The uncorrected world is like a sock
To the jaw. It's nothing personal.
What complement in such diversity
Of error could I be, happier
Making mistakes together, and holding
Each others' heads underwater with a smile?
That it may free me from having to see
The terror of grace alone, and to
Painlessly share in others' suffering?
Emotional resonance may be
The difference between life and death, they say,
While reading a book on medieval knights
Who keep ogres at bay does nothing
For humanity or for the sky.
To the jaw. It's nothing personal.
What complement in such diversity
Of error could I be, happier
Making mistakes together, and holding
Each others' heads underwater with a smile?
That it may free me from having to see
The terror of grace alone, and to
Painlessly share in others' suffering?
Emotional resonance may be
The difference between life and death, they say,
While reading a book on medieval knights
Who keep ogres at bay does nothing
For humanity or for the sky.
