"From the Tower".
"Insanity is not a want of reason.
It is reason's overgrowth, a calculating kudzu.
Explaining why, in two-ton manifesti,
thinkers sally forth with testaments and pipe bombs.
Heaven help us, spare us all your meaningful designs.
Shine down or shower forth, but, for our earthling's sakes,
ignore all prayers followed by against, or for.
Teach us to bear life's senselessness,
and our own insignificance, let's call that sanity.
The terrifying prospect isn't some poor sucker in a la-z-boy,
inclined to jokes, remotes, or sweets.
It is the busy hermeneut, so serious he's sour, intent
on making meaning of us all, and bursting from the tower
to the streets.