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if my soul were remade
into a new and shining garment,
then would I have to die?

Lord, if perfection is death,
let me stay here
a little while longer,
spotted and stained."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Culture","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/","slug":"culture"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1151","displayName":"Elizabeth Spires","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/elizabeth-spires/","biography":{"default":"Elizabeth Spires’s most recent collection is A Memory of the Future.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"elizabeth-spires"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/small-prayer/407818/","title":"Small Prayer","seoTitle":"Elizabeth Spires’ Poem ‘Small Prayer’","dateModified":"2015-11-03T23:28:39Z","datePublished":"2015-10-13T13:07:49Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Culture","__typename":"Channel","slug":"culture"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"‘Small Prayer’ by Elizabeth Spires","issue":{"url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2015/11/","issueName":"November 2015","__typename":"MagazineIssue","slug":"201511"},"editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/407818/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/small-prayer/407818/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"culture","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["perfection","garment","heart","soul","Lord","death"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"small-prayer","grapeshot":{"segments":["shadow9hu7_pos_lexus_fy23","gv_death_injury","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_fashion","gb_death_injury_news-ent","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_core","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_strict","tbs_anyrisk","gs_fashion_highfashion","gs_fashion_misc"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"},"isArchive":false}}

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