y Who looks out with my eyes? What is
+WHO SAYS WORDS WITH MY 
+Who looks out with my eyes? What is
 the soul? I cannot stop asking.
 If I could taste one sip of an answer,
 I could break out of this prison for drunks.
@@ -1634,7 +1633,7 @@ comes with being inside the pleasure.
 Whatever you say about mysteries,
 I know or I don’t know, both are close
 to being true. Neither is quite a lie.
-W H AT H U R T S T H E S O U L ?
+WHAT HURTS THE SOUL
 We tremble, thinking we’re about to dissolve
 into nonexistence, but nonexistence
 fears even more that it might be given human form!
@@ -1655,7 +1654,8 @@ from the mystery tell us things.
 Love is the mother. We are her children.
 She shines inside us, visible-invisible,
 as we lose trust or feel it start to grow again.
-H I D D E N Hiding is the hidden purpose
+HIDDEN
+Hiding is the hidden purpose
 of creation. Bury your seed
 and wait. After you die, all
 the thoughts you had will
@@ -1702,10 +1702,10 @@ in the pomegranate flowers.
 If you do not come, these do not matter.
 If you do come, these do not matter.
   
-W H O M A K E S Who makes these changes?
+WHO MAKES
+Who makes these changes?
 I shoot an arrow right.
 It lands left.
-T H E S E C H A N G E S ?
 I ride after a deer and find myself
 chased by a hog.
 I plot to get what I want
@@ -1726,7 +1726,8 @@ Like a pure spirit lying down, pulling
 its body over it, like a bride her husband
 for a cover to keep her warm.
   
-T H E D O G Now, what if a dog’s owner
+THE DOG
+Now, what if a dog’s owner
 were not able to control it?
 PROBLEM
 A poor dervish might appear: the dog storms out.
@@ -1798,7 +1799,7 @@ to rid themselves of lying,
 who empty the self
 and have only clear being there.
   
-T H E S O U L’ S F R I E N D
+THE SOUL'S FRIEND
 Listen to your essential self, the Friend.
 When you feel longing, be patient,
 and also prudent, moderate with eating and drinking.
@@ -1857,7 +1858,7 @@ for being human.
 In battle, one runs fearing
 for his life. Another, just as scared, turns
 and fights more fiercely.
-A T E A C H E R ’ S PAY
+A TEACHER'S PAY
 God has said Be moderate with eating and drinking,
 but never, Be satisfied when taking in light.
 God offers a teacher the treasures of the world,
@@ -2078,7 +2079,6 @@ compassion for this suffering?” He answers,
 “To your eyes this is a drought. To me,
 it’s a form of God’s joy. Everywhere
 in this desert I see green corn growing
-   
 waist-high, a sea-wilderness of young ears
 greener than leeks. I reach to touch them.
 How could I not! You and your friends
@@ -2127,12 +2127,12 @@ where one love story changes to another.
 I remember that with these words brought here
 by a falcon from the wrist of Shams.
    
-T H E If the beloved is everywhere,
+If the beloved is everywhere,
 the lover is a veil,
 but when living itself
 becomes the Friend,
 lovers disappear.
-K I N G , T H E H A N D M A I D E N , A N D T H E D O C TO R
+KING, THE HANDMAIDEN AND THE DOCTOR
 Do you know why your soul-mirror
 does not reflect as clearly as it might?
 Because rust has begun to cover it.
@@ -2313,7 +2313,8 @@ Keep knocking, and the joy inside
 will eventually open a window
 and look out to see who’s there.
    
-T H E G E N E R AT I O N S Yesterday the beauty of early dawn
+THE GENERATIONS 
+Yesterday the beauty of early dawn
 came over me, and I wondered who
 my heart would reach toward. Then
 this morning again and you. Who
@@ -2323,7 +2324,8 @@ they’re pregnant with love, love
 pregnant with God. These are the
 early morning generations I praise.
 I PRAISE
-O N E S W AY I N G Love is not condescension, never
+ONE SWAYING
+Love is not condescension, never
 that, nor books, nor any marking
 on paper, nor what people say of
 each other. Love is a tree with
@@ -2344,7 +2346,7 @@ Shams Tabriz, the secret of God.
 Held like this, to draw in milk,
 no will, tasting clouds of milk,
 never so content.
-H A N G O V E R R E M O R S E
+HANGOVER MORSE 
 Muhammad said, “Three kinds of people
 are particularly pathetic. The powerful man
 out of power, the rich man with no money,
@@ -2358,7 +2360,7 @@ the way he cries out for the majesty
 he’s lost,
 give me that longing!
    
