A.Z. Foreman, quartine

The intellect triumphant

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: "and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live for ever" Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.

- Genesis [3:22-24]

What goes beyond itself? All great things do.

The violin becomes another limb.

This owl stands up to day and tells it who. 

This corpse stands up against your requiem.

Bring guns and militate against the mind,

and I will have you minding your own gap.

What is the symphony of humankind?

A no-win world where we don't lose. The trap

looses ourselves amid the whirled, wide weft

of thoughts that cloud the rain out of the brain.

My will be done. They're in the right who left

the paddy-locked asylum of the sane.

Below the pathos of mere possible

there's a torch burning in the first human hand.

What goes beyond itself? The great will shall.

Go ahead, open fire. Need I only stand?

Intelletto trionfante

Cosa va oltre sè stesso? Tutte le grandi cose.

Il violino diventa un altro limbo.

Il chiù si alza ora e dice chi.

Questo cadavere si alza contro il tuo requiem.

Porta armi e milita contro la mente,

e vi avrò a ammonire del gradino vostro.

Cos’è la sinfonia dell’umana specie?

un mondo non per vincere dove non perdi. Trappola

ci perde fra il turbine ampio della trama

di pensieri che annuvolano piogge sui cervelli.

Sia fatta la mia volontà. A ragione lasciarono

il cintato ricovero dei sani.

Oltre il pathos del puro possibile

c’è torcia ardente nella prima umana mano.

Cosa va oltre sè stesso? La grande volontà.

Avanti, apri il fuoco. Devo solo stare in piedi?