David Shapiro wishes Jasper Johns a happy birthday (May 15)!
Doubting the Doubts
A map dropped from my hands
And a voice cried, From now on
You will proceed in darkness.
Alas, he laughed, that is true.
Was it a black map?
I do not remember.
We all love clarity.
But you love darkness.
But darkness is clear.
We do not know now and we will never know.
White night, perilous night.
– David Shapiro (May 15, 2008)