The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table ____ Ashur

 

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

It does not legitimate the world,

it breaks the world;

it does not console the world,

it shatters it.

And it does not render

the self content,

it renders it undone.

Without an established,

unquestioned authority,

the self becomes

a secret agent who

spends its time

trying to convince itself

of its own authenticity.

Ashur