bred in the bone

nolo contendere

yet I do with inertia

two steps three steps

           at a time

gravity wins in the end

           sparks fly

stars sweeten the infinite

above and below

brilliant perceptioins

temper the mind walls

                   open doors

coffin thoughts flee

morning

              the peignoir

                         the fruit

& daily news with coffee

the poem beyond me

           beckons bestows

random gifts

nutriments glad

            and sober

I cannot make art

        no one can

Art is not a thing 

             made

                   or thought

that force by which the 

           thing made

                        or thought

finds expression

I know less and less

and less suffices 

more is surfeit

Instead of all the things 

I used to do I do

the things alone

              that move me

bred in the bone