this is just to say goodnight

cyclops clown
with candy popcorn
nimbus bulb crown
malraux's dream
is rauschenberg's joke

which he did not get
and the certificate was signed
by all the museum officials
and still the nidhogg gnaws

put your shoe in its mouth
and call it your omen

superciliary marks
may result
from open-ended
hirns, horns

idealist devices
for the repression
of circus