Recycling
Is the highest point of art a
prelude to decay? Do civil
izations reach their zenith on
ly to rot away? Are muses' vo
ices sweetest shortly before
they fade?
Fear not -
art is a fruit
as well as a seed.
Great works live not me
rely in the dustheaps of hi
story - they al
so fertilize gene
rations ahead . . .
all things are part
of a great recycling
ignore the notion of
self and see how lit
era
ture keeps
beckon
ing
&
trans
forming
Hear the author read this poem.