Money bought me Lusts made my labour Greed sustained me I, the manufacturer of Engines Wrought the union, it was I From my inventions Sprang the offspring who would Slay his master Guilt persuaded me Necessity bound me Fate took away my will I built the cell – the labyrinth To hold the half-man I had fostered It was I Who built the city To contain him Science sustained me And time my master I acted eventually unbidden I gave her the twine, and she he But the thread that he followed Was mine from Beginning to end. Now I wait for my murder With a cold heart