by Pavel Chichikov
Great evil, like rock,
A massive dark body
That twists every clock,
Causation unsteadies
How long would a ray
Of light go so far?
Eighty minutes away
To that massive dark star
No one can see it
Except by effect,
No world line can reach it,
Duration detect
Go down beneath vision,
Perceptible dreams
And rare intuition
Symbolical realms
Impress on the mind
Impress on the soul,
The force of the fiend
That’s darker than coal
Now is the battle,
St. Michael be with us,
The war will be settled,
The conflict, the crisis
And all will be well,
The issue is done,
The soldiers of hell
Must hide from the sun
And that which can strike
Can also create,
Unlike from the like,
From death a new state
(See Pavel's new book, Mysteries and Stations, here.)
