trust descending, I wriggle
behind the radiation
beneath a star intersected
by the earth
truth will disfigure the walls,
wipe out dishonour
with atomic hypotheses
from their eyes
through the labyrinth
despair, sparkling pure,
clutching vapours
delights my blood
don’t name the day
of my autumn anxiety –
their pleasant world
remained unchanged
*
Source Texts:
‘Victory Unintentional’ by Isaac Asimov (in The Complete Robot)
‘Things Behind the Sun’ by Nick Drake (from the album Pink Moon)
‘The Burrow’ by Franz Kafka (in Metamorphosis and Other Stories)