And names can know what we can’t,
As names, start to live. Not names
But not-names, those weird, made-up
Names linked to art that seems one,
Seems like one life made it, but
No life, no name of a beast
Who lived in the flesh linked
To it—what are they of us
But as true as we can get,
What we can know of non-lives?
Han Shan, Stone House, and Black Pen—
Which of these names was one man?
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
We Can Name What We Fail to Know
