what was it you used to say
before
that made people act with a swan's
confidence
give praise to the intrinsic power of a
word
jangle their skeleton keys to the human
heart
and see in you all possible in natural
machinery
how by arranging truth to be hidden in
images
creativity let loose the joyful telos of
meaning
you were by no means the first to tell
stories
but you were there speaking when I
burst
from the bubble of non-being into
generation
when I learned about others you were
pointing
to their mouths
