“You are your own god – and are surprised when
you find that the wolf pack is hunting you across
the desolate ice fields of winter.”
― Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
Crazy old men bellowing at each other
Crazy old women shrieking at us all:
The Spiritus Mundi is hard at play
Among the wreckage of civilization
The stripping of the altars 1 is complete
Holy innocence is a toilet joke
And the literature of millennia
Now serves as cleaning rags for The Machine
An executioner, while waiting for you
Pauses to admire his latest tattoo
1 cf. Eamon Duffy
Jul 30, 2018
Jul 30, 2018 at 4:14 PM UTC
“You are your own god – and are surprised when
you find that the wolf pack is hunting you across
the desolate ice fields of winter.”
― Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings
Crazy old men bellowing at each other
Crazy old women shrieking at us all:
The Spiritus Mundi is hard at play
Among the wreckage of civilization
The stripping of the altars 1 is complete
Holy innocence is a toilet joke
And the literature of millennia
Now serves as cleaning rags for The Machine
An executioner, while waiting for you
Pauses to admire his latest tattoo
1 cf. Eamon Duffy
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