W. B. Yeats: Some Revelation Is At Hand

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Storm clouds dwarf a farm near Lamar, Missouri as the sun sets, 22 May 2011. The storm earlier produced a large tornado that moved through much of Joplin, Missouri: photo by Charlie Riedel/AP

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

A shelf cloud containing a thunderstorm approaches a tornado-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri, 23 May 2011: photo by Charlie Riedel/AP

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado-ravaged car in Joplin, Missouri, 22 May 2011: photo by Charlie Riedel/AP

W. B Yeats: The Second Coming, 1919 (lines 1-3, 9-10)