knowledge

know
where
to put your hands
(not in your pockets)
where to
guide the gaze
what to look at
and what look
(threatening
or
pleading
sweet
or
defiant
looking on
the target
from afar
or
examining
the microbe
in the microscope)
to throw out, in
silence
or saying something
knowing what
to say
when, how
and for
whom too
in what tone
of voice
(enigmatic
or
curious
soft
or
malicious
hinting at
something
quite apart
or
ironically
stating
the obvious)
and even
what gesture
to end the phrase
with
(fluctuating or
sinking deep
drawing out
a long arch
and then
picking it up
or gathering
from the air
the latent
fruit
of the very next
moment
overflowing
inundating
the table
and the papers
on
the table
or stuck back
in the throat
like air
in the
lung sac)
knowing
exactly
what to do
for what reasons
when raising
the glass
to your lips
and even
what point
to twist them
later
into a quick
smile
just enough
to seem
natural
and be
natural
or be
seeming
only what
it really is
rightly knowing
the time
to lie
and how much
(if only
to omit
one fact
or shut up
or invent
another
in its place)
give in
or not give in
to desire
light another
cigarette or not
take or not take
he next
step
choose
the next
word
or decide
to say nothing
it’s a lot
for just one
(amputated
multitude)
person
imagine then
thinking
of the reverse
inverse
of the disuniverse
see
the thing
all
inside
and out
from bow to stern
palpate
the pulp
on the skin
feel the entrails
the clothes
as well
and still
be just fine
it’s too much
even
for a god
if there is
a god
confronting
its condition
or even
sticking
your neck
and head
into the ground
like an
ostrich
or
(a man with
) a (
a)
howitzer
.