From the collection Trespasses Forgive Us, this is poem number 18.

Walls

Lets build a wall between this page and the next so that no letters can force their understanding upon us

No letter will bring undue influence to bear on any word, or usurp the livelihood of one actualized letter's sound as a meaning to the whole, and as a property solely its own

Words need no help and grant no asylum;

what makes you is

what sustains us

So understand it like this:

Lets buil a

legacy

betwee

tis page

ad te ext

so tat o lettes ca oce tei udestadig upo us

O lette will big udue ifluece

to bea o ay wod, o usup te liveliood

o oe actualized lette's soud as a meaig to

te wole, ad as a popety solely its ow

Wods eed o elp ad gat o asylu;

wat akes you is wat sustais us

So udetad it like tis:

We should find

a better way

to work

with the letters

so our ancestors are no longer offended

or lost

in our words

and gestures, by our deeds,

or use of

precious language. Never forget

when speaking, the honor

of our breath