BOOK: 17
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
(FIRST EDITION!)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
(FIRST EDITION!)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
..”(POEMS*WRITTEN/-..TO*ANTAG*O*-
..*NIZE/-..*THE*/-..-CON*SERV-..*TIVE*/-..*MANY*(!)”)?
..”YET/-..I*TEACH*YOU/-..TO*BECOME*/-..*WHOLE*-..(?)
..-BYE*/-..PROVO*/-..*CAR’E*/-?..&*MYE*-..*ULTI*/-..*MATE*/-?.. ..*WIS*DOM/-(!?)..-&*-..*GOAD*YOU/-(!?)- ..AS*CITI*ZENS/-? ..THAT*/-*YOU-..ARE*-?..?-*NOT*/-..*RES*PONSIBLE/-(!?)..-FOR*’*YOUR*/-...*CYNICAL*SOULS*/-..&*BANNISH*YOU/-..TO*ETERNAL*PUNISH*MENT(!))”?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod Poet.(C)
LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:
Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07, 2001.
All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!../-?-
&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2001
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-of*/-..&*For*/..-
The Majority/-?..-For*These*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)
(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
&*Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!
*Consciously/-!..Or*UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/-
..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/-
..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre-
ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)?
..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/-
..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*
..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..
Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Con Edison*Maid(!)?..-*Showing*/-..Right*UP*/-?..
*On(-*Time!(?)..”*Jasmine*/-(?)
She*Says/..-Her*Name(!)”..-softvoice!”
-Left*(?)-(Giggly*Happy?)..Passing*Quiz(!)?..-Uv’*Gravity(!?)-
*Says(?)-..“Wat*Goes*Op/-..Mus’*/-Cum*/..-*Down!”
(?)-So*It*Did(!)?..-*Reading*..(Dis*Time/-345=12/-..*Reduced* To*3)(?)..N’*(House*/-..Uv’Numbers/..Lik-Pie/-R..(!?)-
*Square*(?)..-*Numer*ology(!)?..-Leads*Me/-..To*Believe(?)..-*Walkin’*Down’s/-..(-Easier/..-Than*/-..*Walkin’*Up(!)?
-8*Flights..N’..(-New*York*City?)-..Gittin’*Call/-..*Uv’-..(Barbara*Es*-quinca?)..-Cancelin’Our-/..(Dinner*Date?)
&*Ovur*-..(Her*Girfriend’s*/-..*House/-..*Warmer*Than/..-? Boy*friend’s(*House!)?..-Ah*Senorita(?)..-Alacitia*/-..*Roman*-
Nez!!)-..Les*bian*..(-For*What*Ails*Yo!)?..-Has*Got*Er’(-..*Hooks*..N’*Er’)?..-Like*On*..-(Gannes*evort*Meat-Street!)?..-
*Hookin’(Into*../-Da’*Big*One!)?..-Slab*Uv*Beef(!)?..-*Gone*..(Hole*Hog!)?..-*Draggin’*Her*/-..*Carcass*/-A*-..
*Long/-..*Meat*Rack!(?)..-&*(Oh!../-..For*Little*One/-..*That*-(Got*Away!)?)-..“Michelle..N’*July/-..N’Sinn*Citi!”(?)
-(?)Little*Ashkenazi..Painted*Bye-..(Great*American*Artist?)-Don’t*Remember*/-..Es*Name(!)?..-Lived*Also-(!?)-
N’..Chelsea?..-(New*York*City?)-..Some*where*On..-*West*- 24thSt.(?)..-&*She’s*..(-A*Little*Scorpio/..Wf’-..(-Bumps*On-..*Her*Thighs/-(!?)
..*Said*(?)-She*Got..Mal*..*aria-(!?) (!?)..(*Sleeping*..On*RoofTop/-..N’*Africa)(!)?-
-&*That*Th’/-..(*Anop*heles*-..
Mo*squitos/-.. De*scended*Down?)-..On*Her(?)..Like*Harpies/-?
-(And*She*Was../-*So*Tired/-..From*Th’*Day’s..-(Arc*-
Heo*..*logical*Dig!(?))?..That*/-..*She*Didn’t*Use..(-Mosquito*Net!)?-&*Regrets*It(?)..-*Posed*Diligently/-..Wf’-
(Kind**Wurds*/-..*Uv’/-..“It’s..AN*Honor/-To*Be*Painted/-
..-Bye*You(!))”?-
-Sum*Hustle/-..For*..(-Little*Girl/-..Aged*20!)-
-Came*Over..N’(-Mini*Skirt..(!?)-&*Ended*UP..Rather**Ruffled!)?--N’*Er’RELATION*SHIP/-..&*Had*BrokeN*/-..*Down*/-(?)..Cry*ing(!)?..N’*Sob*bing(!)?..Wf’..(Boyfriend!)?..Met*Er-..?
-On..(-Off*Broadway/-..50thSt.?)-..*Looking*/-..Down*town/-*Doing*/-..*CitieScape/-..9:30pm.-/ On*Wed./-July*Nite(?)
Said*..(She*Thought?)-..*Mye*/-..*Painting’s*Beautiful(!)?-&*I*Said..(I*d’*Like*To/-Do*-..?-*Her!)?-
..&*She*Said-”I’d*Be*Honor-Ed(!)”?-
&*Cam-/-To*..(Mye*House/-../-*Terribly*..*Trembley(!)?-&-“She*Got*..(Honor’erable*Mention(!)….N’Summit’s(Center*..
For*Vis-U*/-..AL(!)?
-..*Arts!)?..-Uv’03(?)..-N’*Summit/-..NEW*JERSEY(!)?..-Jus’(-Before..Sharon*C.-(Do*Gooder/-N’-Chemically*Imbalanced/-Do*Badder)..-Dis*Missed*Wf’..(!?)-MYE*(!?)-
Class*Uv’..*HIGHER*EDUCATION/-..&*MYE*CLASS/-*for-(26yrs.)?..-Eric*Pryor..”sayin’I’d..*Never*/-*Teach/-..*Ther-/
--e(!)?-..*AGAIN!”(?)..-Previously*Sayin’/-..When*Giving*-..
$1000.00*Award-..To*Me/-..Uv’-..(Hon.Ment.?)-*Boastfully-..“He’s/-..*One*Of*/-..*Our’s*(!)”
Copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Faltering*N’..(-*Columbian*Rhythm!)?..-No*Stiff*Love/..-Er’*Dance*/-..*For’/..(-Daddie**Gringo!)?
-Nothing*On*Earth(!)?..-Left*Uv’(-*Art/-(?)..-But*..Anti*Semitic-..*Remarks(!))?..-&*A..*Promise-?
-(Tis*A*Promise!)?..-A*Word/-(?)-..Tis*Mye..(-*Bond*Stuff!)?-&*Logic*&(-Common*Sense!)?-Has*
?-Flown*Out/-..(-Da’*Window!)?..-Tha’(-Center*/(?)-Does*Not*Hold)../-Yeats*Stuff(!)?-&We*Live(??)
N’*A*(-Different*..Time*Now!)?..-So*(-Wat’s*Da*Beef!)?..Tha’
(-Beef*Tis/-..No*Love/..-Left*..For*-?
-Sugar*Daddie(!)))?..-(Eartha*Kitt/..(Sung*Out/-(?)..-To*New)..-African*Linguistics!)?..-Now*..(Jib*Jibe/-
*Blues/..*Jazz/-(?)..-Hip*Hop(!)?..-Flip*Flop(!)?-Riff*Raff(!)?..-Gansta’*Tap(!))?-Hey(!)?-Anybody’s*Got-
..(?)-To*(-Make*A*Living!)?-Bullets*Flying..(-Gangsta*Busta(!)?..*Dollars!)?-N’*Between..(2*Nite*Clubs
/-(?)-&*1*Cutting*Room!)?-6*Nite/*Weeks/-..*Drinkin’/*Singin/..*Yellin’(!!!)-Till*..(4:35am*-*Dawnin’!)?
-Bodies*Walkin’../-*Exquisitely(!)?..-Dressed*N’(-Thin*Layers/..-Uv’*Salom’e/..&..-(Hootchie*Cutechie!!?)
-(Perfumed*/To*..-High*Hell!)?-Anti*Christ*Females/-(?)-On*..(-Da’*Make!)?..-Lips*/-&Lip*Stick*Stucke-
-*Blasphemely/-..(-On*Blue*Bootie’s!)?..-Waiting*Fo’..(-Final*Draw!)?..-Voices*Earth*aly/-..&*Throat*aly..
-Suck*in’*../-*Wind(!)?..-Metalled*..*Psyches/..-(Toten’*..(-Shiney*..(?)-Sheriffed*Badges!))?-Wf’Glock-
-*Nines/..(!?)-Hanging*..(?)-/Imaginativey*Dangling(!?)..-Got*
(-Out*Uv’Town/..-Before*../-Sun*Down!)?
