The Tombs Did Not Produce the Gifts

It takes other words / to say

The words they mean, concluded,

Once, Stephen Dunn. That’s a fun

Koan to hang from. You say

Some words, but they’re not the words

You mean. You say other words

To say the words you mean, but

Now what are they? The other

Words that say the words you mean,

Were they actually the words

You mean, or words you needed

To then say the words you mean?

Meaning isn’t in the words,

But you can bring them meaning.