like the snowstorm from
the north east like a thighbone
like osidian
such is necessi
ty i here pay homage to
i of all people
who wrote such great po
ems in praise of freedom for
tified with rubies
like ‘das wohltemper
ierte klavier’ such
is necessity
prelude and fugue one
more time and yet again mar
vellous E major
like a samurai
sword the keenest of the all
keys connected with mer
cy in both physi
cal and metaphysical
sense connected with
infallibili
ty and swans that shed their plum
age in fairytales
necessity is
what i want to write about
there’s no more time for
any digressions
of lapis lazuli my
days are fading a
way like smoke my joints
are on fire i must get in
to what is essen
tial i must get in
to G major’s inexor
able sun topaz
necessity is
not the same as the ruby
glass of causali
ty but what the dif
ference consists of i have
no idea whatso
ever it is not
a modus ponens either
or a japanese
stone lamp outside in
the snowshowers – you are my ne
cessity my love
necessity is
as death is completely just
no one escapes – no
one – were you to change
into a bird were you to
offer your belo
ved in exchange no
no cameraderie here
no preferential
treatment here necess
ity is as incorrup
tible as borax
there is nothing small
about necessity or
dehydrated i
do not believe eith
er it has been embellished
with mother of pearl
or rectified in
polish vodka like poe
try it reminds one
more of a slaughter
house than of a petit four
confectioner’s shop
i think that necess
ity must taste of rust and
of wood sorrel but
i know that it is
larger than saturn and vi
olet that it still
exists even though
you shut your eyes and pretend
that it is not so
necessity is
pure and consecrated to
death like youth itself
like C major like
the syllables in a hai
ku like my own name
such is necessi
ty – don’t try to talk to me
about the little
spasm that is called free
dom the little phobia
of self-glorifi
cation that is called
freedom like death itself such
is necessity
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