"A poet who cannot
escape suffering by
flight I concentrate
on entire histories
Military, blacklisting
Strange how blood
brings curiosity
The academy may
never praise my
'singular vision' or
those first novels laced
in diamond dust each
locked into my crawl
space. Now excercise
means lifting my voice
in song..."

{Cedar Sigo, from "O Twist No Inferno", Selected Writings, 2003}