The Necessity of Poetry
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SEPT. 28 THURSDAY


Dear Jane
I am the wine you are drinking
the pill you remember you took

how much of your life do I possess
you are what you eat
you eat from a hand

this hand you are eating
lasts
for my life

well there will always be art
to keep another word alive
you

for you the artist will trick or treat
thanks to Chuck Berry (the thief)
the combination of neuroses it takes

to make artists will always exist
a Neanderthal neurosis
caged in autobiography

inspiration is a visitation
sent to someone
when out of their mind

you can't have your cake & eat it too
you put it in my refrigerator
someone must pull the shade

the confession of summer
art hugs clean
turns cold

now we must somehow sleep
with each other
inside.