Scattered Poems

by Jack Kerouac

Sight is just dust, Obey it must. Mind alone Introduced the bone. Fire just feeds On fiery deeds. Only mind The flame so kind. Water from the moon Appears very soon. Mind is the sea Made water agree. Wind in the trees Is a mental breeze. Wind rose deep From empty sleep. Space in the ground Was dirt by the pound. Devoid of space Is the mind of grace.

Don’t use the telephone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.