-Cum’in’*Back(!~?)..-From*Adirondaks(!!)?..-Black*As*Soot(!)?--From*(16Days/-&*Nights!)?-Dis*Ori-..
Ented../-*Exhaushted*/..-&*Having*..(-To*Find/-?..*Parking*Place!)?..-To*(-Un*Load/..-Camping*Gear!)?
-Rain*Pouring*Down(!?)-For*..(-10Days&*Nights!)?-Trying*To*Get..(Mail*Outta*Box!)?-Dropping*Gl-
Ass*/-Lantern*Box(?)..-In*(-Mid*Air/..Catching*Coleman!)?..(Mye*Strong*Grip/-..-Shattering*Mantels!)?The*(Impact*..Uv’*Life/-*Refocused!)?..-To*(Where*The*Heaven/-(?)..-‘Ave*I*Been!)(?)-*Conscentrating-
On*Forrest*Green/-&*Chlorophyll(!)?-&*Poems*Written/-..
On*(-Cedar*Flow!)-Up*State/-Wf’..*Pearl(!)?
-Saying*(“What*Do*You*Do!)?..-Whin*You/-Paint*Them*
*Ladies(!)?..-Wf’(Dress*Ups*Are!)?..-All*Columbian!)”?
Copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-*Flaunting..Another*Session..Wf’(-Rib*Case*/-,,*Charlie!)?-If*That..(-Can*Be?)-*Believed?
-At(His*Request!)..-(Aboriginal*Bore’-/*Alias!-/..*Posing*..Like*Mannequin?)..-*Nude’..N’(*Con
-Torted*/-..*Gesture/-Uv’..-Drug*store*/-*Cowboy?)-From*..New*Zealand/..-Last*Time/-..(*Africa?)?
-As..(The*Story*Goes/-..*Details*Changing/-Like*Quicksand(!))?..-Last*Time..He*Was/-Ch
-arlie*Bir-d(!)?..*-From..Off*Shore/-*Bandstand(!)?-Alias’s..*List’s/-..*Repro*ducin’..At*/-..(-Pro*lific
*Rate..?)-Uv’..24*Times/-..per*Minute/-..(Under*Mitosis/-
..-Mulit*plyin’..*Factor!)-..DNA*/-..*Run*-ing(!?)..-
-*Amuck(!)?-
(-Emi*gration*/-..&*Imagination)?..On*(Th’*Make!)?-&*How*Many..*Times/-”I’ve
-..*Been..(N’* Jail?)..-Dus’n’t*Matter/-..I*Can..Get*N’(-More*Positions/-For*Sex(!)?..-*Since/-..&*F
-rom*..(-Whole*Foods*/-..*Diet/-To*..(*Raw*Foods!))”?-Which*Leads*Me/-..(To*Wonder/-*What..-
-His*Specialty*Is..(?)..-Since*I..Only*Go/-(-One*Way!)?-Hetero(!)-..*Chol*-esterol?..-It’s-(No-
-t*As*If?)..-I*Don’t*/-..*Get(It!)?-*Him*Claimin’..(His*Hair*Color/-Tis*His*Own!)?..-At*57-Loo-
-k*..(I*Believe*It!)?-?..”Differ-ent*Strokes(!)/-..For*(-Differ-ent*Folks!)?”..-(Lady*Clairol?)-..Has*Yet(!)? *..(-Some*Secrets!)-..&*I..Find-It*Strange/-To*Be*/-..Ac*costed/-Bye*/-....New*Chick?)-*Jackie/-
..N’(-Summit*Center/-..*Demanding/-)..*That*I*Pay(?)-For*The*Last(?)-..16years..Uv’(-Wat-
-ered*Down*Packets/.. -“They*Call/-*Coffee”(?)..-Insipid*/-..*Putrified*/-..*Dilution/-..(To*Save/-..On*
-*Money(!)?..-Puri*tan*-ical*../-*Repression(?)-&*They*..*Havn’t..Bought*..-(One* Painting?)*For*-
-*Same..(No./..-Of*Years!)?..-But*Still*Long*For/-..(Th’ *Master’s*/-..*Secrets!)-?-*&..Even*Though/-..
-(I*Es*-pize(!)?..-They*’ll/-....*Never*/-..Git*..-*Them(!)?-..Being*/-..El*Stupido/-&..-La*Stupida(!)?-*Thin*..*Bob*/-..&*A
-lice(?)-..*Dillon*(?)..-Show*Up(?)-Wf’..(Their*Millions!)?..As*If-..(It’s*Reception*Day(?)-On*..?- -(*Working*/-..*Day?)..-Me*Teaching/-(?)-..*Him*..As*Always/-..To*Being*/-..Him*Self/-..*Kind*&*Polite..*Doing*His*/-..
-*Interpretation/-…*Intrepidation/-,,Uv’/-,,Fred*Astair..(-*Soft*Shoe*..-*Act!)?..-*Grinnin’/-*..(-*Like*Monkey!)?
Copyright(C)poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Going*Back..(*Thomas/-..*Eakins?)?..-&*Th’..
(-Blind*Folded*/-..*Nude?)..-&(Ole*Boy’s*NetWork?)-
*Concept*(?)..-N’*Opposition/-..To*(Present*Day?)--Mod*/-..*ern*/-*Fem*inist..(*Standards*/-..Uv’Artist-
ic*Charac*/-..*toral?)-..*As/-s*ass*i/-*nation..
(-Uv’*Me?)-? I*Stand*/-..Regal(!)?=&**Con*-Voluted!(!)?..-*Twisted*/-..Or*Like/-..th’-(Summer* of’*-19-
’73?)?..&-Doin’..(-3*RoadKill/-(?)-..*Master*Piece’s/-&-..*Stillifes?)..-&*Having*/-..*Sur*vived(?)-Th’-..(Prince*Ton*/-..*Pop*-ulist*Parties?)..N’-*Drunk*/-..*On..(-Fish*House*/-..*Punch*?)..-N’..-(Big*Louise?)-&*/-..*Th’..(*Sledge*/-..Hamme
-r*-*El*-i*egies?)..-&*..(Con*stance*Bracci/-..*Sicilean*/-..An*/-..*Trite*/-..Ce*/-..ram*-acist?)..-Jump*ing(-Like*/-..*Monkey*/-..*On-..(Mye*/-*Back? )..-Butt*(-Face*/-ed..(!?)-*Forward?)..&*-Rip*ping/-..(*MYE*-*Left*Earring/-..*Outta*Ear ?)..&*Tryin’..(To*Save*/-..*Fac
-e?)-AS*/-..N*Th’..(-Thiemba*/-..*Trouncing?)-As*/-..*Instructor*/-..N’Front*Uv’…(-23*/-?..-
..-Lil’Ole*Ladies?)..-As*Hear/-..*
-Say?-…-(”That*She*/-..Turns*(Me*On?”)?-&-..(*That*/-..(All*Great*Art?)-..Tis*(Sexual?))”..-”Ouote”(..?
?)-..(Un*Quote!)?..-&*Last*Night(?)..-*Dream*ing(-Uv’*Tigers/-(!?)-..&*Tryin’..(-To*Escape/-*Despicable/-..*Social*Urges/-..N’/-..*Social*/-..*Cages?)-&*Limp*ing/-..*Along/-..(!?)
-*On/-..(Torn*Knee/-..&*Leg?)..-From*(-8*&Half(-Hrs./-..*SoftBall*/-..Saturday?))..-But(-Battin’/-3for5/-..600
? )-Aint*Bad!(?)..-&*(-N’*/-..Pretty*Sad*/-..*State/-Uv’*Affairs??)?..-Psycho*logically/-..(-*Speaking?/-
-Frame*Uv’*Mind?)?-..-&*Having/-..(To*Continue*/-..As*Instructor?)..-Least*-(N’*Demand?)-..UpSe
-ts*Th’..(-Law*/-..Uv’Supply*/-..N’*Demand?)?-But*Becomes..(-Trivia*/-..N’*Yur*/-..Un*Conscious?)?
