The Gift Of Writing Is To Be

My Body Was Braille For The Creeping Influences.

Once I Was On The Job, Once I Had Got Started, I Felt Safe Enough, But The Anticipation Made Me Tense.

I Suppose I'm Saying That Defiance Is Actually Part Of The Lyric Job

Anyone With Gumption And A Sharp Mind Will Take The Measure Of Two Things: What's Said And What's Done.

A Public Expectation, It Has To Be Said, Not Of Poetry As Such But Of Political Positions Variously Approvable By Mutually Disapproving Groups.