Power is a familiar growth－
Not foreign－not to be－
Beside us like a bland Abyss
In every company－
Escape it－there is but a chance－5
When consciousness and clay
Lean forward for a final glance－
Disprove that and you may－
Not foreign－not to be－
Beside us like a bland Abyss
In every company－
Escape it－there is but a chance－5
When consciousness and clay
Lean forward for a final glance－
Disprove that and you may－
(F.1287/J.1238)
[1] Power:: the multiplying of a number into itself a number of times. familiar growth:: an operation growing on one (familiar) number.
[2] Not foreign:: an operation on itself without other numbers. not to be:: not to be done.
[3] bland Abyss:: it's plain and can be endless.
[4] every company:: each digit aligned in the operation, 9 9 9 etc.
[6] consciousness and clay:: her mind left her body in the calculation.
[7] Lean forward:: the desk; Dickinson was doing her math homework.
[8] Disprove:: to disapprove, disallow its growing, a view of Dickinson on the authority (orthodox) by two definitions of power.