I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.

Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.

Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it.

Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone.

I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own.

And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty.

I have tried in my way to be free.