Description of the Life of Poor Unfortunates

Taste at the root of the tongue
The unreal of what is real.
Duchamp praised Picabia
Because, he said, he'd forget
Every previous painting
When starting work on the next.
Duchamp was such a kidder.

Nobody who forgets gets
To begin work on the next,
Unless it is the exact
Same thing we had to forget.
At last I am awake! Real
And unreal, new and never
Before, all false distinctions.