through the spectrum of all human society before lunch and takes him by the hand into a
universal cosmic consciousness after dinner. It is here that with vial and pipette-pen he
distils collective thought into assemblies of vowels and consonants, secreted conceptual
mist that condensates into rivers of myriad image and emotion, lakes of teaching and
waterfalls of delight. The poet bathes lugubriously in the waters that separate the world of
living from the world of the dead. Bathing and collecting, immersing and exploring, the poet
becomes the word. The poet embodies the word, he knows what it is capable of. He takes
his after-dinner word hoard and sets it down on paper, in ink, in books; he takes inventory
and then goes to work. The poet deals in letters, combined and asunder, these letters he
then delivers, without a singular recipient. There is no exclusivity in his address.
distils collective thought into assemblies of vowels and consonants, secreted conceptual
mist that condensates into rivers of myriad image and emotion, lakes of teaching and
waterfalls of delight. The poet bathes lugubriously in the waters that separate the world of
living from the world of the dead. Bathing and collecting, immersing and exploring, the poet
becomes the word. The poet embodies the word, he knows what it is capable of. He takes
his after-dinner word hoard and sets it down on paper, in ink, in books; he takes inventory
and then goes to work. The poet deals in letters, combined and asunder, these letters he
then delivers, without a singular recipient. There is no exclusivity in his address.