Art is an Act
not self
of violence
against will not be gainsaid
will brook no argument
won't suffer the fools
gladly
would I climb a
mountain of salt with you
before dawn lodestar my freight the violent
silence the most beautiful word
is
trespass
Jody Gladding, "Art is an Act" from Translations from Bark Beetle. Copyright © 2014 by Jody Gladding. Reprinted by permission of Milkweed Editions. www.milkweed.org
Source:
Translations from Bark Beetle
(Milkweed Editions, 2014)
