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Hank Lazer

hlazer@ua.edu

VARIATIONS  ON

we are each an

occurrence     part

of an infinite

series     &

in each moment

part

of an infinite series

there are things

& moments

we live among

& to know them

i am a thing

among things

similarly

arising & disappearing

part of an infinite

series

in my sing

ularity which is

so totally

common

INTEGRITY

because it cannot

be taught

it matters

a way

of thinking

that refuses

to reduce thinking

to a set of learned

characteristics

because it can

not be other than

the infinite

complexity of

being itself

there is nothing

specific to be

learned nothing

to teach

& repeat

this is what

i mean by

pleasure

or

integrity

IS

is itself

boundless

joy

rumble

of morning

thunder

after reading

time

to sit

& it is

quiet

again

breath

by breath

& a

quiet mind

THE  RETURN

there is

a purity

upon the re

turn ask

jimmy giuffre

ask john zorn

ask george

oppen re

turn then to

a simplicity

or

call it

clarity that

for equally good

reasons

had been

resisted

ask bob

creeley ask

charles bernstein

or

to a purifying

emotion

so bare

in its exposure

that at its

root has

nothing

to do with

purity

which itself

is a dangerous

& impure

word