head in a void

If you think you are
a beautiful head
set up
on high

if you think you are
the quick head
of a motionless trunk
which sinks in earth
blood and cow-dung

If you think you circle
upon pure orbits of the intellect
where from below you can hear only
the grunting bustling
and lip-smacking mob

if you think this
you are a head
which sways gently
in depopulated air
you are a head
which will be taken down
and cast aside. - T. Rozewicz, 9.10.1921-24.04.2014