Amnesia

For Tom Disch

Neither the actors nor the audience knew what was

coming next.

That's when the assassination must have taken place.

The car pulled up and the driver said "get in."

"Wolves don't criticize sheep,'' Cage grinned. "They eat

them."

That's when the assassination must have taken place.

The wedding dress in the window had vanished.

"Wolves don't criticize sheep," Cage grinned. "They eat

them."

This announcement will not be repeated.

The wedding dress in the window had vanished

At dawn, the perfect time for an execution.

This announcement will not be repeated:

The only victory in love is retreat. So we retreated.

At dawn, the perfect time for an execution.

All the suspects were wearing identical blue uniforms.

The only victory in love is retreat, so we retreated;

To one madness we must oppose another.

All the suspects were wearing identical blue uniforms

Because painting conveys the image of its time.

To one madness we must oppose another,

But we don't suppose it will heal people or anything like

that.

Because painting conveys the image of its time,

When destiny appears, wearing a badly brushed top hat,

We don't suppose it will heal people or anything like that.

-The tape erased itself. It was time to begin.

When destiny appeared, wearing a badly brushed top hat,

Neither the actors nor the audience knew what was

coming next.

The tape erased itself. It was time to begin.

The car pulled up and the driver said "get in."