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!

Here's a crumb of Forever!