A Michael McClure Poem
cover art by Wallace Berman for McClure's 1964 Ghost Tantras.
Dark Meat
In COVER Magazine October, 1995
1.
THERE'S
A
SIGH
of relief
from
WHOEVER
I
am
NOW
a deep
BREATH
2.
WHOEVER
ER
I
AM
I
am
not
just
meat
in
the
dark
3.
IN
this
dark
meat
is
no
light
at the
edge
O
F
NOWHERE
here
no
here
4.
IN
SIDE
out
side
six
trillion
STARS
squared
to
old
velvet
fingers
5.
THE TER
RIBBLE
self
hangs
on
lean
ing
out
of
past
finger / star
clusters
6.
It's
O.
K.
faces
stop
like
sighs
in
the dark
relief
of
no
where
7.
EV
ER
WHO
terrible
faces
spasms
demi
spasms
re
liefs