Style Is the Answer

Style is the answer to everything
A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
To do a dull thing with style is preferable
To doing a dangerous thing without style
To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art

Bullfighting can be an art
Boxing can be an art
Loving can be an art
Opening a can of sardines can be an art

Not many have style
Not many can keep style
I have seen dogs with more style than men
Although not many dogs have style
Cats have it with abundance

Style is the answer to everything
When Hemingway put his brains to the
Wall with a shotgun, that was style
Or sometimes people give you style
Joan of Arc had style
John the Baptist
Jesus
Socrates
Caesar
Garcia Lorca

I have met men in jail with style
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail

Style is a difference
A way of doing, a way of being done

Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water
Or you walking naked out of the bathroom without seeing me

Style is the answer to everything
Style is the answer to everything