This bed thy centre is, these walls thy sphere.’ – The bed replaces the ‘centre’ (the earth), the walls of the bedroom replace the crystal ‘sphere’ which in medieval

cosmology (following the ideas of Ptolemy) surrounded the earth and carried around upon it the disc of the sun.

Did your daughter ever wonder what happened to Nick 

Yes 

Did you tell her of his fate 

Yes 

What did you tell her 

I told her that he had tired of the City 

And had decided to write poetry 

What type of poetry 

I am surprised that you asked that question 

He was a Concrete Poet 

I see 

Concrete Poetry is more visual than verbal my friend