For all must listen; those must preach who can.

I stirred the town with fingers raised to bless....

And gauged the people by my emptiness."

The caravan was gone. Its song survived

A little, faint, an echo, not at all.

Then like a magic carpet warmth was drawn

Back into heaven, and left behind a void

Where thin-faced breezes, huddling from the hills,

Sat down to breathe hard tales upon their hands.

And suddenly earth looked her age. Like her