What's O'Clock/The Sand Altar
THE SAND ALTAR
With a red grain and a blue grain, placed in precisely the proper positions, I made a beautiful god, with plumes of yard-long feathers and a swivel eye.
And with a red grain and a blue grain, placed in precisely the proper positions, I made a dragon, with scaly wings and a curling, iniquitous tail.
Then I reflected: If, with the same materials, I can make both god and dragon, of what use is the higher mathematics?
Having said this, I went outdoors and stood under a tree and listened to the frogs singing their evening songs in the green darkness.