On Polanski

Yes, he did the deed
and such a deed
as a devil might...
and that only under cloak of night

But no devil is Polanski
and neither human, he,
at least not in the way
of most humanity

He is a genius,
a mortal titan
in the way of Einstein,
Nietzsche,
or Shakespeare

Beneath the mask,
he may be Napoleon
or Voltaire,
Odin
or Rasputin

We cannot know,
so let's not judge him, then;
the law's sword may strike him
and he will fall,
but perhaps he was Atlas:
preserving us all

Leave him to his conscience;
touch him not
nor stand too near;
in him,
there's that to love
and that to fear

Touch him not:
banish the thought.
have you not seen the movies
or have you forgot?

Polanski holds the serpent rod:
psychotic often is the demi-god