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BOOK: 22

"SANTA'S*/-..*Syn*taxE!"(?) (C) Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

"...DON'T*BE*GREEDY/-..(LIL*FELLOWS!)?

--..THER'S*SUMP*THING/-..N'*YORE*...

-...-SEX*U*A*L/-..*STOCKIN'S/-(?)...

..-FER'*EVERY*ONE(!)

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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!(?)..

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*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/-

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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/-..I*TAKE/-..LIBERTIES(!)?

Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?

“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

"...DON'T*BE*GREEDY/-..(LIL*FELLOWS!)?

-...THER'S*SUMP*THING/-..N'*YORE*...

-...-SEX*U*A*L/-..*STOCKIN'S/-(?)...

..-FER'*EVERY*ONE(!)"?

“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Schindler*Calling*..(-Making*Her*List!)?..-Hope*..I’m..Not*..(-On*It!)?..&-Her*Saying(!)?

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Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-Schindler*Calling*..(Making*Her*List!)?..-Hope*..I’m..Not*..(-On*It!)?..&-*Her*Saying(!)?    -Give*Me..(A*Brain!)?..-Instead*Uv’A*Call(!)?..-Far*Cry(!)?..&*-Her*On(?)..(-5*Prescriptions!(?) -From*When/-..She*Was/-..(19teen!)?..Trembling*&*Sexy(!?)..-&(-Mentally*Alive/..-&*Well(!))? -*Posing*..(For*Me/-..*Nude/-N’..(*Her*..New*Fur*Coat!)?)..-Being*(-Kind*&*Gentle/-But*Slightly*C -onfused!)(?))..-Now*(-Calling*Me*Up!)?..-&*Telling*Me/-(-Pigeons*®*Shatting/-On(-Mye*Paint-  ings!)?-Well*Quit*Leaving/-(?)..The(-Windows*Open!)?-To*(No*Avail!)?..Her*Mind..(-Taking*F -light/-(?)..-Deranged*Bye..(-Homo*Sexual..*Brother!)?-Taking*Drugs/-Mother*Died/..-Dead* &*Do-mineering(!)?-Carol*Always/-..Relying*/-..On*Others(..-*Responsibility!)?-Uv’(Giving*Her- ..*Ther-apy!)?-Thinking*(-I’m*Gonna*Always/-(?)-(Be*N’?)-..(Jewish*Ga*Ga*Dilemma!)?-&*It’s*-  (Hitler-‘s*Fault!)?-Dragging*On..(-Fated*(Third*Reich..*Excuse!))?..-Uv’..(Persecution*Complex!)(?)- ..Get*Over*It!?-..*Already(!)?..-All*Peoples/-Have*Problems(!)?..-Me*Included(!)?-Living*(N’*City/- Uv’-oo's!)-&*ah's-..(Can*Hear*…(The*Cock/-Crowing*…*Thrice!)?-So*Be*It(!)?-&*(The*Ira's*/-cul*abil- lilty-Of(!?..)-Helen*..*Lieberhauber’s..(Incessant*/-..Telephone*Staulker*Tactics!)?-Born*N’..(*Berlin!?)  -?-&*She*Loves*Me/..-(Because*I*Look*Like!?)..-Her*Father(!)?)-Poor*Guy/..-For*Fate/-To*’Ave/.. -G-iven/..-(Such*A*Mug!)?-..&*Now(-Tha’*Creame*/-..Uv’*Crop!)?-School*Teacher/..-&*Divorcee/- Viv*-ian*O’Shaun-/>essessey(!?)..-Said*Wf’*Studder(!)?-..Demanding*..(I*-..Call*Her*Back/-So*She*(?) Can*Pro-pose*Marriage!)?-&*(Her*Take*Warhol*Film/-Uv’(Me*Nude!))?-&*Her..(Kissing*Me*(All*Over/..  -Mye*&*Body!))(?)..-Leaves*Me..(-No*Wonder?)-Why*(Viv*Gives*Me/-(?)-(Two*Cans/-Wolf*Brand-*Chili!)?) -From*(Big*D!)?..-Dallas*(ConAgra*Brand!)?..-Wf’..(Whowee!-*Heat/-Thinking*/-I*’Ave..(Mexican*G-irl* friend-B.ESQ)?..-Puttin’(-Da’..*Chilli..*Sausce!)?-On*..(-Mye*Pretzel!)?..-Her*Being*/-..*Bieng/..-a*Chinese* *Copy*-(Jean**Harlow/..-Peroxide*Blonde!)?-..Me*Only(!?)..-Making*It/-..To..(Wolf*Merit*Badge!)?..-N’*Scouts(!)?

