Saturday, April 23, 2011

Wholistic - April 22

Everything that could mean anything
is the case.
That is the world.

All else follows.

Feeling very worldish at the moment,
I will say, that the world is not made up of things
but of facts:
lovely liquid facts, in fact.

All else follows.

And how you see is a matter of
enlightening facts - that is to say,
imbuing them with light.

All else follows.

Look to the end:
your utopia.
What is what?

All else follows

And the way you graze a lover's breast
And how you comb your hair;
And whether you think Iran should have the bomb,
And all else right or wrong;
How you paint and how you dance,
And whether or not military intervention is ever justified for humanitarian purposes, particularly in the case of overthrowing a junta...
And what you eat and where you shop,
And cryptic turns of phrase;
The truth and style of how you live,
The kind of Cain you raise.

All else follows.

Truth and beauty within this life are always already only a syntax
We acquire as a whole:
And it shifts and grows and bites itself,
But throughout it always knows
Who you are and what you feel
And the world you aspire,
All else follows in perfect line,
To your world this world inspires.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the refrain. All else follows. The rhyming feels forced in some spots. I like this one.