Monday, July 23, 2012

Hart's Valentine

No one ever talks
about transcendence anymore
it’s simply dropped out
of the lexicon the formulary
now it’s all about translation
as if that didn’t embrace
any transaction between
two objects of any kind
he sings because he suffers
once music streamed into
his head through his hair
he couldn’t get it out of there
but that he could feel
something outside himself
even more intensely
than himself
that he could dare

1 comment:

William Keckler said...

But unfortunately alcohol was his transcendence. He was given the "gift" (curse) of writing well under the influence of alcohol. Most only think they're writing well under that influence. He's totally an Orpheus, agreed. The head singing even beheaded, floating down that stream.