How far?

We've covered ground since that awkward day

When, thoughtlessly, a human mind

Decided to leave the apes behind,

Come pretty far, but who dare say

If far be forward or astray,

Or what we still might do in the way

Of patient building, impatient crime,

Given the sunlight, salt and time.

--Introduction to "In and Out" (the second half of About the House (1965))