TO TELL THE TRUTH

Do not say grace to him 

for things.
Pray instead, poet, to things 

for his grace. 

And do not seek to write of 

real freedom;

you risk describing—complete

alienation.

Above all, remember never 

to walk 

the perimeter of your life—to fathom

its shape;

but rather, to constantly trace

an apprehension:
the shape of this life is—not the only 

one.