-S O U L , H E A R T, A N D B O DY O N E M O R N I N G
+SOUL, HEART AND BODY ONE MORNING
 There’s a morning where presence comes over you,
 and you sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape.
 Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins
@@ -2462,7 +2464,6 @@ when you’re beaten, when you hear Checkmate,
 and can finally say with Hallaj’s voice,
 I trust you to kill me.
    
-I M A D U ’ L - M U L K
 Remember the story of the king who is so enraged
 with his close friend that he’s about to kill him!
 A privileged intercessor, Imadu’l-Mulk, steps in
@@ -2530,7 +2531,6 @@ out of love poems is not to tell the full truth. Auden is gay,
 too, in all senses, which adds more depths to his cultural
 work.
    
-K H A R R A Q A N I ’ S M A R R I A G E
 The young seeker wonders, How could a teacher
 lie with that woman! Can a guide agree
 with a thief?
@@ -2566,7 +2566,7 @@ Kiss the snake to discover the treasure!
 Don’t run from those who scold,
 and don’t turn away from cleansing conflict,
 or you will remain weak.
-T H E S T U P I D T H I N G S I ’ V E D O N E
+THE STUPID THINGS I'VE DONE
 Let your sunlight shine on this piece of dung,
 and dry it out, so I can be used
 for fuel to warm a bathhouse.
@@ -2600,7 +2600,8 @@ If you could untie your wings
 and free your soul of jealousy,
 you and everyone around you
 would fly up like doves.
-W H E N W O R D S A R E T I N G E D W I T H Muhammad gave this indication of how to know
+WHEN WORDS ARE TINGED WITH
+Muhammad gave this indication of how to know
 what’s real. “When you feel
 a peaceful joy, you’re near the truth.
 Unquiet and off center, jealous or greedy,
@@ -2778,7 +2779,7 @@ No better love than love with no object,
 no more satisfying work than work with no purpose.
 If you could give up tricks and cleverness,
 that would be the cleverest trick!
-A G R E AT W A G O N
+
 When I see your face, the stones start spinning!
 You appear; all studying wanders.
 I lose my place.
@@ -2795,7 +2796,8 @@ as spring begins to move
 like a great wagon.
 Drive slowly. Some of us
 walking alongside are lame.
-B L A S P H E M Y A N D T H E My soul keeps whispering, “Quickly,
+BLASPHEMY AND THE 
+My soul keeps whispering, “Quickly,
 be a wandering dervish, a salamander
 sitting in its homefire. Walk about
 watching the burning turn to roses.
@@ -2874,7 +2876,8 @@ they’re doing every moment and why.
 Submit to love without thinking, as
 the sun rose this morning recklessly
 extinguishing our star-candle minds.
-AYA Z A N D T H E K I N G ’ S One day the king assembled his courtiers,
+AYAZ AND THE KING'S 
+One day the king assembled his courtiers,
 He handed the minister a glowing pearl.
 “What would you say this is worth?”
 than a hundred donkeys could carry.”
@@ -2986,7 +2989,7 @@ Shams sails down clods of dirt
 from the roof, and we take jobs
 as doorkeepers for him.
    
-R O S E S U N D E R F O OT
+ROSE UNDER FOOT 
 The sound of salaams rising as waves
 diminish down in prayer,
 hoping for some trace of the one
@@ -3014,7 +3017,8 @@ All the learning in books stays put
 on the shelf. Poetry, the dear
 words and images of song, comes down
 over me like mountain water.
-B I R D S O N G F R O M I N S I D E T H E Sometimes a lover of God may faint
+BIRD SONGS FROM INSIDE 
+Sometimes a lover of God may faint
 in the presence. Then the beloved bends
 and whispers in his ear, “Beggar,
 spread out your robe. I’ll fill it with gold.
@@ -3086,7 +3090,7 @@ with dignified authority, we are charlatans.
 Or maybe just a goat’s-hair brush in a painter’s hand.
 We have no idea what we are.
    
-M O S E S A N D T H E S H E P H E R D
+MOSES AND THE SHEPERD
 Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying,
 “God,
 where are you? I want to help you, to fix your shoes
@@ -3211,7 +3215,7 @@ we’ll stay quiet. Whatever
 you have understood of us, go and tell that
 to the living,
 what we’ve been hiding from them.
-T H E O C E A N ’ S M OT I O N
+THE OCEAN'S MOTION
 Love is an ocean. This wide sky,
 a bit of foam on that.
 Restless as Zuleikha
@@ -3222,7 +3226,6 @@ everything would freeze and be
 still. Instead,
 inorganic grains are entering
 plants. Plants enter animals;
-   
 animals enter
 spirit, and spirit sacrifices itself
 for one breath