-From*..(-AlWays*/-..Bein’/-..Mis*Under*Stood!?)-Givin’-..(*Me*Time?)-..To*Con*/-..*Template?)-Mye*’*Reason?-..&*The/-..(*Eternal*Futilty?) -Uv’Teachin*..(*Stupids?)?,,A*-Human*Dilemma/-Never*Changing!?)-..&*”I’ll*Take..(Mye*Education?/-..On*Th’*Rocks?)-&*Stir-(Well!!)?..-N’*Drives*/-..(*One*To-*Drink?)..-*Thank-k*/-..*Good*ness?..-Or*For*Words/-..Uv’..-”LawdyLaw?”/-..*Like/-Lillian*Cochran/-..(Mye*Granny/-..Usta*S
ay(?)..Remember/-(!!)? ..-”Action/-..*Speaks*Louder/-..-Than*Words”?-If…(Words*Speak/-..At*All?)..-Dumb*Founded/..&-
N’*Purity?-..”Can’t/-..*Never*/-..&*
*Did*Nothing!”(?)-Lil*Red*Train/-..(*Sayin’?)-..”IThink/ICan/..IThink/ICan..!?”
?-Pregnant*Woman/-..(Walkin’Bye?)-&*..”She*Got*/-..*Her’s?..Because/-..(?)--Wat-..
-Goes*Round/-(!)-../-..*Comes*Round!”(??)
Copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-“Happy*Birthday!”/-From*Tha’..(-Bagel*Queen?)-From..
(-Edith*Caballero?)..-Her*Grinnin’(?)
-Wf’Flour*On*Her..(-*Face!)?-At*/-..(ASL?)-..“Enjoy!”-Small*Brown/-..*Sack(!)?..-Warm*N’*Toasty(!)?..-Wf’..-
..*Infan-
tile*-*Images(?)-..as*Penguin(?)-..Wf’(-Santa*Claus*Hat!)?..-&Red*Scarf/-..Wf’..(-Blue*/-Polka*Dots!)?
-&*Giant*/-..Panda*Bear..(-*Head!)?-Wf’..(-Jewish*Purple*Star?)-But*Tha’-..(The*Real*Deal!)?..-*Picture*Uv’..(-P olar*Bear*/-..*Carmichel)..?-Looking*At..(-TheViewer!)?..
-From(-Colored*Photo!))?..-A*Story(-I*Told..H-
*er/-(?)-..From*Childhood!)?-*Lincoln*(?)-Park*Zoo(!)?..-Okla-*
*homa!../-Stuck*To..(-Shiney*Quality/-..*TinFoil!)?
-Hot*Sur*prises..Never**Cease(?)-..(-To*Exist!)?-“Me*Embarassed*..
(-As*Always/-..This*Time?)..-Uv’*Year(!”)?-
-But*-(-Forever*Grateful!)?-&*Creative*Woe*man/-Too*Extreme(!)?-*Deep*Sub*conscious..(Working*It’self/-..*Out!)
-*Feminist*/-..Should*Learn(!)?..-Such..A*Valuable*Lesson(!)?-*Course*..Without/-..(*Gifts*/-..Uv’Da’..*Muse!)?..-Im*-
Pos*sible(!)?..-*Being*(-A*Little*Wary?)..-After*Bush’s
(-Second*/-..*Election/-..As*Western*Hick!)?-..&*Two*Gunn*
C- har-lie/-*..Tha’*Kidd(?)..-Just*Received/-..*Letter*(?)..-*From
(-Odessa*/-..*Upper/-..*Elementary?)..-310 So.First/-St.-M0 640-
76..Sept. 30, 2004..(-Interesting*Letter?)..-Wf’..(-Titties*(?)-*Drawn*..To*(-Mye*Satisfaction!)?..-Uv’*Coarse(?)-The*
*Harvard-Prof’s(?)-Will*Say(?)-*Sh….d..(Tis*Van*Gogh*/-
*Sky!)?-..&*On*Back..(?)-..Uv’*Envelope/-..(-Op-..
en*/-..*Legged*C-reature(?)..-LIKE*A*-n*nus*..Displayed(!)-?-Wf..Penciled*Initials..(N’*Graphite?)..-J.E.(?)-&*The*Letter/-G- oes*Like*This!..-“Dea Mr.(?)-N’..(Our*Fourth*Grade/-Art*-//
..*Class!)?
-We..(Are*Learning?)-..About/-(?)-..(Current*-Artists!)?&-I*Am- Sending/-Dis(?)/-..-*Letter(?)-..N’An*Envelope(?)-I*Designed(!)?-Wud*You/-(?)/-..(*Create*A *Des/-..
-ign?)-*On..*Deh(?)..-(Blank*Envelope?)..-&*Send..It*Back/-To*Me(!)?..-After*Looking/-..-At*Examples(?)..-N’*Y
our*-..(Art*Work!)?..-I*Wud(-Like*To*Ask*You?)-..*Questions(?)-Do*You/-..*Draw(?)-*Your*Painting/-..*First(!)
?-Or..(Just*Start!)?..-*Painting(!)?-&*Owl*Long/-(?)..-Does’-it*..
Take(?)-..(To*Paint*One?)-Is..(Lorre’*Donna..(Your*W ife!)?-
..-Thank*Y-ou,.Jeremy(!)”?..-Me*Grinn’..-At*The..(-Above*/-..In*Telligence?)?..-Literally**Astute(?)-..*Kid(!)
?-Dat*/-…Will*Burn*Out(!)?-Also..(Suspectin’Another*Hit!)?-Via..Infamy’s*Attack(!)?..-As*/-..*Juvenile*Predator!?
copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-I*See..(Th’Pain!)..-N’’Their/-*Faces(!)?..(N’/-*Mornin’!)..-&/-
..Th’-(Best*..Uv’Their*/-..*Generation)?
-Not*Talked*About!?..(*Lookat-/..*That*/-..*Fire*Ball?)..-Skinny*Minnie/-..(-*Pumpin’’*Er)..-Hips*!?..-*She’s-..
(-So*Busy*Goin’)..-No*Where?..-(-SuchA*..*Pre*occupation)-Wf’Th’..(-Livin’*..-(*Futility)?*)..-Uv’Th’*P-
hy-sical?/-..&*Th’*Joy*-/-..*Uv’..(-*Bein’**Alive?)?-I’m*Glad*/-..Mc*Indoe..(Showed*Up!)?..-What*A**Beauty-/
So*-*R-eliable(?)../A-..(1938-Earth*Tiger?)..*Could-Do*/-..(No*Better?)..thin*/-..Meet*Me-/-&..(Th’/-..1935*Wood-
*Boar?)..Oh*How-..(I)-..*Sends*Off*/-..(-*Shoots*/-Uv’*Roots)..*EarthBound(?)..-Thin*/-..(-BeA*Sober*/-*Trustin’’
Con?)..Fi-*Dant?..-*But*Tha*/-..Young*Punk..(*Nunez?)-
True*to-..Es’-*Name(??)..A*Dom*inican*/-..(Right**D-own*-
Tu*-..(-Th’’Last*/-..*Disappearin*’)*/-..*Syul*uable(?)..Full*Uv’*
(-*Gud*Hope!))../-Tha’Th..’(-Phoenix*)..(*Culd-*Rise*Again?))..
-Frum*-..*LifeUv’-..(..Th’-*..Physical*/-..*Visual(-*Ashes?))..??-
Uv’Common*Ground(!)?..Uv’/-..*(H
-ard*Work?)..-&*Pain..(Tin’’?)/-..’Es*Self?..?N’-(-Tu’-Struggle/-&..N’-Tu*Failure!?)-..Mc*Indoe*Breezin’N(A Sorolla?)..-Down*
N’..(-Grand*St.?)..&*ChinaTown/-..(-N’ver-(Looked*/-...So*Good!?))-A*Leisure*Time/-..-*Facility?/..-A*Master*/-..*Piece/-*Reality(!)?/-..Wf’..(-No*Common*/-..*Denominator?)..Uv’..Orla*..Irish**Waitress-/(? )-At*Mullens*Bar/..-Other*Nite(?)-*Immi*grant..(-Liltin’N’Accent/-..N’Laughin’’)..-Still*Born?/..-N’-
*Breasts*-
*Burstin’..(Tu’*..*Complaint?)..-Uv’-Sayin’/-..(:Last*Time?)..*I-(Stiffed*Er’(??))..-Gettin’*Guiness!?/..-Wf ‘-’(No*Tip??)..-?-*Drunk*/Wf’..(Holly*Shannon..*O’Lively(?))..-*Woman*Model*..
(-Uv’/North*/-*Carolina-’s*Applachian)?(-Back*Wood*Beauties!?)..-Wf’One*Eye..(-*Cocked*/-..N’’-..*Passion?)..&*..-I*Struggled-
-/Wf’-Er’..-N’/-(??)-..(Heavy*Duck/-..&**Cotton*/-..*Canvas?)..
-Wf’-Er’..(-Crystal*Kler../-*Vision*?)..-As*-Student*/-..(*ASL?)
