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A book of poems that fictionalizes the life of Trappist monkCharles de Foucauld. Beautiful verse, full of pieces like The Pangs of Wanting: I deliver my body to the church, / though I cannot imagine what penance might relieve / these pangs of wanting. Later: I take first communion My tongue licks up the bread: a whisper / of paper on my...