Triptych of Illusions

The word is not the – The poet and the – To write one thing in
thing; it is well known. – man in love share se – order to reveal
Words upon a string – crets, beneath the sheets, - another thing, more
construct a meto – upon the pages, - hidden, is a pe
nym: As a king is – both no longer white, - culiar pursuit.
not a throne, so each – but the stains are made – If I could only
word stands apart / a – by beauty and by – speak more plainly, these
lone. A bird is not – passion, so they have – lines would be redun
a word. A tree is – a sanctity, an – dant and I might waste
not the sea, any – innocence of pur – less time explaining.
more than baum and mer. – pose rendered perfect – The artifice of
The attribute they – in a verse, a u – writing is a sha
share, an accident – niverse, where the ran – dow play of ciphers
of ear, vibrations – dom and romantic – who enact a dumb
in the air. Poe – fit together, where – depiction of some
try and truth are some – the chaos all makes – travesty of life.
times near, but lies are – sense and the rude things – It is neither cle
just as easy to – of the flesh are smoothed, - ver nor creative
hear. Be clear: To write – improved, for love’s mea – to pursue illu
is not to be right. – ning is renewal. – sions of art as truth.