this candle
on that endless wall
wants to see
the half
universe
before it
take a
semi
-infinite lens
focused for that
point (its
bottom dipping
into sea blue
its top skimming sky:
infinities
loop, the two blues
are the
same) take the
paths of
every glass
bent
light
ray and slide
rings of glass
along their beams:
abstract that
half-sphere
'til it ribs.
take your
Fresnel lens:
all roads also lead
away from Rome:
our candle may now be
a lighthouse:
here there are
rocks
which we have abstracted
for you
as light