survive, with no particular hope of success. is next book,The Perfect Accident(1978), explores linked themes: the nature of the poet's vocation and the search for meaning in a possibly meaningless existence. oudini" (32) and "Poetry" (39) depict the poet as a trickster figure. In the latter he writes: This poetic magic  province of Coyote  Plato  called literature  Goeteia  knew the poets work  With lies & illusions  Call it a dance,  A minuet in time,  it has always been  A sleight of hand;  the magician knows  Loud incantation  masks the actions  Of hands  Plain trickery