I don’t know what to give up for Lent…
carbs? cutting? cheese? cocaine? chocolate? crying?
casual commitment to Catholicism???
(I am not afraid of Hell:
it is here, at home, in my head:
Hell is at home in my head).
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poetry & prose by HLR
Treacle Heart 
If it has to begin with C how about giving up celf criticism (I know, I cheated). Hell’s always a bad tenant, I’d evict it before it wrecks the place :)