No and Yes//K. Michel

Translated by Cliff Crego

No and yes is always
more than one choice
And before you do something (or don't)
you can always count on enough is enough

An argument demands two opinions
a kiss four lips
a body five liters of blood

To make rain, a tree
a house, music, a dream
a number of elements are required

And in the tracks of skittish animals
around a muddy drinking hole
shimmer at night countless stars

For a person who only thinks
with one (and not the other)
is that number a hammer
and the whole world a nail