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Th’-(Third*Time?)-..I*(Saw*You?)

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 290

-Th’-(Third*Time?)-..I*(Saw*You?)

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 261

-Th’-(Third*Time?)-..I*(Saw*You?)   Yu-Walked*..N’Tu-..*Class(?)..  -Wf’..(-Fore**head-..*Lowered?)-  But**tin’..Yur’..(-*Skull..*A’-gainst*Mine?)-  Gently*Ut*-tering..-”-(Soft*Words?)?-Uv’..(?)  Whose*.. - (*More*Intelligent?)..  -*Me*..(-Or*You?)?”..-Me*(*Chuckling(?))-  -As*Librans..Are*Want(?)..-Tu*Do?  -When*..(-Amused*At../-*Prospect?)..-Uv’*Love(!?)? -Or*Sum*..(-Ris*que..*Encounter?)?- -N’’I*Said..”In*-definitley..-(Yu*Are?)”  -Un*-doubtedly..(-Yu*Heard*Me?)-?’..&-*Giggled.. Wf.. (-Throaty..*Laugh?)?..&**Yur*(-*Eyes*/-..*Flashed!)?..-&..( -  -Went*Cloudy!)? -N’*Dream(?)..&*..(Yur*Young..*Mouth?).. -*Opened(?)..Re*-*vealing-..-*Lots..(-Uv’*Teeth?)?.. -N’*Saliva(?)..-(All**Harnessed..Wf’-**Braces!!?)?  ..-Shored*Up(?)-*Like-..(White*..*Gulls?)?-*Standin’..(!?)  -N’..-(Midstream?)..-Like*..-(Lake*Trout?)-

- (Under*..*Log?)-Wf'/-..(-Eye*Open?).. -Tu*Slough*ing..(*IT?)?..-Tu*..*Waiting..(?) -For*(-Her*/-..*Big*Break!?)..?-As*N’..-Off-*Broad-(?).. - -..way(?)..-What*An..(Art*Full/-..*Entertaining..*Personality?)- -19- or 20yrs..(*Old?)?..&-Rakin’*- ly..(*Thin!?)?.. -Well*..(-Rather*Skinny?)?.. -&..(-Next*Time/-..(Yu*Ran..Into*Class?)?- -N’..(-*Whispered*..N’Mye..*Ear?)?-”At..-(4:45pm?)- -(I*Have..(A*Limo*-*Comin’)?--Tu..(Pick*Us!(?)..(Up?))? -&..(Yu*..*Will..(-Use*His/-..*Computor!)?..-Tu*-*Write.. -Yur..(Class***Protest!?))”?.. -N’..(I ‘ll..*Du*Yu?)?-Be*fore-..(He*Gits(?)..-*Home(!?)?.. -N’..He’ll..(Never*Know?)? -(Poppin’*Pill!).. -(?)-Uv’..Birth*Control(?)?   -Hey..(Wait-Ta’-*Minute!)?-.. (-FLAKEY-../-* FLUTIE*FLAKES(!!)?-)..(*AQUARIAN?)-.. -*AIDS..IS(-*RUN*-*NING..*RAMPHANT(!?))..-N’..(YOU*SAID(?)--”Doesn’t*Matter..-(?) ...-KILL*EM’..ALL!)”?- Thn’..(Handed*Me?)?..-Surprise*(*Gift..-OF-a..(-*BOX..UV’- ..( -ROYAL..*ROLLS?).. -Filled*..Wf’-..(-Hazel*Nut*Creme)??.. -N'..-*From..*ISRAEL?)  -*Me*(Thinking..Uv’/-.. *Jane-..*Russell?)-.. -(*Rolling..(N’..*Hay?)-)..?-..Wf’..(Billy*.. -(Th’**Kid!?)? -&..(Yu*Said?)..”I*Want..TO*SEE'(?)-..-?   "(LET’S*..-*GO(!?)-..TO-..-YUR*STUDIO?)?-

..- TO*SEE..(!?)-..*YUR’-..***ETCH***-INGS(!!)”?

