To be frank, we must
take some phantasmic
pleasure in uncertainties.
Each new birth
is still celebrated
as a miracle,
even in this increasingly
poisonous world;
every wedding guest
is still impressed
by the ice sculpture,
even while the Amazon
rain forest smolders.
works more like
stage magic, since
fascination emerges
from the same empty cage
into which the whole
audience saw dread
get inserted.
