A distance between
belief and science? Are we
enlightened? Are we
sublime? What is
extraordinary? This mermaid
of scales and papier
mâché or a sand and
stone Goliath? Are you
a wonder? Or artful
deception? Have you ever
gazed upon a basilisk, a wicked Jenny
Haniver? Have you been
Humbugged? And isn’t it thrill
ing? The chill
of an unknown finger
up the bones
of your spine?
Would you linger over curiosities
and chimeras
stitched by hand?
Lost in the land of spectacle
and at what price?
When did you last
imagine?
