an equation (for clarity) [2010]

to interpret labyrinth

  enter

 
  assume observant posture

  strike with familiar stride a path

  identify patterns
                                                                          turn repetitions

sequential extensions

measured distances

define section breaks

blurred lines

missing indicators

severed torsos

address ornamental subdivisions

1 disembodied male head  
                                                                               upon palm fronds

(approx. age at time of death: 
                                                                                    55 years)

note colors and tones

red confusion

green curiosity

yellow persistence

blue dominance

apply personal political convictions

 
  order and contemplate the materials
                                      seek culmination

                                                  exit

declare interpretation

"But the bad fiddling could hardly help, and similarly the question can only be whether one intends, at a given time, to write poetry or not."

                                                                             -- George Oppen