The Circle is the Father
Diameter His Son
Spirit the mathematical centre
Thus truth is known
In all turning wheels
In all tumbling clowns
As in the Firmament deeps
Where the Prophet drowns
Blessed are the followers
Of all wheel tracks
Blessed the spoke-tortured
Christ. The axe
Traces a circle
And in that trace
Is the Power, the Word
And the Tortured Face
(variant)
Blessed are the followers
Of all wheel tracks -
Blessed the garbage-man
And the barrow-man. The Acts
Of the Apostles
Are complete
And the Trinity is a commonplace
When a child's penny rolls across the street.
