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)