Art is an Act

                                                                  not self
 
of                                                                                     violence
 
                                                       against                   will  not  be  gainsaid
                                                                                         will  brook  no  argument
                                                                                         won't  suffer  the  fools
 
                                                                                                                                 gladly
                   would   I   climb   a
            mountain         of       salt       with       you
 
before  dawn                                      lodestar             my  freight                    the  violent

            silence                                            the  most  beautiful                       word

                                                                                  is

                                                                                 trespass

Copyright Credit: Jody Gladding, "Art is an Act" from Translations from Bark Beetle. Copyright © 2014 by Jody Gladding.  Reprinted by permission of Milkweed Editions. www.milkweed.org
Source: Translations from Bark Beetle (Milkweed Editions, 2014)