Aniara

“for the fierceness of space does not exceed mankind’s. / no, human cruelty stands up more than well. / in the desolation of a death-camp cell / space made of stone enclosed the souls of men, / and the silence of the cold stones met the ear: / here mankind rules. aniara’s ship is here.” “in our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.”