If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.
Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones
And put a knife to thy swallow if thou the possessor of a soul.
These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;