"How does newness come into the world?
how is it born?
of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made?
how does it survive, extreme, and dangerous as it is?
what compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature
must it make to stave off
the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine
Is birth always a fall?
Do angels have wings?"
