The Figure A Poem Makes. It Begins

Nations Like The Cuban And The Swiss Can Never Hope To Wage A Global Mission. No Holy Wars For Them. The Most The Small Can Ever Give Us Is A Nuisance Brawl.

We Can Make A Little Order Where We Are, And Then The Big Sweep Of History On Which We Can Have No Effect Doesn't Overwhelm Us. We Do It With Colors, With A Garden, With The Furnishings Of A Room, Or With Sounds And Words. We Make A Little Form, And We Gain Composure.

We're Either Nothing Or A God's Regret.

The Truly Educated Can Listen To Any View Without Losing Their Temper Or Self-confidence.

Unless You Are Educated In Metaphor, You Are Not Safe To Be Let Loose In The World.