Dervish Gnosis

The fox knows many things; the hedgehog, one big thing.
But dervish gnosis puts both skeptic and parson to shame:
for like his master, Aristophanes, the dervish knows that Whirl,
alone, is king.

Let us return, then,
dear friends,
to the dancing floor...

For the hour is late, our time is short,
and we have still to turn our unshieldedness,
as Rilke sang, and Heidegger taught,
into the Open.