The next day I went out at dawn and wrote:
"The vast inference I had drawn over all of our heads
is gone.
"It was but another silky voice,
plausible, an answer
"To a question that seemed to burst from every tension, juxtaposition
of symbol with action, every discontent."
The air was clear, full of flying insects, radio, paradox, intent, song.
"One's feeling that he is the keeper of any keys at all
creates him.
"Talk, or talk of talking; dream the short things tall. Imagine
concluding your poem most rife with personal meaning
"With no metaphor, no simile,
"No 'going on' within the traditions and precepts of this madness
—its tacit acceptance—
"At all."
| August 6, 1980 | Copyright © 1980, 2004 by David Newkirk (david.newkirk@gmail.com). All rights reserved. |
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