(25.)
GLASYA-LABOLAS. - The Twenty-fifth Spirit is Glasya-Labolas. He is a
Mighty President and Earl, and showeth himself in the form of a Dog
with Wings like a Gryphon. He teacheth all Arts and Sciences in an
instant, and is an Author of Bloodshed and Manslaughter. He teacheth
all things Past, and to Come. If desired he causeth the love both of
Friends and of Foes. He can make a Man to go Invisible. And he hath
under his command 36 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, to be,
etc. (26.)
What
thirst the rocks must have
soaked
and never slaked
thirst
of dead things,
of
dry seasons
dry
roadbeds filled with bristling armaments
with
the hurl of stones across fences
from
the first murder and the feast that followed
how
each son dreams he is fatherless
the
knives we spit at each other
and
we, each a world
so
easy to break
a
cheap leather suitcase
stuffed
with forgotten names
and
quotes out of old books
with
misremembered songs
the
untidy, temporary business of life
we
are hastily poured cups
that
spill so easily
history
a heap of gnawed bones
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