the beatnik's drawing

of the laughing
cyclopian chimpanzee
also wearing a beret
was lying quietly curled
next to the chipped white cup
near the corner of the wooden table

hammer and chisel laid down
laid low

and yet
all the manufacturing
is still indicated
is still

still rotating
still circulating
the network with no streets
carries it outward
upon the kissed abyss
and in the great vault of physical signs
the wan thin events

tug lightly
at the fabric