Secondary Heaven (Collected Poems), "Yawn of Yawns"1968Once upon a time there was a mistake
So silly so small
That no one would even have noticed itIt couldn't bear
To see itself to hear of itselfIt invented all manner of things
Just to prove
that it didn't really existIt invented spaceTo put its proofs in
And time to keep its proofs
And the world to see its proofsAll it invented
Was not so silly
Nor so small
But was of course mistakenCould it have been otherwise