To refuse the course of desire you were given
\nuntangle from their staves the measured hands
\nof the weavers of exceptional commands;
\nto resist the metrics of the ancient engineers
\ndisrobe the manners of the righteous brers
\nand the offices of prelates left behind.
\nThen the claims of will can be detected,
\ndetermined and excised, evading by deception
\ncivil arts: the commonness of politics,
\nthe economic breeds, the farmer’s familial
\nseasons of beet. If successful, please remain
\nalien to norms. Give up salt and sugar
\nand the peppered meat. Shun the finely offered
\nbut thrice perfidious treats. Begin without,
\nor within, it matters not to execution,
\nyet live with no recourse to expectation,
\nrenouncing all enticement, everything that\u2019s due;
\nall this to be a hunger, unnavigable and brined:
\ndirections without appetite, a joy abandoned
\nto a birthless lore \u2014 live, so as to never stand
\nwith either god, not the shining one aloft
\nor the dark other below, and thereby be witness
\nto the incalculable extinction of love:
\nstep down, idol, from your pedestal, and walk.
\nIt is beyond order and chaos you must go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To refuse the course of desire you were given untangle from their staves the measured hands of the weavers of exceptional commands; to resist the metrics of the ancient engineers disrobe the manners of the righteous brers and the offices … Continue reading