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THE CHILDREN ALWAYS FOLLOWED HIM
WHEN THEY SAW HIM HOPPING BY
A FUNNY WALK
A FUNNY MAN
A FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY MAN
HE MADE THEM LAUGH SOMETIMES
HE MADE THEM LAUGH, OH YES HE DID
HE DID, HE DID, HE DID, HE DID
OH HOW HE MADE THEM ROLL
ONE DAY HE TOOK THEM TO A PLACE HE KNEW, A SPECIAL PLACE
AND TOLD THEM THINGS ABOUT THIS WORLD
THIS FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY WORLD
WHICH MADE THEM LAUGH SOMETIMES
HE MADE THEM LAUGH, OH YES HE DID
HE DID, HE DID, HE DID, HE DID
OH HOW HE MADE THEM ROLL
THEN THE FUNNY LITTLE MAN WHO MADE THEM LAUGH
SOMETIMES HE DID
REVEALED TO THEM HIS SPECIAL PLAN
HIS VERY SPECIAL FUNNY PLAN
KNOWING THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND
AND MAYBE LAUGH SOMETIMES
HE MADE THEM LAUGH
OH YES HE DID
HE DID, HE DID, HE DID, HE DID
THEIR EYES GREW WIDE BENEATH THEIR LIDS
AND HOW HE MADE THEM ROLL
I FIRST LEARNED THE FACTS FROM A LUNATIC
IN A DARK AND QUIET ROOM THAT SMELLED OF STALE TIME AND SPACE
THERE ARE NO PEOPLE
NOTHING AT ALL LIKE THAT
THE HUMAN PHENOMENON IS BUT THE SUM OF DENSELY COILED LAYERS OF ILLUSION
EACH OF WHICH WINDS ITSELF UPON THE SUPREME INSANITY
THAT THERE ARE PERSONS OF ANY KIND
WHEN ALL THERE CAN BE IS MINDLESS MIRRORS
LAUGHING AND SCREAMING AS THEY PARADE ABOUT
IN AN ENDLESS DREAM
BUT WHEN I ASKED THE LUNATIC WHAT IT WAS THAT SAW ITSELF WITHIN THESE MIRRORS
AS THEY MARCHED ENDLESSLY IN STALE TIME AND SPACE
HE ONLY ROCKED AND SMILED
THEN HE LAUGHED AND SCREAMED
AND IN HIS BLACK AND EMPTY EYES
I SAW FOR A MOMENT, AS IN A MIRROR
A FORMLESS SHADE OF DIVINITY
IN FLIGHT FROM ITS STALE INFINITY
OF TIME AND SPACE AND THE WORST OF ALL
OF THIS WORLD'S DREAMS
MY SPECIAL PLAN FOR THE LAUGHTER
AND THE SCREAMS