Monday, April 4, 2011

straw dog (#19)

mom, can I have 1000 dollars?/businessmen with the ethics of drug dealers











The Lie

by Anne Waldman 

Art begins with a lie
      The separation is you plus me plus what we make   
            Look into lightbulb, blink, sun’s in your eye

I want a rare sky
      vantage point free from misconception   
            Art begins with a lie

Nothing to lose, spontaneous rise   
      of reflection, paint the picture
            of a lightbulb, or eye the sun

How to fuel the world, then die   
      Distance yourself from artfulness   
            How? Art begins with a lie

The audience wants to cry
      when the actors are real & passionate
            Look into footlight, then feed back to eye

You fluctuate in an artful body
      You try to imitate the world’s glory
            Art begins with a lie
                  That’s the story, sharp speck in the eye.

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