Temperate Aesthetics

Expecting distant clarity, correspondence
was made difficult. I'm not up to the dream
of perfection. The precariousness of example
is an idea about moderation that mainly involves
doing everything right. Residual watermarks of 
intelligence & art, linear processes, the nature of
recognition, leaving. Cardinal signs of mistranslation: 
the catechism of nearness, habitual mathematics. 
The assignation of dull rhythms, centuries of 
remnant thought, music, disconsolation. 



This poem first appeared in issue 7 (September 2001) of Poethia.