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Shades..Uv’(Tokyo*Rose?)-But..Better*Still(?)-Korean*N’Cahoots/-Wf’*Mirror(!)?

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-Shades..Uv’(Tokyo*Rose?)-But..Better*Still(?)-Korean*N’Cahoots/-Wf’*Mirror(!)?

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-Shades..Uv’-..(Tokyo*Rose?)..-But*..Better*Still(?)-*Korean*/-N’-Ca*-*hoots/-..Wf’*Mirror(!)?   -Plaster**-ing*..On*-(Dark*Shades!)?..-Uv’*Lip*stick(?)..-Like*..(-*Dried*Blood!)?..-But*-Then*/-..*Picking- Up/-*Her..(-*Primo*Cappu*-*cino)..*Cup?-*Melting*/-..*Color(!?)-..Uv’-(Past*Mistakes..N’*To..*Dream!)? ..-High*lighted(!)?..-Like*N'-..(A*-Stiff*/-*Problem!)?--To*Be/-..*Sait*-is*fied(?)..-Bye*Hair/-..*Stuck(-*Up!)? -N..(Top*KNot*Flounce!)?..-Uv’..(Queen*N’..*Waiting!)?--*Circled*Pouty/-..*Lips/-As*Horse/-?  -Drive*n*Ships/-..*C-arefully(!?)-..Wf’(Ole*Fashioned/..-*Dark*Glasses?)-Stuck*N’..(Top*Uv ‘..*Head!)?..-A*Perfect*Lady(?)-..*Possibly*Uv’/-..(Nite*Urges!)?-Shuffling*..(-White*Contrac  -t*/-..*Papers?)?-CallIt*/-..None*Uv’..(-Mye*Business!)?..-Her*Earrings(?)-(Piercing*/-..Her*Ears!)? ..-Twink*ling*..As-(Vermeer’s*Milkmaid!?)-From*-(Milky***way!)?..-Scene*Changes..To-(New*..  *Jersey-..-*Sun*Up!)?..N'..-4*/-Snowy*Egrets/..-With*(-*Snake*..-Head*Necks?)..-Black*Bills/-..&Yello  -w*Feet(?)-..Me**Starin’(?)..-(To*Stab/-..A*Fish!)?-*Searching*..(-*Stretching*/..-At*Angles/-?)..-For*

The..(One*That/-Got*Away!)?-The*-..(Eastern*Screen*Fish!)?..-Classical**Illusions/-*Awake*O r*Not(?)..-N’..(Muddy*-Waters*/..*&-It’s*..a-(Limitless**Vision!)?..-Rushes*Ovur/-..*(Mye*Con*..  -*scious/-..*ness!)?..-Like*-N*A..(-Wet*Dream!)?-*Me*-*anderings(?)..-Not*Mye*Style(!)?..-But*H20- *Fuses*..(&*All*-*Imagery!)?..-Like*..(-Dis*Ride!)?..-So-*Early*/-..N’O..(-*Morning!)?..-She*(Stares*N’/-..- *Space?)-..*Watchin’/..-*Waitin’/-..*Like..-(Des’*Birds?)..-*China*White/-..As*a-..(-Sterile*Virgin!)?.. -N’*Keeping/-..Wf’..(Tha’Foreign*/-..*Neighbors!)?..-To*Eat/-..Tis*No*Pleasure/..-But*-(A*/-..*Ne*-cess*-ity?)  -*E*-specially*..N’..-(*Survival!)?..-&The*(!?)_..(*Hunter/-*Symbolically/..-Be*comes?../-The*Hunted!)? -*Preying*On/-?..(&*Most*/-..*Helpless/..-Uv’*Us!)?..-*Me*Saddened/-..(Bye*Her/-..Redd*-end*Exit!)? At*Stop/-..(*Brick*Church?)..-Which*..(Reminds*Me?)-..After*..The*..(-Brick*/-..Visual/-..ASL**Affair? )-That*I..(Still*Wantto/-(??)..-&*Always*Will/-?..(As*Wolf*/-..N’Sheeps*Clothing/..Wantta*/-!?)..*-Blow*Piggy’s..  /-..(House*Down!))?

