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Oppen  \nLittle Deer IsleMaine  \nDear Paul Vangelisti  \nDescended from some three generations of ratherargumentative rationalists,I do not have the difficulty withthe Christian atmosphere that your letter fears,I think.Encountering the Christian and Hebraic traditions in adult-hood,and with no memory at all of Sunday School,I needno apology at all for your poem with its beauty and itsdepth.Existence communicates within itself.  \nI tend to respond to the Jordan's candid tongue,tothe whole Western and Judaic philosophy of Being,as thetrue sword of knowledge —Of course,like you,recog-nizing this as a response,a poetics,not a political program.  \nmy hatred fearing it  \nmy love misunderstanding itcursed may be all we ever possess'  \nI quote for the pleasure of repeating these  \nlines  \n(I wonder how you would feel about omitting the stagedirections —the words Priest and People —which definea ceremony?Simply separating the speeches as if theywere stanzas?I wish you would take a look at the poemthat way to see if you might feel as I do.Would it notquite simply forestall,among other things,the possiblememory of stupid priests and stupid churchlyness?)  \nand  \nwould not the white space carry more —I should havesaid it this way—than the indication of 'staging'  \nBut this of course is for you to decide.And I sendmy congratulations to you for the poem  \nGeorge Oppen  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n(a poem with a memory,a celebration of the joy of thefuture,your future,mine,nobody's future,a gift an omen)  \nI welcome you.  \nWe come seeking the Lord's grace,we come for the love of our brothers and sisters.  \nWe are all welcome in this large house.  \nWe come as charitable men.  \nAs charitable men we forgive and are forgiven.Like the sun in winter is the Lord's eye.  \nFrom profound darkness my cries clamour to you,Lord.Lord,hear my voice.  \nAmen.  \nWithout the natural hand of His spirit,I amcursed;cursed is my bread breaking itmy milk drinking itmy money earning it  \nthe thrust of my sex desiring itmy dreams living themmy justice escaping itmy truth trusting itmy hatred fearing it  \nmy love misunderstanding itcursed may be all we ever possess.  \nAmen.  \nLike the sun in winter is the Lord's eye.","cbCaidknuLhTgCF0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidknuLhTgCF0","pdf",912964,"English","# COMMUNION\n## With a note by George Oppen\n## Invitation, grace, and forgiveness\n## Curses and conditional possessions\n## Amen and closing image","[{\"question\":\"What relationship does the note establish between Vangelisti’s poem and Christian atmosphere?\",\"answer\":\"The note says there is no difficulty with the Christian atmosphere that Vangelisti’s letter fears, and that the Christian and Hebraic traditions can be encountered without apology.\"},{\"question\":\"How does George Oppen suggest the poem should be read structurally?\",\"answer\":\"He questions the staged directions like “Priest and 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