Imaginations play a trick: infinity and zero Relatives are lost in a tree, aflame Conviction, a menace to the middle Aground on the shoals of the tidal wave Not of the moon, but of earthquakes Dislocation has coordinates, specifically Totality has partial measures, measurably Containers of idols, melted down: bricks To build new cathedrals, Babel-height Each particular assertion beyond particularity Yet made up of bits, pieces, carnage Finality defies the life of time A permanent fixture, relative to our transience Attempts to dominate the permanent will end up The difference between these two relatives Infinitely far from possible