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Blonde*Wf’..(Purple*Top!)?-..*Sweat(?)

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-Blonde*Wf’..(Purple*Top!)?-..*Sweat(?)..

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-Blonde*Wf’..(Purple*Top!)?-..*Sweat(?)..   -Ter/-(?)-Sunning*..(-Head*/-Raised*Up?)? -Neck*Extended/-..Like(-Collared/-*..*Lizard!)? -Her*Gills(?)-..Maybe*A(-Recent..*Development!)? “Woman’s*Cum(?)-..A*Long*Way(?)-..*Frum..(?)  -What*To..*What(!)”?-Wf’..(-..Slim*Cigarettes!)? -Legs*Folded/-..*Classically/-..N’(-Lotus*Position?) -Pulls*Out(?)-..*Tube*(?)..(-Bright*Red/-*Lipstick?)? -Plasters*Lips(!)?..-&..Walks*Off/-..Wf’-Dark*Purp-  Le*Bag(!)?..-Squeezes*&*Crushes(!)?..-Paper*Cup(?) &*Flips/-..(?)-Er’..*Dunks(?)-N’..Green*Plastic*Trash-.. Can(!)?-..Wf’(-Black*..Disposal*Bag?)-..Like*Lakers(?)- -Defeating*Knicks(!)?..-At..(Madison*Square*Garden!)?  Her*Score(?)-..*Everything(!)?-&*Oppositional*Man(?)-..(?) -Said*”Nothing(!)?-Is*Greater/-(?)-Than*If(?)-*Spaulding*Had- Been/-Written*..On*It(!)”?..-Perfect*/-Circles(?)-..Uv’*Darwin’s? -(Evolutin’/-..&*High*Falootin(!)?..-*Ly/-..*Passionate!!)?-&..  -No*(Sexual*..Harrassement*Case?)-..*Filed(!)?-At*Least(?)-(?) -Not*Evitable(!)?-..Staulking*Off(?)-..This*..(-Very*Minute?)..?? -Like..(Prehistoric*Monster/-(?)-Oedipus*Rex(!)-..Gone*Bonkers(?) -A*Female(?)-(“Wudiceous*..*Diaceous(!)”)?-..Outta*Blue/-..Coffee*-  (?)-*Counter(!)?-Punchin’..(-Dis*Image..Down*..N’*Type(!))?.&.-Most* Psychologically*..Delightfully*..*Seductive/-(!?)“Wher’*Lookin’(?)-At*&*.. -Seenin’*’Dat’..(-Ain’t*A*Crime?)”Er’..(Droppin’*Dime?)-Ain’t*..*Criminal(!)? -But*(Touchin’/-..(?)-Da*(Blue*Muse?)/-..Is*Against(?)..-Da’*Gods*Moon(!))?

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-Kolobarra*Hills/-Shiraz*Cabernet-(2002)?..-Gift*/-(?)..From*..-(Jewish*Harem!)?..-&10*Time-*..?

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-Kolobarra*Hills/-Shiraz*Cabernet-(2002)?..-Gift*/-(?)..From*..-(Jewish*Harem!)?..-&10*Time-*..?

