long ago

michelangelo

began his sculpting career

by chiseling a grinning demon’s head

out of a chunk of marble

and his patron liked it

but suggested that

it would perhaps look more catchily demonic

if mike knocked out a tooth or two

so the fledgling sculptor obliged.

..

centuries later a poet said “less is more”

and a little after that henry moore sculpted figures

with holes in them.

..

wh n y ur sente ce h s a mi sing l tter

in most wo ds it b comes a differ nt se tence.

..

we must not only read between the lines

but read within the holes.