The Comfort-Seeker

He said he was an eagle. He went up high above the earth. Above the ruins he made his dwelling. He said he was near to God. He said: I am at my height, at the height. out of reach of the empty grain troughs out of reach of the earthbound hens, who are searching among the garbage bins for a drop of water, a crumb of bread. He said he was at the height, at the height: far from all the lost and lonely chicks on the scorched earth, near to God ...