The glitter in rose gravel of the shards of bottles yore
blurs in soft dark orange light off to one's left,
the side of understanding what Life's for,
distinguishing the mountain from the cleft.
The goats go on the left, sheep keep the right,
just as the he-goat comes out of the west
to slay the ram who practices Warmth's Light,
loves God and loves the neighbor and has rest.
The left is sinister, not evil though.
But when left lands in tails position, no
oil's in the lamp whose memories we know.
The right is hearty earth the Lord will sow.
The Lord has used this sense of right and left
in both our Word and their Koran or Book:
goats on the left of charity bereft
and outwardly religious but forsook;
and sheep upon the right with innocence
within their light and truths concerning Love,
thus sounding of the ram's head's inner sense
and this alighting of Professor Dove.
