I breathed enough to take the Trick
I breathed enough to take the Trick
And now, removed from Air
I simulate the Breath, so well
That One, to be quite sure
The Lungs are stirless must descend
Among the Cunning Cells
And touch the Pantomine Himself,
How numb, the Bellows feels!
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