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(-Uv’/-..*Tha’*Posin’?)..-But*God/-..(B’-*Mye-/-..*Witness/-..I*Nev’r*/-Touched*Er?)..*Just*/..-*Kissed*Er’/-..N’Knee/-..*&
*Rib*?../-..-&*Thank*God!?..(I*)..-Cn*Afford*Ths’..(??)-
(French*/-..*Vanilla*Coffee?)../-N’O’/-..*Mornin’..(Wf’*Pain???)
copyright(c)poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Having*Been*To..(ASL)*Instructor’s*Party..(To*See*-
Joann’s*/-?..*Red/-?..*Nails!)??-&*/-…*Seeing-?
-Sarah*Jane*Kent(!)?..All*(Dolled*Up!)?-..N’Her*Boots!..-&*(Well*-..*Wrapped*/-..*Skirt!)?..-&*Seeing-?
..Vivian*/-O’Shaun*ess*sey/-?..*Drunk*/-As*Skunk/..-On*/-..White*Wine(!)?..-&*Coming(!)?-..At*Me/-..*Like*..(!?)-
(Freight*Train/-(?)..-Or*/-..(*Big*Mack/-..*Head*On!))_&*Grabbing*Ahold/-(!?)..-Uv’(Mye*Hands/-&**Pin-?-…ning*Me(!?)- *Against/-..Those*Sacred/-(!?)_*Hallowed*Walls!(?))-Up*Walks/-..Ai*/-*Oh..Ka*..Wara(!?)
Wf’(-Her*Tokyo’d*(?)_..*Self*Portrait/-Put*N’..(Nude’s*Book!))?..-*Her*/-..Con*gratu*/-..*lating*Me/-?..On*/-?..*Black*U*
-phoria(!)?..&-Me*/-..Con*gratulating*Her/-..On*Her*Ano-Rexic*/*Proportions!)?..-From*DNA(!)?..-*Memo- ry*(!)?..Uv’(-*Past*/-Desintigration*Horror/-..Uv’*Osaka!)?-..“&*We*Shall/-..*Return*/-?..*Mc*Arthur’s*Qu- ote(!!)”?--Some*How/-..Made*
Me/-*/-..*Feel*Queezy*/-..&(-..*Sick!)?-*Her*Needing/-..(*Such*..Psycho*Log-*ical-/..(!?)-
*Approval!)?.. &-Left*Me..*Feeling*..*Faint(!)?-&*Wishing/-..*Motel*7!!../-(?)-..N’-Parking*Lot(!)?-..Was*-*Completed(!)??..
-But*..TO*/-..*NO*Avail!(?)-/..&*The*Rain*/-..(?)
*Came/-..*Down/-(?)..-As*Expected/-..That*Nite(!)?
-&*Jaime*&*I*Split/-..After*Me..(Turning*Down/-(!?)-..Tha’-Beau*mount*Floozy!?)-..*For*Dinner(!)?..-&*Drink*/-*Back*/-
?At*..(-Her*Place!)?-Couldn’t*..(Be*Caught*Dead/-..Wf’*Her!)?-That*Nite/-..-But*Maybe/-....(I*Could*!)?..-Drink*Sum-../(!?)
..*Cajun*Punch(!)?..-After*Such../-(A*Trying*Day!)?..-Wf*(-Up*town*/-..*Power*Maid!)?../-Her*Daughter*/-..*Giving*??
-*Me*/-The..(-Once*Over!)?..-&*Just*/-..A*Stones..*Throw/-..From*East/-..(90thSt.!)?..-&Me/-..*Late*/-..uv’/-15minutes(!?)
..(To*Find*Out/-..(Mye*Appt./-..Had*Been/-..*Re*scheduled!)?-30minutes*Later/-..*Bye*/-..Mye*/-..Ir*-responsible*/-..*Com*-
-putor(!)?..-*Me*Almost*..(-For*getting*/-..*Mye*Umbrella!)?-After*Such*/-..*Excite*ment/-..Uv’-..(History*Getting/-..*It’
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Mc*phearson/-?..(-Wandering*Around/..-&*N’..-Opening*Door/-..Uv’-(Studio 13!)?..-&*I*Finding*Out-/-To.. *(Mye*Surprise!)..-Mye*Friend/-..*Jaimie*/-(?)-Had*Stolen/..-(Mye*Associated/-(?)-..*SuperMarket/-..&*/-..*Lemon*Cake!(?))?
copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-I*See..(Th’*Pain!)?-N’*(Their..*Faces?)-
-N’(-Th’..’*Mornin’?)-&*Th’(-Best..*Uv’/-Their..*Generation?)
-Not..(-Talked*About?)..-Look*At*Tha’..(-FireBall/-..*Skinny*Minnie?)
-Pump’in..*Her*Hips(?)-She’s..So*Busy?)-Goin’..*No*-
*Where-..(?)
(?)-
-(Such*A/-..*Preoccupation?)..-Wf’Th’..(-Livin’/-(?) ..*Fu*-..til*ity?)-?
-Uv’*Th’..*Physical(?)-&..*Th’*Joy/-(!?)-//Uv’..*Being..*Alive(?)-?
-I’m..Glad(?)..-McIndoe..*(Showed*Up?)?-Whata*..*Beauty(?)-
-So*Reliable(?)-A*..(-1938/..-Earth*Tiger?)?..-Could*Do/-..-No*Better(?)
-Thn/-..-Meet*Me(?)..-Th’..(-1935/-Wood*Boar?)?..-Oh*/-..*How..(I*/-..*Sends..?
-Off*Shoots/..-Uv’Roots?)-..*Earth*bound(?)..-Thn*/-..On*/-..To*Be..A*(Sober/..-*Trustin’-*
-*Con..(*Fidant?))?..-But*Tha’..(Young*Punk?)-..*Nunez(?)..-*True*/-..To*Es/-..’*Name(?)
-A*Dominican..(Down*Tu/*Las’/-*Disappearin(?)..-*Syllable?)
-*Full*..(-Uv’/-..*Good*Hope?)
-Tha’..Th’-*Phoenix*..Culd*/-(Rise*..*Again?)?-Frum*(-*Life?)
-Uv’-..(Th*Physical)/..-*Visual*Ash-..?-
-es?-Uv’..(-Common*Ground?)..-Er’(-Hard-*Work?)..-*Pain*
(T)-in’..-*Es’Self?/-..-N’Tu-..*Struggle?
-&*N’(-Tu..*Failure?)?..-McIndoe*..(-Breezin*-N’A..*Sorolla?)-Down*N’..(-Grand*Street?)..-China*-
-*Town(?)..-N’ver*..(-Looked*So*Good?)..-(!?)..A*Leisure*Time..*Facility(?)-A*MasterPiece*..Wf’-?
-No*..(Common*Denominator?)?..-Hope*Es’..(*True?)-&’..She*/-..*Orla/-Irish*/-..*Waitress(?)..-At*Mull-?
-ens*Bar/?..-Other*Nite(?)..-Im*migrant*Liltin’..N’*Accent(?)..-&*Still*Born/..-N’/-..(*Breasts*Burstin?)?
-Tu*Complaint/-(??)..-*Sayin’..(Last*Time/..-I*Stiffed*Er’?../..-*Gettin’/-..*Guiness(?)-Wf’..-(No*Tip?))
-Drunk*..-Wf’..(Holly*..Shannon*O’Lively?)..-Woman*Model/..
-Uv’..(-North*Carolina’s?)..-(Appa*lac-
-hian*/-..*Back*Woods?)..-*Beauties*(?)..Wf’-One*Eyed/-*Head*/-..&*It’*Cocked/-..N’*Passion?)-..&*I*Struggled(?)
-Wf’(-E’r*/-..*On/..-(Heavy*Duck?)/-?..N’..-Cotton*Canvas?)-&*Her(?)..-Wf’*Er-..(*Crystal*/-..Kler*Vision?)-(?)
-A*Student*..(-Uv’(ASL?)..N”*Luv’../-..Wf’*Orrosco/-? ..N’*Sequerros(?))-..”*Feelin’/..*-Mor’N-‘..*Know*-?
-in’(?)”..&-Still*Born/..-N’*Style(?)..&*-N’*Concept(?)..-She*..
(-*Stumped*Me?)..-Tu*-..(-Greater*Inclin-a-tions?)- ..*Losin’..-(Mor’*Water/-..*Thn’/-..*Carter/(?)..-Has*/-..*Liver*Pills!)?..-Tha’*Day(?)..-*But*..*God*Be*..-?
-(-Mye..*Witness?)..-I*N’ver(?)..(-*Touched*..*That*Woman!-
-Er’?)..-Jus’..(-Kissed*Er’..*Knee?)..-&(-?..
-Kissed*Er’../--THIRD*-*Rib?)..-&*..Th’nk*God(!?)-I*Can-
Af-ford/-(?)-..This*/-..(French*/-..Vanilla*Coffee??)
