John Cage by Dillingworth

[cameron]

"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry" - John Cage.

I have nothing to say, and I am
filling my mouth with a rotten line and
saying it, and that is poetry.

I want to speak with flame-touched tongue
and say I am not as I seem, but
I have nothing to say and I am.

Underestimating minutiae
is tantamount to heresy:
saying "it" and "that" is poetry.

Redistributing ink, I am playing
Scrabble with myself and losing -
I have nothing to say and I am

shuffling syllables when I should be
beyond parlour games, feeling rage
and saying it. And that is poetry:

a verbal inferno, not this lukewarm
torrent, spat out as soon as tasted.
I have nothing to say, and I am
saying it and that is poetry.

Dillingworth

I should point out the poem has no association with Cage other than using his words.