CHANGE
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DISSOLVING in the chemic vat Of time, man (gristle and fat), Corrupting on a rock in space That crumbles, lifts his impermanent face To watch the stars, his brain locked tight Against the tall revolving night. Yet is he neither here nor there Because the mind moves everywhere; And he is neither now nor then Because to-morrow comes again Foreshadowed, and the ragged wing Of yesterday’s remembering Cuts sharply the immediate moon; Nor is he always: late and soon Becoming, never being, till Becoming is a being still. Here, Now, and Always, man would be Inviolate eternally: This is his spirit’s trinity.