?-N’(-Mornin’?)..-Wf’*Out..(-*Lawsuit*(?)..Er’(-*Sexual*..*Harrassment?)-..*Case?-..Wf’*Lotsa/-..&*Lotsa*
*Pain-?-(?)-But/..-*Maybe..(Just*Plain/-(?)..*Ole(?)..
*Ordinary/-..-Holyier/-..Than*/-..*Thou(?)..-Genius..*Plan?)?
copyright(C)poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Iron(*I?)..-Cally(?)-Caught*Up*/-N’(-Modern*Events?)..-Not*
Uv’-..
(..-Mye*Liking!)?-Another*..(?)-Stupid*-
31*Marines/-*Killed*N’..Kirkuit(?)..-Young*Idealistic*Fools..
(-&*/-..Norman*Rockwell?)..-*Painted*(!?)..-?/Them*-Hole*Sum?
-*Youths..(-Cut*Down!)?..-N’Prime*..Uv’*Life(!)?..-Like*Fate’s(-*Alley*Cats/-..*Nine*Pins?)..-Wf’(-..Freckled*F
-aces*/-..Blonde*Hair/-&*Arch..-*types)-Uv’(-Eternal*Innocense?)-Give*Or*Take(-Countries*Affirma-*tive-.. *Action*Number(!))?..-Dedi-*Cat-ed*To..C*-orrect*Values(?)..-Uv’..*Present*..(-USA*/-..*Flag*/-..*Waving*/-..&*Inno*Cent/-..*C-on?-
-verts!)?-..“I*Always*Knew..(-War*-W*as/-(?))..-*Forever(!)”?-&*A..(Very*Distasteful/-..*Thing!)?-..*B-ut..(-Wat*-..(?)-
Y*-a..’/-*Gonna*Du!)?..-*Puri*tan*-ism*/-..Has*Become..(-Tha*/-..Corrupt*Monster/-(?)..-Uv’*All*Ill’s(!))?..-Only*Louie*-*A(?)-&*I..(-*Remain*Strong/..-&*Concerned*/-..Wf’-*Moraled*?)-
*Music*/-..*Armed*Techniques(!)?..-Now*/-Don’Axe*/-Me*..
*M-ore(!)?-..*Which*(?)..-*Came*First(?)..-Chicken*Er’*Egg(!)?..
--Yu*..*Figure..(It*Out!)?..-Yu*Idiots*(!)?..-Why*Do*I-..
Haf’t*To..(!!)?..(-*Live*N’..(*Age*Uv’*Idiots!)?..-As*(-*History*/-..Repeats*Itself!)?..-But*At*Least(?)..-88*Keys*Still
-*Remain*..(A*Constant*Value?)..-On*(Mye*/-..So.*Orange/-Lester*Piano?)..-A*Bloody*/-..*Issue(!)?-From*..*Phila-*delphia/-
Uv’Music(?)..-Yet*To(?)..-Confirm*Itself(!?)?..-Not*Sure(-*How*..Beethoven/-..Picked*(His*Nose?)-While*Playing(!)?-But
-&*De’-(Just*/-Heart*Felt/-*Notes!)?-But*Some..*Combinations(?)-Are*Undefeatable(!)?..-Move*Me/-..*Selec-
tively*(-*Makes*..Mye*Blood*Boil!)?..-&*Joyce*Hollander(?)-*Kin*To..(Mye*Landlord’s!)?-Out*/-*Rageous*T- ech*-niques(!)?
-Uv’-*Trying*..(To*Evacuate*Me?)-..*While*..(Jamming*../-Deh*
/-..*Ivories!)?..-Refuses*/-..*To*Listen?
To*Any*Thing/-..Butt*Beethoveen(!)?..-Good*Choice/-..Like*-
At..*(-20yrs./-old-..I*First*Heard/-..(Deh*Man!)?..&*-Came*A-
-s*Surprise/-..(To*Me!)?..-To*Find..(*Myself!)?..-A*Listening..(-Blue*Blood!)?..-“Butt*/-..*Somehow*Lorraine”(!?)-Ne-
ver*..Showed*Up*Again!)?..-Bein’(A*/-..*Never’s?)-Walking*N’-
..(-On*Me/-..N’Liteless*Dark?)..-Repertory*/-..*Theat- re(!?)..-
-Me*Livin’..(Out*Mye*Part?)..-As*(?)-..(Phantom*..*Uv’Opera?)-..*Somewhat*/-..Timid*&*Voiceless(!)?..-& *Saul*Peter’
Claims*He/-..Blew*Horn/-..14yrs./-..Wf’/-..(Harry*James/-..s*Escape(?)..-Into*Childhood(?)-..Wf’..(His*Black*Mistress?)-After*..(-His*Ole*Beaten/-..**Up?)../-Broken*/-*Strung(!?)
-*Harp*(?)-..Aint’*Gonna*/-..*Pacifiy-..(*Me?)-
Or*-(Please*Any/-..*Harpies(!)?..-Like*/-..THis*..(Redon*Water-
color?)..-Er’..Small*Framed/-...(-Thomas*/-..*Moran*Painting!)?
-on*es’/-../-*Living*Room/-..*Wall(!)?
copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
Leaving*(-Casa*La*Frela!)..-&*Shelly*Too(!)?..-All*
*Sweaty*../-&*Staggering*..(-Out*Door!)?
-Trying*To*Get-..(-Mye*/-“Land*Lubber”(?)..-*Bearings(!)?..&--Fum*bling*-*For..-(Next*Direction!)?
-Invitation*Card(!)?-..N’(-Fatigued*/-..Pants*-Pocket!)?-The*March 4th/..-*Wind/-..*Blew*/-..*Around/-Mye*
-*Neck(!?..-*Nipping..&-*Chilling/-..(Mye**Vision!)?-Me*Seeing..(-Two*/-Puerto*Rican/-..*Blacks!)?-
?-Like*N’..(-P.Southern’s**Painting!)?..-Shift*(!?)_Their*(-Marijuana*Cigarettes!)..-To*/-Other*Side(?)
-Of*Face(!)?-..Me*Wishing(!)?..-At*(*Age-70!)?-..I*Had..Brought-?..*Mye*..(-Keebler*Fudge*Shoppe?)
-Deluxe*Grahams/-Wf’*Me(!)?..-For(-*Energy!)?..-But*Alas/-Off*..(-Mye*Ass/-N’../-*Moving!)?..-D*-
Own*Town(!)..-&*Walking*..(3*Ave.’s-..&/-*Two/-Short**Blks!)?..-To*Lexington*/-..*Subway(!)?..-No.6(!?)
-Still*Holding(!?)..-(Plastic*Cup/..-Of*-..(Dark*Red*Wine?)-From*..(South*Africa!)?..-The*Envy*Of-..
(The*Car!)?-..&*Some(?)..-Dark*Eyed*/-..*Daughter(?)-*Shifting(!)?..N’(-Her*Seat!)?..-*Smiling*/-..At*Me(!)
-Her*Mother-..(*Un*Aware!)?-..Of(-Daughter’s/(!)?-*Roving*Eye(!)?..Er’-Lips*Reddening(!)?..-&*Beautiful-
-Arched*Nose(!)?-&-Me*Not*Guilty/-(?)-For*Anything(!)?..-But*/-..*Sud*den*ly/-..(-Finding*It!)..-This*Horrible-
Card(!)?..-*Done*Bye/-..*Director(-ASL)?-..(*Copying*(-Mye*/-..*Painting*Style/..Uv’-Bar*Relief*/-Texture/-..&
-*Portrait*Chunks(!)?..-Uv’-..(Faked*Sentiment!))?..-To*(-Ass*im*ilate*Passion(!)?..-Where*There-..-(Was*None!)
(?)_(-Senti*mentality/-..*At*It’s/-..*Worse!)?..-Wf’*(-..Words*Written?)-“Silvia*Gonzalez*Franco(?)-&*Ira*Gold-
(“Brickin’Butcher!”)?..-*Berg(!)?-..“Invite*You!”..(-To*Celebrate!)?..-Their*Wedding(!)?..-Me*Remembering?
-(Past*Repore!)?-..Uv*Ira(?)..-About*(1997?)-When*He*-
*Said/..-(To*Me/-(?))..”-I*Forbid*You/-..(?)-To*Ask?-..
-Her*..(For*Date!)?”-When*I*Only/-*Said(!)?..-Whose*The-
(?)-(New*Chick!?)..-*From*Spain(!)?..-Me*Think-?
Ing/-Of*(?)..(-His*Fatherly/-..Pro*tective*Attitude(!)?..S-Like
(-Ultra*Padre*Dee!)?..-Or*(!?)..-(Small*Time/-..-*Killer/
-*Butch-er!)..(-From*Lower..(-East-Side/-(?)-..*Russian*Jewish*/-..*Father!!)?..-Slicing*(The*Meat!)?-&*Grin*ning*/-..At*Ira-?
