The Best Answer Is Without Sound

Here's a poem of mine which owes its inspiration, in part, to the writing experiments of the artist Brion Gysin. Another poem culled from my archives of oblivion... I'm combing through my disaster areas and finding all sorts of surprises... This one's called

PERMUTATION POEM Nr. 30

"Life has to kick you in the face
before you have a story on your
instrument."

- David Murray (1995 interview)


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© George H. E. Koehler, 1997