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-Kolobarra*Hills/-Shiraz*Cabernet-(2002)?..-Gift*/-(?)..From*..-(Jewish*Harem!)?..-&10*Time-*..?   -*Winner/..(?)-Sarah*(!)?..-10*Children/-&*Wrestler*Husband..Orthodox*Jew/..-&*Beautiful-Leo*/-? ..With*Big*Eyes(!)?..-Like*(Douinear*/-*Rousseau/-.*Lion(?))..-Eating*..-(Passion*F ruit!))?-N*Jung- *le*(!?)..-Of*..(South*Orange/..-With*Photographic*Life!)?-“Bound*To*Become..(-Artist*One*Day!)?” -“Said(!?)-..This*Ain’t/-..Any*Manneschewitz(!?)..-Drink*It/..-I*Think/-..You’ll*Like*It(!)”?-Thank*Y..  -ou(!)?..-Saharah(!)?..-What’s-(Good*Enough/..-(?)..-For*Moses/..-Good*Enough/..-For*Me(!)?..Her*? Smiling*..(N’*er*Usual*Way/..-Ear*To/-..To*Ear!(?)-Me*Eating..*Pasta/-&Rome*Memory/-&..*Sluggin’ (Down*/-..Nice*Taste!)?-Jaime*Callin’..*A’Gin/(?)-(Anxiety*Australian/..-Sold*4*Paintings!)?-Braggin -‘*Bout/..-Return*-(To*A*Merica!)?..-Askin’(-Bout*Mac!)?-Me*Sayin’..(Beat*me*/-N’To-*Oblivion(!)?  -Me*Just..(-Coverin’*Up/-?..*Shipley’s!)?..-What*A*World/..-(Visually*Left*Up/..-(To*..Visual*Bandits!)? -Raping*..-(Sheridan*Square!)?-Visually*/-Literal*Inhabitants(!)?-Coming*Out*Like/-..Stick*Figures(!!)? Mac*Kept*Saying/-“Sh….d..You*Got..(Tend-Dis*Space!”)?-Me*Thinking/-The*Space*N’*Head’s-(Worth*2 -*N ’*Bush!(?)..Er’(-Da’*Ambulence*Driver’s..*Dead!(?)..-(&Their’s*Something/-Wrong*N’(?)..-Cheezy*D-  enmark!)(?)..-Er’..Like(-*Fotografie../-Henriette*Guest/..-Walkin’..(Up*/-Clickin’?)-Her..-(Dutch*Hang/-?? *Dow-ns?)-Me*Sayin’..(Let’s*Take*A*../-Spring*Break!)?-&*(Go**F..k!)?-Her*Laughing(!?)_?-From**Her? ?*Pink*Skin(!!)?-..Me*Feeling/(?)..-XX*-..*Tremely/..-Vulgar*&..*Vulnerable(!?)?-..Wishing*..(Tha’*Shoot- /-Was*Over!)?..-Her*(-Clicking/-..A*Way!(?)-N’Mye..*Timidity(!)?..-Saying*..(I’ll*SendYou/-..*Sum*/-*C-   opies/-(?)..Of*What..(?)-(Da’*Space/-(?)?..-She*Said!(?))..-Me*Grimacing(!)?-Real*(i)-lizing(!?)-I*Had/-?.. *Set..(-/New*/-Prece*dence!/..(?)-For*..(Street*Painting!)?..-Her*saying..(-VG’s/..-Alive*../-&*Well(!?))?? -There’s*..(Got*To*Be../-*A*Methaphor/-..*Here!)?-Like*Skinky*Dutch*Skank/..(?)-*Ridin’-(Red*Rous!)? -Mye*back*Out(!)?-..As*Last-(July*/-..East*Harlem*Witness(!))?-..*Missin’(!?)..-Mye*-..Invitational*Wedding!/-..N'*..*..Co*-lombian*Chicks(!)?

.."-Smiling*/-..&-*Dancing!"(?)

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“Santa’s*/-*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Blitzkreiged(-Bye*Fat)*Cat(?)-N’..(-UnConscious*Black*Lincoln?)..-Lic.Plate(-T405075C)?

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-Blitzkreiged(-Bye*Fat)*Cat(?)-N’..(-UnConscious*Black*Lincoln?)..-Lic.Plate(-T405075C)?

