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The toy / become the aesthetic archetype / As if / some patient peasant God / had rubbed and rubbed / the Alpha and Omega / of Form / into a lump of metal / A naked orientation / unwinged / unplumed / -- -the ultimate rhythm / has lopped the extremities / of crest and claw / from / the nucleus of flight / The absolute act / of art / conformed / to continent sculpture / -- -bare as the brow of Osiris- -- this breast of revelation / an incandescent curve / licked by chromatic flames / in labyrinths of reflections / This gong / of polished hyper aesthesia / shrills with brass / as the aggressive light / strikes / its significance / The immaculate / conception / of the inaudible bird / occurs / in gorgeous reticence- -- - -- - --