here is my perfection
and there is my hell
here I interpret
and there I suffer
here I translate
and there -- I cry in pain

here is the fixation
the tremor in stone
the perfect prismatic moment

there is the material
the agonies and suffering
the crude concrete accretion

here is my perfection
and there is my hell

I tune it, I rewrite it
I play it, I get the noise down
presented for your pleasure
(or to ease) your pain?

here is my work
and everywhere else
is my hell

I sweat blood for these words
even when I struggle
to feel them

8/27/03 - 4:40 AM