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-Blitzkreiged(-Bye*Fat)*Cat(?)-N’..(-UnConscious*Black*Lincoln?)..-Lic.Plate(-T405075C)?   -T&LC(-NewYork?)-Wf’Tender*Loving*Care(?)-&*I*(-Should/Give*Him?)-Th’(G-ar*otte/Wf’-(Fur*- ..-Lined(*Collar?)))..-Or(-A*Stiff/Upper*Lip?)..-Or*Wire(-Him/To**Cruxifix?)-*Against(-Mye*Strat- ....egy?//..-Uv’(AlterNate*Side/-*Parking?)?-Maybe*I’ll(-Put*A*-(DoubleX?)..-Next*To(His*Name..?) N’-NewJersey(?)..-Fool*Shoving(-That*Stretch*-*Limo?)-(One*Foot?)..-From(-Bumper/To*..*Bumper?)  ..-To*(-Mye*Jeep?)*Swaub(-His*Mouth?)-*Down!(?)-Get*His-(DNA?)-&*(*Have(All-*Future*Clones?).. -Wiped*..*Clean?)/--Big*Talk*/-Buster!!(Brown?)-/Then*(-His*Relatives/Wu-d*Want..(-A*Favor?)?)-? Bet-ter*(Let*/-Sleeping*Dogs)-*Ly(?)..-Life*Is..So(*Difficult?)-Woke*Up..-(A*Lit-tle*Late?)..&*(*But/-? She*Said/-(Mye*Poetry/-Sounds*Like..(Zen?))&..-(Last*Time/..I*W-?..ent(-To*Her*House!?)?..-She*..??  Wanted*Me..(-To*Take(Off?)_Mye*Shoes(?)-For(-Want*Uv’-Better?)..-*Apparel(?..)-Me*Wearing*Stinky(?) ..*Socks/-Like(Michelango?)..&*I..(Told*Her/-N’..(No*UnCert(?)-ain*Terms?)..-That*A-“CowBoy..Had(To* ..Dy?)-Wf’His..(Boots*On!!?)-For(Her-*To(?)-Just*..-Keep*Sticking?/..-Those*Pins(-In?)..-Accupunture*Wise!!(?) -Like..(N’*Rome-/I*Told?....-old(Her?))-16*Years(Ago?)?..-That*(-When*I..Was*Born?/..-East(-Met*?)-West!  (?)-&N’*Philos-*ophy**Wise(?)..-&(It*All(-Falls*On..(-Deaf*Ears?))-YesterDay?(-Duh?)-”Live(&*Let?)*Live!”(M-  ye*Father/..Us-ta*Say?)..-Maybe(-He*Had*a(*Point!)?)..-Or/I*..Was*Just/A*..*Gleam/N’*Mye-(-Mothers*Eye?) ..-Women*(-Never*Hear(?)..Unless*They..(Want*To?)-N’..*She-(-Hangs*Up!)?) ....-AnyWay(?)..-Me*Trying..(To *Make?)-Up(?)..-A*(Grocery*List?)..-Lets*See*Now!?..-2lb.Box-? -es*..*Sugar.r{}*Toilet*/-PaperRolls..(-Prefer-  ably*/-Marcal*Tissues?)..-1000*Sheets-(Lasts*Long-...er/-Now*?-per{}*(*Roll?)..-Couldn’t*(-Do*That*Thought) ..*Problem?)-Even*......-When*I*Was../-*A..(*Kid?)-..To(-Much*Tension?)../-Laughter*Echoin’..(-N’*Mye*Head?)- .........as*Bene*col!....(???)

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-After*(Two*Shots?)-Uv’..(-Don’t*Drown/-..Th’*Fly?)-N’*Small..(-Shot*Glass?)-..I*Once-Bought-

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-After*(Two*Shots?)-Uv’..(-Don’t*Drown/-..Th’*Fly?)-N’*Small..(-Shot*Glass?)-..I*Once-Bought-