-Do*You*Want(?)..-TO*EAT*IT*RAW!(?)-Or*-..(HAVE*YOUR*MOTHER..COOK*IT!)?-..*Like-(Rare*Chick!)?
copyright©poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Like*Politically..(Walkin’-..(On*EggShells?)?)..-N’*America?)-lst..-(Inter/-..*National*/-..*Moral*/-..*Sup*press/-..
-ion?)..-At*Least..-*For*&Bye/-..(-Bye*Little*Guy?)..-*Me*..(As*Always/-Up*/-..To*/-Mye*Elbows?)..-N’*Mundanity-
&*No*/-..(Loop*Holes?)..-*Left(?)-To*/-..(Com*plete/-..Th’*Master*Plan?)..-Boxed*(N’/-..*Like*1928?)..-Jack*
*Dempsey/(?)/-..Th’(Manassa*Mauler?)?/..-&*Mental*/-..
Pugliese(!)?-..(*Down*for/-..Th’*Seven?)..th*-*Count(?)..-Gl*
-assy*Eyed!-..N’..-(Lookin’For/-(?)/-..Tha’/-*Referees*Fingers?)-How*Many/-..(*Fingers*/-..(Up*/-&*Down?))..Jus’-Befor’
Tha’..-(Final*Wave*Off!)?../-Or*Handlers/-?- ?..*Throwin’-..(N’*Th’*Towel?)..-No*Maas/-..No*Maas(?)..-But-*..-
To*mmorrow/-I*/-..*Will/-..(See*Th’Light?)..-*That’s*/-..(What*-(You*Say?))..-*But*..(Just*What/-..Do*You*K- now/About(It?))
..-Gettin’(Up*/-On’Edge?)..-Uv’Bed?..-Feet*-(Dangling*/..N’*Dis
-may?)..-Ther’s*G- ot*/-To*Be..(-Some*/-..Rhyme/-Or*Reason?).
.-&*She*/-..(-Triggered*Off/?-..*That*/-..*Way?)-
..&*Maybe/-..(*She’s*-
*Gettin’(-Her*Peroid?)..-*Classy*Doll/..To*(-PunishUs*/..That/-*Way(?))..-&They*/-..(Don’t*Want/-..To*Hear*About!)?-..
-*IT*?)..-But*-(There*Are/?-..Two*Sides?)-Too*Every*Coin(?)
..-Which*/-..(*Sock*/-..Goes*On../-(*Right*
-*Foot?))..-Which*..(-Heart*Goes/-(?)..-To*Which*Soul?)?-Is*There*Really/-..(Such*A*Thing?)-..*As*-
(Soul*Sister?)..-Only*..(-You*Must*Know?)..-*Only*..(-You*Can*Say?)..-I*Am(*Sorry/..*I*Hurt-You?
-So?)..-*Forget*It!..(-Wer’re*../-(A*Dime/-..A*Dozen?)?)..-”I*(Think/-..I’ve*got?..-(A*Tiger/-..Bye*..(Th’*Tail-
?))”..&-Yu’..(Shuld*Know?)..-But*/-..I*-(Only*-Wanted/To*-*Dance/-..A*Little?)..-*Befor’/-..(*Life’s*Over?)?..-*After*-(That*Comment?)../-Not*A*Peep(?)..-I*Mean..(-No*Pippin’/-..*On..*Th’..(-EggShell?)?)..-No*..*InCu*
batin’(?)..-Frm*Th’s/-..*(Social*Chicken?/-..*Not*Rotatin’(-?/-..*Th’*Eggs?)?..&*-She*/-..(-PutHer/*..*LipsStick?/-..*On(-?
*Thickly*?/-..&*Left?)..-*Like*..(I*Had/*Done(It*/-..*Again?))..-I*Wuz..(Walkin’-/..(On*/-../*Egg*Shells?)?../-Again*I*..
-N*America?)..&*-No*Fox?..To*B-Allowed*..(N’*HenHouse?)-
-Much*Less..(-Pole*Cat?/-..-Wf’..-(Dis*Tempe-..?
-r?)..-Er’..(Striped*Skunk?/-..Like*/-..-(Mephitis*Mephitis?)..-*Genus*/-..*Species*..(-For*What/-..(Ails*You?)..-?-
..Er’Dis’-(-Spotted*Skunk?)..-/Like*..(Spilo*gale/-..Spilo*gale?)-Er’*Simply/-..*Skunk‘d-../(-Unable*/-..To*Score?)
copyright(c)poem FROM MANUSCRIPT:
“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Making*It*Thru-..(-Straits*Uv’*Magellan?)-Just*Like(-Columbus?)-Wf’*Or*Wf’*Out(?)-Santa
-Maria/-*Pena&*Nena(?)-Sea*Captain(-Pirate*/-*Plundering/Th’(-Puritanical*Prudes?)?-Buc
-k*Swashingly*Arrogant(?)-&*Bound..-(To*Do?/..-Some*Harm?))-No*(Fake*Tatoos?/-*Neede-d?)-To(*Seduce/(?)..Th’s’*Domenican?)-*Muse(?)-She’s*
(*Afraid/-Wf’Out*Asking?)..-Who*Broke(Th-
-*Trance/(?)..-Who*Stole(?)..-Tha’(-(?)/-Golden*..
*Necklace(?)-Who*Dis/-Who*Blue?-You?)-Her*Ey*-
es*Said?..-All..*(-Tha’*Trinkets/..-N’Th’*World?)-Won’t*Save/-..That(-Tender*Skin?)..-Golden*(For*A-
Moment??)-..&Th’(-GodHead*Said?)-But..(-WaitA*-
*Minute?)-Th’*/-..*Alba*tross..(-TIs*Circling?)?..&-De
-ath..(-Might*Be*Near?)..-She*(Quivers*/-&*Trembles?)..--N’(Her*Mad*ness!)?-..*When*..(-I*Look/-..At-*Her?)..&-*Feels*Faint/-..A*
-*Kiss..(-Might*Do*Her(!?)..(*In?))..-Then*/-..*Again..She*(Might*Fake?/-..(Th’*Scorpion?-..-Th’
*Sphinx*/-..Her*He/-..
-ad?)..-&*-Her*Feelings*/-..Will-(Not*/-..Let*Her?-*Tell?)-Her*Longitude/-..Er’..(Her*Latitude?)..-*Almost*-..
Like*N’*Dream(?)..-Her*Eyes/..Like’(Carribean*Water?)-*Whin*/-..(She*Cries?)..-SoBeIt(?)..-El*Capita
-no(?)..-Has*Taken..ES’..(*Captive*..-Es’*Slave?)?..-*Neither*(-Sea*Gull/-..Nor’/The*..-Brown*/-..*Pelican?)-*Made-*Sound?-..Uv’*Passion(!)?-&*Th’(-*Waves*..Ran*Deep?)..-N’(-Th’/-..*Fertile*Waters?)..-Sub*Siding*(-To*A/-..Quite*Ca-
lm?)..-Yet-*(Th’*Rocks/-Still*Loomed/-As*Dark*Shapes?)-Un*ReLenting(?)..-&(-Death/-..Must*Hav
-e*Domminion?/-..*Her*Trophy?)-What’s..(That*Got/To*Do/About*Nothing?)-I*Don’t*Know!-I*Jus’D-..
on’t-*Know(?)..-There(Wuz*Another)..*Feeling*(?)..-
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“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-McIndoe*Sez/-..Unlike*Simon/-..*Sez?-/*That*..(He*Thinks!)?..
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-Me*/-..Wf’..(Coffee*Grounds(?)-Stuck*To../-Mye*Teeth!(?))?-..No*Such*Thing(!)?..-I*Am/-..A*Reborn-?..
*/-Again*Christian*/-&(-/Sugar*Free!)?-Proud*-&*Hallucinatin’(?)-..Only*For*Art-(!)?-But*Dianne..(??)
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..*Junkie*Dreams!)?
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-Bye*No*Concidence(?)..-N’..(Dis*Age?)?-
-Uv’..(Hyper*Tension?)?..-Dat*Dat..License*Plate(?)..-Shuld*Read(?)
-Dr.*GRD(?)..-Frum*..*Connecticut(?)-Wf’..(Dual*Pipes?)-&..*Diesel/-(?)
-Wf’..*Remissal(?)-Tu’..-*Stress(?)-*Befor’..Mye*Favorite/-*German*Cop/..(?)
-Shows*Up(?)-..(Frum*Albany/-..To*Give/-*Da’Ticket?)?..-Dat’..*Matters(!!)?
