The Waste In The Head Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

In the Head there
Arose
Thought against Thought
Note against Note
Discovery fought discovery
Yet
The universe carried on
And just said:
‘These are the birth pangs,
Again, yet again! '

Spoke
Again
The mass universe:
‘Let them struggle!
Let them be confused
Awhile! '

And
The Pharisee from
His armchair said:
‘What waste! I must
Purge ourselves of waste! '

Then
Angered and indignant
Spoke the Heavens:
‘Leave alone
Leave alone Pharisee!
For from this what
You Waste
Noble towns and Institutions
Will arise
And All
And Geniuses'


And spoke not the Pharisee.