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 302

-After*(Two*Shots?)-Uv’..(-Don’t*Drown/-..Th’*Fly?)-N’*Small..(-Shot*Glass?)-..I*Once-Bought-  ...(On-Th’Bowery?)-..For(-50cents?)..-Uv’(Prince*Charles*Edwards?..-Drambuie*Liqueur(?))-..I*F ound- (The*Poem?)..-Entitled*-..(To*En*Title?)-&..”The-(Cock*Also*Rises!?)”..-On*(-Post*Card?)-? ..From*E-..lsie*O(?)..-Had(-Been*/-*DisCarded(?))..-N’Th’(-Computer*Trash?)..-Much/-To*Mye.. (&-UnBeKnown- ....-st/?..&-Innocent*Self?)-..&*(Mye*Son?)-..Th’(-Computor*Whiz?)..-agreed*(-  Appeared*Intact?)..-&’Un....R-uffled/-(?)..-Not*Missing/-A*Quatrain?../-Or*Limerick*..(Song?-? To*Some?)..-Uv’(UnEqualed*Cr*eative*Bent?)..-Not*To*Mention(?)-..(*Originality!!?)-..N’*A(*Time- /-An*Editor/-Met*Me?)..-At-(Annie-*Sez!)_Downing*..(A*Couple*/-..Uv’Guiness*Drafts?)/..-&-(Got*Up/ Th’*Nerve?)-..To*Say/..-He*Couldn’t-*See()..-(Any*Money../N’(*IT?))..-Neither*..(Can*I?)-..*But*-..  What’s*That-(Got*To*Do?)-W-...f’*Poetry?)..-&Him-(Sayin’/-..You*Can’t*Use-(I’ambic*Pentameter?) ..-N’-Quatrain*Form?..-Write*P-rose*..N’..-&-(*Call*-It/-..*Poetry!?))..-&*I*Said..-(You*Can’t!!?)..-But*... (-I*Can*/-..&(*I*Will!)?)..-&(I*Do!)?..S...-ome*Men?..-Will*(-GoTo*Any*/-Lengths?..-/To*Prove-(A*Point!? ))..His(Jealousy/-Being*/-He’s-....(Maybe*../-Splitting*Up?)..-With-(His*Wife?))..-His(Name?/..-Could*Be?  /..-Th’*Problem?)-As*(?)....-Who*Ever*Heard..(?)..*Of-..(Rick*Mixter?)-&(His*/-..Lovely*Wife?)-Lainey* /-..Th*Dream*Psyche(*?)-That*Said?..&-*Being*For(-His*Benefit/(?)-..”(I*Made*Her?)-*Feel..(-Un*Con -*Fortable?))-Californ-ia*..*Mentality(?)..-Boy!-..Tha’ll/-Surely*Git?..-(Me*Hung?)-/..SomePin’-?..(*Sho- uld?)?..-But*I*(-Can-’t*..*Stand/-..Do*Gooder/-*Dictators?)..-Him*Sayin’../-I*Wuz/Th’*Most?..-???  -Complete*Anarchist?)?....-He*Had(?)-..?(-Ever*Met?)..-Me*(Thinking-..This*Guy’s?)-..*Weird(?)....- Which..(-Goes*To*Show?)?-You*(-Can’t*../Get*(To*Know?)..-SomeBody*/N’*..(Two*Meetings?))..At*** -(Annie*Sez?)-Me*Havi--n'*Told(?)..(-His*Wife?)..-Truth*-(About*Stair*Case?)..-She*(Wuz*..*Obssess- *ing*Over?/..-..As*-Symbols*Tell*A..(-Greater*Story/-Than*..Mundane(*Reality?)..-Confuscius*&- -..Ghandi*Nod)

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)......

-A*Stranger-(Named*Kenn?)-(Approached*Me?)..-Sittin’*On(-*Stoop?)-Mindin’-(Mye*Own-

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 333

-A*Stranger-(Named*Kenn?)-(Approached*Me?)..-Sittin’*On(-*Stoop?)-Mindin’-(Mye*Own-

