you can say what you think
 without having to think it
  beforehand?
 
yeah.
so you don't think what you say?
 
i don't know what i think
 before i say it.
  why; what do you think?
 
appearances are formless
 like dreams--
  which we forget.
 
i don't doubt it--
 my gods do not call
  for help.
 
the power
 to destroy a thing
  is our achilles heel.
yeah?
i do not know; i forget.
so you write.
i sing strangely
 of rock and rain--
  oils and pastels.
oils and pastels.
oils and pastels.
 
     winds that stain.
up at dawn and down
 at dusk--
  a songbird.