In Your Face

in response to Joseph Kosuth's "Art After Philosophy" essay

In your face

words

euphemism

context

life lived

experiences runs 24 all the way through

who were you JK

death descends with these words

1969 - 2016

it travels

it travelled

all in my face

beaten,

earth envelopes

weighted

shivers…. help me rise

object, subject, nature

teased

unyielding

keep breathing

nature will take you there

that’s the JK promise

it’s melded

all 24 of those words

i counted in silence

arising with shivers

pale with hope

there she stands

I watched her

24 of those words

she has it now

 I thought it was in my grasp

it’s all been in vain

the call’s never been mine