THE DEVIL WITH THE MINUS SIGN IN HIS RIGHT HAND

As the unexpected world to an angel who slept

Through the seven crucial days is the sudden poem:

"See the abyss and the golden chain pendent,

And the yellow midges there circling the ether.

"Within those rings the radiant jewel alone—

­Red, red, and the green richness within.

"But what black thing wings from the lower quadrant?

See where he nears, breaking that timeless bliss!"