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BGLG Issue 50 Feature: Quartz Page Klapp

All laundry bleeds together

You drink from a bottle that was a traffic cone that is a balloon that was a bottle

that is a traffic cone that was a balloon that is a bottle that was a traffic cone

It flickers and morphs as what it means to see morphs and flickers beyond magic

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The sweetness of the syrup at the corner of your lips holds dirt and shit and dead

squirrels and crunchy titter of pollinators and is still perfect for waffles

You take another sip from traffic cone balloon to wash away dirt squirrel;

the residue left behind is ripe with blueprints for a soul that both is and is not

yours

Whatever you use to cleanse 
will also pollute until all that is left is smoke

Quartz Page Klapp is a teacher, writer, roadtripper, and collector of stone frogs. They write gathering places for prose and poetry, laughter and terror, and truth and hope. She holds an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, where she serves as a faculty member. She lives in Lafayette, Colorado with her wife and their tuxedo cat. 

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Located in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa University is a Buddhist-inspired, nonsectarian liberal arts university that is recognized as the birthplace of the mindfulness movement. Naropa offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs that emphasize professional and personal growth, intellectual development, and cultivating compassion. 

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Contemplative education brings together the best of Western scholarship and Eastern world wisdom traditions. Therefore, your pursuit of wisdom at Naropa means learning both about academic subjects and about your own place in the world. This innovative approach places Naropa on the cutting edge of the newest and most effective methods of teaching and learning.  

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Through its incredibly vibrant and welcoming community,  “Naropa offers a home for those who aren’t willing to conform to convention—the mystic, the healer, the prophet, the rebel, the artist, the revolutionary, the oddball—those who are incredible contributors to the evolution of society and of our planet.”—Core Associate Professor Zvi Ish-Shalom

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