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No aught of different we

Pointed here than that… he’s «a fool», agree?» —

«A fool a being free… Mad thought’s dimension…

Lucky we, that whole our Great Carny

Not by the only fools there filled will be!» —

«Exactly! How wise to see: more foe’s he

Like – more fool he’s carnyshly.“ – „Already,

What the images here comes to me! To be

For not to be – strange there Lenin, Stalin,

Utopically all-surprising… The key,

However… Key! to notions were rising —

What’s that meaning? Such the «humanizing»,

We’ve discussed, what really do in practice?» —

Him I asked.

(Oh, Man’s thought – Th’Imaginary’s dancer!)

«No need of the reasking glance. You’ve got:

The Carny’s purport is to bury «known-what»;

That’s how «the grave». Do you remember not

What was the dispute start?”… And then I’ve heard

Again that «of the tomb» inside my mind,

(«Should be there tomb?»[63 - See the line 8—9.

What «sad way off» could be the joyous laugh.

«However, I find now it’s enough

Of talking for tonight; we’ll do next time.» —

«Where’re you going?» – Me-seen, he moved back.

«Wine ist too earthly luck. Before the dark,

I’m going to have cicuta[64 - The poison of water hemlock (Cicuta Verosa) was the favorite type of the human-killing poisons before the era of modern cyanide (potassium cyanide) was started.

The drink all-philosophiest! Your wow!» —

No! He lifted up his nowhere-from cup,

And, smiling sage, he «hadlle»[65 - This word «haddle» simply came out as a product of mixing apostrophic spelling between the words: «had-it-all» = «haddle». Not that I mentioned a figure of ghost could ever be as like that vulgarly person from commonhood, who after the certain «cup of safety & relaxation», in the certain moment and in the certain manner, would have cry: – «Oh! It’s just a haddle-waddle!»; – whether, me-think, this new-made word quite ironically points the character of action and the used jester closely to alive context of here-described situation within the poem.

And, like that in the strange cartoon, turned green,

Turned blue then, and so soon all-disappeared.