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We have forgotten that our life together

Is as the function of a vast organism.

A janitor wakes in his tenement, and for

A time he lays in bed and stares at the

Mantle of the window, and thinks about

The day to come, about the work that

He must do, the thousand slight concerns

That compose his daily movements.

An executive watches the facades of

Buildings pass the passenger window,

Thinking of the machinery of his life,

The causes that he sees around him

Removed from their obscure effects,

And tries to reckon what he will make.

There is equal energy in either mind.

There is equal power expended in the

Soft stature and poise of the nurse that

Tends upon an empty bed as can be seen

In the posture of a political candidate.

The universe is indifferent : it spends its

Forces absolutely and in all quadrants.

The differentiation of power we feel

Is a human dream, like the fear of a child

As she falls asleep. We are not bound

By any structure than our own. Our

Powers are commensurate with the stars.