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    Puppet

    S t r i n g s    t a u t
                   
    the doll twists


                                             just. .

                                             a single movement

                                             of the puppeteer’s wrist

    D a n c e
                         puppet
                                            D a n c e . .  !

     

                                            nimble hands

                                            orchestrate

                                            mischief

                                                                               sleight of hands

                                                                                                   mask

                                                                                      the outcome

                                                                                           aftermath

                                            listen:

                                            to the music

                                            on

                                            the puppeteer’s

                                                            strings

     


                                            p l a y    t h a t    f u n k y    m u s i c   .  .   !



                                            D a n c e

                                                                    puppet

                                                                                          D a n c e . .  !

                                         tic toc

                                         tic toc

                                         the metronome

                                                            plays

    s i l e n t   .  .


    is the rhythm

    of the pendulum’s 

                          swing

                                                           i t    d r a w s   y o u   i n  .  .


                                                                                          D a n c e
                                                                   puppet
                                         D a n c e

     

                                         frantic fingers

                                                      agitate

                                         and

                                         twist their charge

    tautology

    consumed

    in misdirection

                                         s t e e p e d -

                                                     furtive

                                             connivance

     

                                         D a n c e

                                         puppet

                                         D a n c e  .  .  !

                                                                                         with great skill

                                                                                         the puppeteer

                                                                                         pulls the strings

                                         m o v e m e n t s
                                         n o t   o f   n o w

     

    q u a n t u m   d u a l i t y :

    in a superfluid

    metaphasic

    entanglement

                                       s u b s t a n c e    c o n t r i v e d  .  .


                                       w  a  n  g  l  e  d   .   .


                                                     coaxed

                                                  moulded

     

                                       i n t o    a    h a z e

                                      o f    b l i n d    o b l i v i o n

                                                                                                 a simulated

                                                                                                 holographic

                                                                                                   projection

                                                                           and ~

                                                           only I can see

                                                          the strings

     

                                        D a n c e
                                                                    puppet
                                                                                              D a n c e   .   .


                                                           guile tattoos

                                        the puppeteer’s hands


                                        aphoristic deception

                                        begild dodgy intent

     

    s h a d o w    c h o r e o g r a p h y   .    .

     

                                                 the puppeteer

                                                 sets the tone

     

                                                           never knowing


                                                t h e   p u p p e t e e r

     

                                                              is


                                           t h e    p u p p e t   .  .   !


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    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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