YANG CHU’S POEMS 184
I cannot trust her,
I cannot
Distrust her.
Trust and distrust
Are words,
Mere empty words,
Trust and distrust
Does not apply
To what exists between us.
Does not fit,
Does not have meanings,
Does not have signifieds.
Therefore, I cannot trust her,
I cannot distrust her,
The human vocabulary
Has been transcended
By the actuality of what exists
Between us,
When we are close, close,
What exists is the existence
Of the music of the panpipes.
• Duane Locke lives in rural Florida “a few feet from an osprey's nest” and is also a painter and nature photographer. He adds that his occupation is the study of philosophy and says “The purpose of a poet is to start with the language of lies spoken by people and strive to convert the language of lies into a language of truth (Whatever truth is).”
