Friday Poem: "Let Nothing In But Art"

Let Nothing In But Art

Let nothing in but art

Ignore the temporal
Daily doings atrophy
The muscle of purpose

Rather than grapple flee
Dart like the doe
Dodge like the eel

Defy encumbrance
Nothing bought is something freed
Density hardens the spirit

Abandon enumeration
Numbers gather like mourners
Records make caskets of our days

Shut the door to dreams

4/94-1/21/95, 2/10/98, 3/15, 3/30/98, 5/27/98

Copyright 1998 by Maurice Leiter

Posted with permission.