Mustn’t Not

It doesn’t have to act a part, although

it mustn’t bore. It mustn’t not suffice,

and mustn’t not deposit you into a state

of wanting more. It mustn’t not delight

and mustn’t not unnerve, and if it serves up

double-negatives, it mustn’t not appear

absurd. Mustn’t not be as suggestive

as a glance, mustn’t not evince a gorgeous

sound, mustn’t not permit a chance

of getting lost and being found. Mustn’t

not divide into two avatars who run through

all your heavens and your hells. Mustn’t

not cast spells. Mustn’t not love error,

mustn’t not be this: the only way, today,

that you can find to say what feeds

your terror and your bliss.

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