Monday, January 3, 2022

Never Nameless

We can’t not be
Human, not be
Human language,
Human culture.

A person can
Pull away some,
Avoid talking,
Avoid language,

Practice silence,
Sit with the world,
Its roars and chirps,
Stinks and flashes

That have no words.
But a poem can’t.
Zen monks have been
Known to ditch poems.

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