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)
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