I saw Eternity

O beautiful Forever!

O grandiose Everlasting!

Now, now, now,

I break you into pieces,

I feed you to the ground.

O brilliant, O languishing

Cycle of weeping light!

The mice and birds will eat you

And you will spoil their stomachs

As you have spoiled my mind.

Here, mice, rats,

Porcupines and toads,

Moles, shrews, squirrels,

Weasels, turtles, lizards,--

Here's a bright Everlasting!

Here's a crumb of Forever!