The sublime needs
the superficial
as the angel
as gentleness and force
But what’s this earthly
as the angel
breeds the animal—
as gentleness and force
will combine
over time to commit
over time to commit
what violence never could.
But what’s this earthly
crucible coming to
when—unlike the good,
and unlike
the true—god
and the devil would
the true—god
and the devil would
both sell you
the beautiful?
the beautiful?
