High on Laughing gas
I’ve been here before
The odd vibration of the same old universe
The nasal whine of the dentist’s drill Singing against the nostalgic
Piano Muzak in the wall
Insistent, familiar, penetrating
The teeth, where’ve I heard that Asshole jazz before?
It’s the instant of going
Into or coming out of existence that is Important – to catch on
To the secret of the magic
Box
Stepping outside the universe
By means of Nitrous Oxide Anaesthetising mind-conscious
The chiliasm was an impersonal dream – One of many, being mere dreams
The sadness of birth
And death, the sadness of Changing from dream to dream The constant farewell
Of forms ...
Saying ungoodby to what Didn’t exist
The many worlds that don’t exist All which seem real
All joke
All lost cartoon
Allen Ginsberg, 1963
