Collapsing, vibrating through walls I yearn to reach beyond but stall; I tripped and didn't intervene, And freezing, trembled at the scene. The distant dance I let enthrall. The splendid waltz across the pall Of torpid stars above the tall Defenseworks built upon the skein: Our interstellar dreams apart. Our needs project, they freeze and scald Within dimensions coldly called, Proceeding from the aubergine Sky, glamorous the guillotine Flies down, decapitating all Our interstellar dreams apart.