Wittgenstein's Song
Merely brilliant is no match
for being intimate. When you catch
a wave that breaks, you can only
half-determine its course. Lonely
is the determined man, whether
it's he who decides his fate, or fetters
the world lays on him. This
I learned from a young man's kiss.
Thus, I've learned, said nothing.
To be silent is something
for the wise to practice. Words
go too far. How much have we heard
worth holding onto? How much said
that can placate what we dread?
Wittgenstein's Song originally appeared in Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy's Mirage in 2009, and in the 2010 Mipoesias chapbook Returns.
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