the words are only part of the poetic
formula: the rest is ritual, and the
reason in THEM must contend with the
mechanics of magic-making in IT -- and
must not win.

“As stone suffers of stoniness,As light of its shiningness,As birds of their win…”

“Ah, the minutes twinkle in and outAnd in and out come and goOne by one, none by…”

“We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, lik…”

“She saw that the world was evil and yet craved for happines in it, which she th…”