-(55*Bucks..Uv’/-..*Hard*Day/-..To*Pay?)-Blue*Collar*/-..*Worker(?)-..*’Dolla(?)-R-
-Land*Uv’..(Da’*Free?)..?-&*Ramon*..(-Mye*Favorite*Super/-..*Star..*In*tendent?)?
-Just*Cleaned*Out(?)..-Another*Artist(?)..-Dat*Dint/-..*Make*It?..-Larry*Shoulder(?)
-&*His*Son..(Tis*Due/-..N’*Apartment/-*Take*over?)?..-Me*Receivin’..(-Lik*Dat*Young-
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-Take*Shape/-(?)-Lik’..(Da’*Seize/-..Uv’*Troy?)?-Another*Helena(?)..-Er’..*Barranquillan(?)-
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-Exact(?))..-Wf’*Out..*Indication/-..Dat*Duh..*Images(?)..-&*Energy/..-As’(-Run..*Amuck?)?-
-Wurds*/-..Hittin’(Da’*Fan?)..-Like..You*’Know-(*Whut?)?
..-Got*Guilt/-(!)?..-Got*Milk(?)..-Er’(White-
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-?-At*Da’/-...(-Visual*Bridge?)?-Uv’..(Physical**Propensities?)-..No*Moola/..-No*Travelin’-
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-*Luxury*(??)..-No*..-(Bud*weiser*/-..*Ring?)?-
-Er’..(Frogs*..To*Kiss?)?..-Er’..(Sing*/-*To?)?..-Da’..*
-(Love*/-N’*Sports/-..Are*Over!!)?..-Da’..(-DNA..Tks*Away
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“OB*SCENE*/-..(?)-..*ID*-..I*OMS(!)”?
-Me*Making/-..(?)-The*/-..*Mis*take/-..Uv’..(Picking*Up*/-*Da’*Phone!)?..-*You*On*It/-..*Sal*i*vating/-..
..-*Of*(?)-
-*The*Glands!(?)-..*From*Taking/-..*Your*-(Hormone*Pills!)?
..-At*Age*Of*8(!)?..-You*N’/-..*Photo(!)?
-n’*Beaumont*Texas..(-Pure*As*A*Lark!)?..-Blue*Eyed/-&-(Dirty*/-..-*Dish/-..-*Water*Blond!)?..-*Staring*-?
-Straight*Ahead/-..Like*It*Was(?)..-*Your*Duty(!)?-&*Unbeknownst*..(To*Me!)?..-In*Time*/-..*Collect*-
Ing..(Your*/-..Grand*father’s/-..*Father’s!/-?..-*Metaled/-..*Bed!)?-
&*Showing*Me/..(?)-Tha’/-(?)..(Pride*Uv-?..-
*Texas!)?..-&..Calling*Me*Up(!)?..-To*Remind*Me/-*So!..-Blame*less*The/-..-Dark*Clouds/-..*Sur-
round*ing*..(Your*/..Scorpio*Moon!)?..-Uv’Anything*Goes/-
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on*quests/-..Uv’-(Howling*At*Tha*Moon!)?..From*-(Horny*-
*Toads/-(?)-..To*Chickens!)-..At*The-..(Count*-
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*Stead*Uv’..(-*Dying*/-..-Went*Ar*tistic/-..*Coma*Tose!(?)-
-But*You/-..Could’nt*/-*See*That/-..Bye*..-(*His*Paint-
ings!)?..-Pot*Shoting/-(Da’*Moon!)?..*Carefully*/-..His*(Past/-..*Like*/..-*Honest*Injun!)?..-At*Imi*Tation*al*/-*Opening..?
(-Red*Faced/-..&*Pimply*Faced/-..Pores*Open/-?..-*From*/-..*Fire*Water!)?..-Blew*/-..His*Stack(!)?..-*From*-
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-Like*An..(*All*/-..*Amer*i*can*/-..*Brave!)?-&*History*Books..(Written*N’*Larceny!)?..-Their’s(..-No*Tom
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/-..…(-Outta*/-..Texas**Christ*ians!)?(?)
-S’Like*Pulling/-..-One’s*Own/-..(Molar*Teeth!)?-&*Much*..-
*Less/-..(*Wisdom*!)?..-*Riding*/-…Yore*/*Western*Horses/-
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-*After..(-*Seven*/-..&*One*Half/-..*Years?)..-Uv’-..(*Seein’/-?
..Each*Other?)?..-Yu’*Return(?)..-
-Mye*..*(Phone*Call?)?
-Tu’..(Remind*Me?)?-..That*..(Whin*I..Rang/-?../-*Yur*Buzzer?)?
-Yu’*..Wer’(-*Sick..Wf’*Flu?)?..-&*Yu’*..(*Called*/-Th’*Cops?)-..*Accusin’*(?)
-*Me(?)-..(Uv’..(-Verbal*Harrassement!?)?-Po.e’ta../-..Na’si.tur/-..*Nonfit!(?)
-&-(That’s..-Th’-(*Way..*It*Happens!)?)..-N’(-Jeep/-Wf’-..Six/-*Yellow*Roses?)?
-(The*Poet/-..Tis*Born(?)..-Not*Made(!?)?)..-&*Th’..(Phone*Call!?..(?-Per*tained*..
-To*Yu’..&*Yur’/-..(No*Shows!?))?-At*..User*/-..*Friendly(?)..-Like*Com*puters(?)?
-On..(-Blue*Screen/-..Wf’Blue*-..(Apple*/-*Chunked?)-..*Out(!?)..&-Bite*Size/-..*Wise(?))-
-But*..Th’*Surprise/-..Uv’*Seein’..(-Mye*Bald*/-*Head!?)?..-*Rise/-Above*/-(?)..-*Conflict(!?)?
-Yu*Startled(!!)?-..*Saw/-&*Said(?)..”I*Thought/..(?)-I*Wuz..(Havin’/-..Viet*nam*/-..*Flash*Backs!)”?
-*Funnee..(*Joke?)..-Goes*/-To*Show(?)..-Wf’..(Mye*Pluto/..-N’1st*House?)..-Yur*/-(*Seventh*-*House?)?..-I*Got/-..*Clout(!?)..-Es*pecially*/-..Whin*/-..(I*Wear*Mye/-..(US*Army?)-..*Fa*-tigues?
-*Jacket(!?)-..Wf’..(*Emblem?)?..-(“&*This..We’ll/-..*Defend!?)?..-&*Follow/..-*Me(!)”?..-N’*Trim(!?)
-Mye*/-..(-*Mus*-tache?)..-As*(Sargent*Major!)?..-Me*Barkin’..(*Out/-(!?)..-Double*Negative/-..*Invec-
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-*Po*-lishin’..(Mye*-..M-1*Rifle?)..-*Clean*As/..-A*Whistle(?)..-N’*Marchin’..(Com*pany*A/-..&B?)-?
-*Four..&*One*Half/-..To*Five*Hours/-..N’-(*Oklahoma*Sun?)?..-Till*..One*Third/-..Uv’*Tha’-
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-!!(?)..-Me*Remembering/-..*Yu’*..-(Askin’*Me?)-..”Am..(*I*/-..*Normal?)?..-Do*Yu/-Think..(I’m*..*A-
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-*BUZZER……….……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(?)
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-After..*Hanging(-Mye..*Students?)-At..(*ASL?)?-
-&*How..(I*Would/-..*Like*To?)?-Their*Pantings..(On*Wall?)
-Into*..(Greater*/-..*Public*Context?)?-Than*..(Just*Mundane..?)-
-*Concern..Uv’-(Ego*Id?)..-&..Their*Greed(?)-
Uv;*Advance*Ment(!)?..-N’*Advarice/-..&’-
-*Selfish*/-..*Fixation(?)-Uv’..Look*..(At*Me/-..N’/-..*America?)”?
-After..(Sublimatting..Mye*Ego(?)-N’To-..*Total*/-*Devotion?)?
-Uv’*Art*(?)../-&*Philosophy(?)-&*Beauty(?)-N’’*Trying..To*Teach..
-(Greater*States/-..Uv’..*Com*prehension)(?)-&*Com*position(?)..
-N’..*Color(!?)?-/-..*Drawing/-(*Painting?)-N’Tu’..(A*Wall../-Uv’*Enter*-
-Tainment?)..-After*Organizing..N’*Diffusing/-..(Voli*tile/-..*Passionate..*/-
-Person*alities?)-&*Asking..*For*..(*Social*/-..*Political*Correct*ness?)?-
-Bye*Showing*..Them*How/-..*To..*Paint/-(!?)Th’..Town*Red?)?..-So-To*Speak(!?)
