Thursday, February 9, 2023

ERSATZ

From crib 
to crypt, syllable 

by syllable, only 
a makeshift 

self is constructed—
a papier mâché 

in which 
similar sounds 

are bound 
with the starch 

of incessant 
repetition 

to create, 
not a man

or a principle 
or a brand, but 

the one thing 
which no one can 

ever agree on: 
the heart 

of an in-
comprehensible story—

the "obvious"
meaning 

in a true work 
of art.