What men build, in the name of security, is built of straw. br br * br br Does the grain of sand know it is a grain of sand? br br * br br My dog Ben -- a mouth like a tabernacle. br br * br br You can have the other words-chance, luck, coincidence, br serendipity. I'll take grace. I don't know what it is exactly, but br I'll take it. br br * br br The pine cone has secrets it will never tell. br br * br br Myself, myself, myself, that darling hut! br How quick it will burn! br br * br br Death listens br to the hum and strike of my words. br His laughter spills. br br * br br Spring: there rises up from the earth such a blazing sweetness br it fills you, thank God, with disorder. br br * br br I am a performing artist; I perform admiration. br Come with me, I want my poems to say. And do the same.