How many angels can
dance
On the head of a pin
is, of course,
A math problem. Angels
normally have,
I’m told, position
but no mass
When they need a body
they make one
From available
materials: air, say,
Or water or regret
or the color green
The right answer then:
all of them
Now if only they
could agree
On which pinhead to
gather
And what musicians
to hire;
(Those who favor a
bandoleon quartet
Have not spoken to the
oboenistas
In sixteen hundred
years)
If only they could
decide on whether
They should include
the fallen angels;
If only Metraton could
be taught
The most elementary
sense of rhythm
