From the fathomless depth of my boredom, from the

last room of its emptiness, an elf has come to play

with me.

As comes a little gold spider to a prison cell teasing the

criminal from his darkness to tear at a thread of sunlight,

and kiss the mouth of a shy morning whispering through

the window.

An elf has come to dance with me, blown like a leaf on

the path of my autumn lassitude.

Sprightly one, dervish! You are the living adventure