-*Screw*(!!)?..-Tha’*Wire/-..*Frame(?)-&*Use..(-Hang*ing*Rods?)..-N’/-..*Create..*Move-
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-&*Make*/-..(Good*Paintings..?)-Look*/-*Greater(?)-N’-..Put*Tu’/-..Th’*Wall(?)-..*Th’..-
-(*Master..*Touch?)?..-Like*Ru(e?)’bens..(-To*His../-*Work*shop*/-..*School?)?
-*Validation(?)-..(For*/-Th’..*Better?)-&*Compre*hension(?)/-..(Uv’*Statement/-?)?
-In*Short/-..*Giving*..Th’*-(*Touch..Uv’*God!)?-
-Tu*Tha’/-..*Intuitive*..*Wf’..(-Man*Made*Nature?)?
-Then*Having/-..(These*..*Men*opausal/-(!?)..*Middle*Aged*Crones/-..*Er’*Women?)-Coming*Up/-?
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-A*..(*Gam*..N’*Bush/..(?)..-Worth*Two/-..N’*Thrusts?)-Er’..Tis*Better/-..Than*Our*/-..(-Gam..*Wf’*Tush?)
?-&*Worst*/-..(Mor’’..Tis*/-..*Mush!?)-Which*Spreads*/-..*Mye..(*Patience*Thin!?)..-Uv’..(Tha’/-Female*Gender!?)
?-&*(Reminds*Me(?))..-Uv’..(-*Classic*..*Arch*Type(!?)?)..-Uv’..(*Femme’..*Fatale’)..(?)..-But*Not-?
-N’..(*Need?)?..-And*..N’(?)..(-*Classical*/-*Destruction!?)-Er’..*Seduction(?)..-*Like*..(-Marillia*Uu-…
rgh?)- -(After*Receiving..(Red*Dot?)..-Attacking*Me(?))..-
-Wf’/-..(*Wurds!?)?- -&*Accusing*Me/-??
Uv’..-(??)..-(*Cheating*Her!!?)?..-Becuz’*..Sh’*..(-Had*Info?)?..-Another*Instructor/-(?)..-Wuz’..?
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-Or*/-..(Lady*McBeth/-?)...So*/-Ruthe/-..(Aged*85yrs.?)..
Tha’/-..*Secret-Tis’/..*Out(!)?
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-Haunches*Uv’..(Th’..*She*Wolf)?..-Walking*(?)-
-Grinding*..*At(-*Side*walk?)-
-Per*fumed*/-..&*Scented(?)
-”I*Can*Smell*Her..from*Here(!)”?-Like..(Who*/-..*Cud’*Tell?)
-But*Bet..(-Poor*Lil’*Me?)..-That*She..*Wud*/-*Gather/-..*Rolling*Stones(?)
-*Moss(!)?-3*Feet/-..To*Gumspots(?)-”Stuck*On*Self/-..Like-?
-Milky*Way/-..*Concrete(!)”?”Sticky..Like(-? Whose*Dirt/-..Was(*It?)-
-*Anyway?”)..-Such*Slander(!)?-Ed*-ifying..(-Th’*Dead?)?..&*-*Noting..
-Her*(-Dead*Concern?)?..-Uv’-(Obscene*Music?)?-(A.D.?)-On*-..
-(Poor*Attempt?)..-Uv’(Power*/-..N’*Control?)?-*Hips*Dancin’/..-For*Out(?)-?
-Uv’..*Style(!)?..-Like**Hysteria*..-Caught*Up(?)-N’..(Cloven*/-..*Foot*/-../-*Attitudes!)?
-”Twistin’..(To*Hell!)?..-But*Not..(Wf’*Out*/-? ..*Tender*ness!)?-&*Fleurs/-..(Du*Mal?)-..N’Er’/-..*Hair”(?)
-Like*..(-Young*Hodell?)..-”Suspectin’*..*Father*/-Uv’..(His*Own*/-..*DNA*/-../-*Attitudes?)”
-Any*Thing/..For..*Stage(!)?..Uv’-? ”Accusin’/-..*Father../-Uv’..Bein’..(-*Famous/-..*Murder*er?)”?
-”BLACK*DAHLIA(!)?..-CALIFORNIA*CHICK(?)-19’48”(?)..-*Surgeon*..Wf’*Knife(?)
-&*Mye*..(-Student*/-N’*Summit?)-..Psycho*therapist/-..(-Sunday*Painter../-(*Leo?).. -
-Cud’nt*Passed-..*Water*/-Or..*(..Arith*matic*/-For..5*Exams?)..*For*/-..*Qualifyin’*Bar(!)?..($)
-”Cuttin’/-..(Head*Off!)?-N’..Lu’Timate*/-*Precision(!)?-&..Not*(-*Damagin’/-*..-In*ternal/-..*Organs!)?”
-The/-Work*..Uv’*a*Pro(!)?-..”If*I..(Cn’t*/-..Ave’*Er?)..-No-One*Can!)..-?-&*N’..(-*Full*Moon!)”?
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-Of*Cancer?-Or..(How*Many*Leaves..(?))-
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-What(-*Good..Will(-It..*Do?)-What..(Good*Does?)..
-(It*Matter?)?-That(-I*Go*On..with*This*Incessant*Chat-
ter?)-”Walking..(In*Pairs?)-Walking..On(All*Fours?)”
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-She*Said..*They..Sent-(Mye*Brother?)-*Up..(-The*River-
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-No*Redemption?..-No*Salvation..(-Either?)?
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-(Mye*Blood*Pressure?)..-&(-Cholesterol?)
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-(Automatic*..Wf*Four*Rings?)-
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-Come*Out*Here(?)-*Anymore(?)-Because..
-(Mye*Door?)-Won’t..(Be*Open?)-For*You(?)
-AnyMore(?)”-Like..(Seven..&*One..1/2*Years?)--
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-Of*the..(*Unconscious(?))-Ill*Fated/-..*Wind(?)
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-..A*(-Crawling..*Intuitive?)..-Of..(*Uneasiness?)?
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-That*I..Should*..(-Pick*You*Up?)..
-From*Sidewalk..(a-Pale*Jonquil?)?
-As..(Wind*..(-Blew*..(Mye*Umbrella?)-
..(-Down*wind!?)?)))
-As*If..(-Bye*Nature?)-I*Had..(-Intended?
-On*..*Our/-*Fatefull*Meeting!!(?))
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-Or..*Expected?)
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-To*Be..A*Noticeable/-?..*Disturbance?)?
-That..(-Other*Options??)
-Were..(-Plausible..As*(-In*..*Mystery?))
-Or..In..(-SomeSuch*..-Happen*Stance??)?
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-Perhaps..(A*Map?)-Lined*..In/(-*White/-*Red..&*Blue?)
-But..*Faintly..*-Drawn..(Forever*/-..&*Final?)-
-For*This..*Event(?)-”I*Couldn’t..(-Help*Myeself)?-
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-Got*..A*(-*Glass??..To*Shelter(??)-)
-Your*Last*Days(?)-&...*S P R E A D(?)?-
-E A G L E D..(!!_?)-Your..*Petals(!?)-..
-&..*(-Unattended..(You..*Floated?)-
-to..(-*Death!!!!!!!)?
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-I*..Would*Not..(?) -Be*Slumped*..(N’*Despair?)?
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&-..(N’*Pain?..-No*Friends/..-No*Money?)
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-*Relationships?)-..*This*Tis*-..(Less*Than?)-
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-(-Pre*tentious*..*Prof?)..-At*..(-Harvard/-(?)..
-Yale/-*(?)..-Wf’..(-Mouth*Open?)
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&-”This*World..(-Ain’t*Wrong?)..-Tis*..The*-
-..*People*..(-N’..*It?)?..-Being*..(A*Subtle*?)
-*Minority(?)..-*Mental*ity/-..(-Tis*No/..
-..*Brainer?)? -Like***..copyright©-Senti**mentality*..(On*A*Stick!?)
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-”Duh(!)”..-&*No*One-..(*CARES*About?/-(!?)
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..(Like*I*/-..(!?)..-Of*/-..&*IN*/-..GOOD*CONSCIENCE (!)?-..But*We*Exist/-..?
&-(*EXIST’S!)?..&-I*Can*Hear/-..*Yu’..(-People*Now?)?
-&*as*in/-..(The*/-*Animals*!)..(-That*You*Are!)?..-Like*Yu/-..&*I*Are*/-?..*Goin’/-*..*EXTINCT*!)?
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*Ne*-ver*/-..*Been(!))?..-Car*..*essed*/-..Bye*/-..Tha’*Muse(!)?
-Uv’(*LABOR?)?..&-I*Am*Tired*../-*Worn*-..*Out(!)?
-*Finished(!)….
-Odd*/-..*Old(!)?
(FIRST EDITION!)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
(FIRST EDITION!)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
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