Epigram.

I saw a tree that was greater than all the others

with cones hanging beyond reach from it,

 

I saw a great church with open doors

and all those that came out were pale and strong

and ready to die;

 

I saw a woman, smiling and painted,

who played her luck at dice

and I saw that she lost.

 

A circle was drawn around all this,

that nobody shall overstep.

 

Edith Södergran.

Done