it is so that
you are no more than
the sum
of your parts
but your parts are
infinite.

i must come to learn
what is essential, that is
to say to learn to
listen
much harder.

in the event of love
or catastrophe:

take flight.

a fascist walks into a bar
that you're swinging into his face
like you're knocking it out of the park
with all of your might
because it is the only
appropriate course of action.

yes, it is
so, that
the word
is the ******
of the thing—
but it
can happen

that a name
gives life.
it is so say it is
so. say it is. it
remains.
a trace.
at least
forever say forever as if forever
will never
have been
the same
again.

we
will always
have
always
come
what may.
say come what may.
as if always would be always.
a wager.
if you can. if you can.
for you can.

the discovery
of others
is the greatest discovery
anyone
could ever make.
recovery is more than an empty sound.
if you
don't know
this truth, then know
you are close.
closer than you could ever know.
resume the struggle
and you shall be
rewarded
in full.
between one and another
there is a pilgrimage without end.
a friend will save your life.
the body
is the location
of grace.
all the beauty of the world
can be witnessed
in a single caring face.

i must learn to stop staying up so late
as if my wakefulness could keep tomorrow
at bay. i never learn. perhaps i'm lonely.
but am i not here, in the milky way?

it is not enough to know the name. no.
he had told me, always will be enough.
i'm still to learn the meaning of these words.
there is nothing on the other side of

the word: this is the meaning of the earth.
it is not a tragedy, or at least
it does not have to be. it might be worth
our time, to enquire if we are free.