AT LEAST

You don’t need to appear everywhere,

attending parties and conferences randomly.

That would show you are still

diffident about your art

and would also debase you.

People who see you in person

might think you’re too common,

your achievement due to luck

like a blind cat that stumbles on a dead mouse.

Your frequent appearance

would dishearten others

because you exist far away,

at the end of their imagination —

you should be watched but not reached.

Look, this skyful of stars,

which one of them

doesn’t shine or die alone?

Their light also comes

from a deep indifference.