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WE WENT TO SEE SOME LITTLE SHOW
THAT WAS STAGED IN AN OLD SHED
PAST THE EDGE OF TOWN
AND IN ITS BEGINNINGS ALL SEEMED WELL
THE MINIATURE CURTAIN STAGE GLOWED IN THE DARKNESS
WHILE THOSE DOLLS BOUNCED ALONG ON THEIR STRINGS BEFORE OUR EYES
AND IN ITS BEGINNINGS ALL SEEMED WELL
BUT THEN THERE CAME A SUBTLE TURNING POINT
WHICH SOME HAD NOTICED (AND I WAS ONE)
WHO QUIETLY LEFT THE SHOW (NO, I DID NOT)
BECAUSE I COULD SEE WHERE THINGS WERE GOING
AS THE ANTICS OF THOSE DOLLS GREW STRANGE
AND THE FRAGILE STRINGS GREW TAUT
WITH THE TINY PULLINGS OF TINY LIMBS
THE OTHERS AROUND ME BECAME APPALLED
AND TURNED AWAY AND ABANDONED THE SHOW
THAT WAS STAGED IN AN OLD SHED
PAST THE EDGE OF TOWN
BUT I WANTED TO WITNESS WHAT COULD NEVER BE
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT COULD NOT BE SEEN
BUT THE MOMENT OF CONSUMMATE DISASTER
WHEN PUPPETS TURN TO FACE THE PUPPET MASTER
IT WAS TWILIGHT AND I STOOD IN THE GREYISH HAZE OF A VAST EMPTY BUILDING
WHEN THE SILENCE WAS ENRICHED BY A REVERBERANT VOICE
ALL THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, IT SAID
ARE OF BUT ONE ESSENCE
FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO WORDS
THIS IS THE GREATER PART WHICH HAS NO BEGINNING OR END
AND THE ONE ESSENCE OF THIS WORLD FOR WHICH THERE CAN BE NO WORDS
IS BUT ALL THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD
THIS IS THE LESSER PART WHICH HAD A BEGINNING AND SHALL HAVE AN END
AND FOR WHICH WORDS WERE CONCEIVED SOLELY TO SPEAK OF
THE TINY BROKEN BEINGS OF THIS WORLD, IT SAID
THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OF THIS WORLD, IT SAID
FOR WHICH WORDS WERE CONCEIVED SOLELY TO SPEAK OF
NOW REMOVE THESE WORDS AND WHAT REMAINS, IT ASKS ME
AS I STOOD IN THE TWILIGHT OF THAT VAST EMPTY BUILDING
BUT I DID NOT ANSWER
THE QUESTION ECHOED OVER AND OVER
BUT I REMAINED SILENT UNTIL THE ECHOES DIED
AND AS TWILIGHT PASSED INTO EVENING I FELT MY SPECIAL PLAN
FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO WORDS
MOVING TOWARDS A GREATER DARKNESS
