An extract from my epic poem Kalamand, available on Amazon. See PS classified.
As with The Future, here is an example of a design tradeoff in poetry between clarity of thought, on the one hand, and precision of form on the other. The first is as originally composed, long ago; the second is better structured, as I came to care more about such things, but I do not now think it is better. One sometimes finds that the wisdom of age is less than the wisdom of youth.