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Twilight
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Twilight to Mademoiselle Marie Laurencin Brushed by shadows of the dead At the lawn's end of the day Columbine undresses entirely naked And covets her reflection in the pool A twilight street-magician Touts tricks to be performed The untinted sky is constellated With astral milk Harlequin the milk-faced magician Welcomes his audience Bohemian sorcerers Fairies and conjurers Having unhooked a star He tames it in his arms His orchestra is a hanged man Playing the foot-cymbals A blind man rocks a baby A doe and fawns go by A midget observes sadly The giantism of Harlequin 43 ...