Are words good enough?
- Anon
You seek sanctuary in a grammatical cul-de-sac
worrying pronouns
and the proper syntax for love . . .
The wind knocks down a tree . . .
You begin chainsawing the drops
carving out a lean-to
for the idea that
words are not good enough . . .
despite your thinking
that the inexpressible is contained
inexpressibly
in the expressed . . .
A caricature of Wittgenstein
designing door handles
for his sister's cottage
arrives in an email
which you consider forwarding
but then delete . . .
It's a way of talking yourself . . . out . . .
into the sunshine . . .
into the color of particles . . .
as thick as snowflakes . . .
connecting the dots . . . to the afternoon . . .
imagining a carousel of alchemists
with you stretching for the silver ring . . .
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| Ellen von Unwerth |