Disclosures

by Michael Palmer


1
Beneath the writing on the wall
is the writing it was designed

to obscure. The two together
form a third kind


2
There is no writing
on the wall's other side

Perhaps this lack
constitutes a fourth kind


3
Some of the writing on the wall
will be designated as truth

some as art


4
It is said to represent a mirror
of everyday life in its time


5
"Fabius Naso
talks through his asshole
and shits out his mouth"
for example


6
"Foute les Arabes"
for example


7
Certain words and images
or parts of images

have been chipped away
These often turn up for sale

at sidewalk stalls
before the walls

of other cities


8
I too have an image for sale
It's the image of a poem

and is to be found
on the reverse of this sheet