ELEMENTARY COSMOGONY
How to the invisible
I hired myself to learn
Whatever trade it might
Consent to teach me.
How the invisible
Came out for a walk
On a certain evening
Casting the shadow of a man
How I followed behind
Dragging my body
Which is my toolbox,
Which is my music box,
For a long apprenticeship
That has as its last
And seventh rule:
The submission to chance.
Charles Simic