Wormley

Towers Fall : Constructed of symmetric modules, as a tower, the poem doesn't merely rhyme but nearly superimposes whole segments - word for word. Towers fall. Beliefs fall. Strong attachments, foundations, persist. Judges : With each new attack on their city, the republic Romans repelled, then further advanced their defenses until they had - defensively - become the most powerful military power. A people being shaped by their enemies is the key observation. It has implications. Ripples : Memory and fantasy viewed as reflections in a rippled (distorted) mirror which grows less and less clear with exhaustion. But character has many mirrors and cannot be ignored.

Ash : In the shape of an urn. What is the ash?

Squares : To castle is a chess move, allowed once under certain circumstances, to move the king two squares and place a castle where the king was. It is typically a bail out move in a circumstance of danger. It could be used to protect a queen as well, by placing the castle where the queen is protected, the king being, otherwise, in the way. Adrift : McGuiness rejects empty 'love and peace' gestures as the veneer of apathy or cowardice.