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 313

-A*Stranger-(Named*Kenn?)-(Approached*Me?)..-Sittin’*On(-*Stoop?)-Mindin’-(Mye*Own-   ....*Business?).. -Said..(I*Just*GotTo*Talk?..-To*SomeBody?)..(Would*You/-..ReadMye*Hand?) ....-Me*Askin’-(How/-He*Knew?)-..I*Did*This(?)-..-&*He*Said..(It’s*Goin’*Round?)..-N’*Street!(?) ....-*Gossip..(-Is*Always/-Short*Lived?)..-N*Street?..-&*He*Opened/..-His*Hands?-&-*I(*Said?)- You’re..(-A*Libra../&-Your*Woman/..-Is*An*Aries?)..-He*Said/-(That’s*Right!)?-How-(Did*You*..  ....u*Know?)-..&I*Thought/..To*MyeSelf(-Yeah*How?)..-Did*I..?-(-Just*Got/-A*Feelin?..)-&(-His*Life*- ....-Line?-..*Quit?)..-..So*I(-Said/..-Have(-You*..-Got*Aids?)-..?-Yes-(Is*-It*Written*Here?)-Yes(-I*Sai- ....-d!?)..&*Your*Woman(-Has*Aids?)..-&*He*Said..(-Let*Me(-Tell*You*Story?))..-I*Got(-It*First*Tak-.. /-kin*Drugs../-Sharin*Needle?)..-&*Gave(It*/-..To*Her?)-Before/-I*Knew/..-I*Had(*It?)-..So(-I’m*G....?  uilty/-I*Know?)-..But*(She’s*Angry/-Gone*Crazy?)-..&To*Get..(-Back*At*Me?)..-She’s -*Sleeping/-(?)- With*/-..AnyOne/-That(-Wants*Her?)..-&*Told*Me(-About*50*Guys?)-&*She’s/-done IT*-N'{}*Eight*Mos.)?- Tellin’-(Him*About*It?)-But-(Won’t*Tell*Him?)-..Their*Names?-(?)-Me*(-Shakin’/-..(Mye*Head?))..-Thinkin’/- -..”Vengence*/-(Tis*Woman’s?”)-*Wrath(?)..-*Woe-?....-*Man’s..(*PunishMent/..-Uv’Seduction/..&-(Th’*Serpent?))  -Pain*(N’*Birth?)-&The*/-Moral*Plague?......-G-od’s*Justice!!(?)-..&*He*Said/..-Can*You/-Tell*Me..(How*To*- *Stop/-Her?)..-Me*Thinking(-He-’s*Asking/-..For*PerMiss-ion/-For*Murder?)-..&-(I*Said?)-Can’t..(-You*Talk..? *Some*Sense?)-In***....-to*Her(?)..-&*He*Said/..(”You*Know*Better?”)-..Then*He*Said-..(God*Help*Me?)-..I** *Can’t*S-leep/-..I*Can’t*Eat/-..Don’t*Want..(-To*Take/-..Mye*Medicine?)-&*Can’t..-(Afford*It?)..-&*I(-Thought-?  -(??)-..This*Man's..(-&*Under*StateMent?)..-Has*Painted/-A..(-Pretty*Bleak*Picture?)..-&*I*(Under-Sto-....-od!(?)- Sayin-What..(-Goes*Around?..-Comes*Around?)-..Then..(-He*Blurted*Out..(-&*She’s**Beaut-....iful?)-..&*I*..(- Still*Love*Her?)-..But(-Th’(Worse*Thing?)-Tis*..She*Won’t/-..(Have*Sex/-?..-With*Me?)....

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"Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-InVasion*..(Uv’Mus*Musculus?)..-Common(House*Mouse?)..-Mice*Running..(In*All*Directions..

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-InVasion*..(Uv’Mus*Musculus?)..-Common(House*Mouse?)..-Mice*Running..(In*All*Directions..

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 280

-InVasion*..(Uv’Mus*Musculus?)..-Common(House*Mouse?)..-Mice*Running..(In*All*Directions..   -?)-What*A*Play..(Sancho*Panza?)-Wuda*Had(?)..-Russian*..(Short*Haired)..Blue*Cat-I*Once*.. -*Knew!)?)-(&Them*Running/-At/-*Random?)..-Poor*Fellow?-(*Died/Uv’Cancer?)-*Tumor(-N’*Belly/- ..Er'--Es’Stomach)(?)..-Anyway*-(These*Healthy-(Little*Fellows?)-AreTaking-(Over*Mye)*Place?)- Some*things..(Gotta*Be*Done?)..-Like*(Repairing/That..(-Ole*Victor*Trap?))..-Th’*One/-Missing-  Th’(-Clamp/..To*Hold?)-Th’*Trap(*Shut?)..-Th’(Smell/-Uv’?)-..Th’(-Furry/Little/Fellows?)-Stench*  -Hot/-Like*..(-Mice*Sweat?)..-Guilty*-(As*They/-Are(-For*Living?))..-Wuld*Show)*Up?..-Upon*-..? Mye*-(Retirement*Time?)..-Trying*To..(-InVolve*Me?)..-N’(-Their*Shenanagans?)..-Poor*Excus-?  e-(Some*Wuld)*Say?..-But(-I’m*So*Sore?)..Bye*-Playing*SoftBall-?..(-8hrs*Saturday?/-At*Age*66-..   &*One*Half?)..-*Years*Old?..-Th’(-Clencher*Is?)..-When*We(-Got/To*?)..-Th’*Spaulding(?)..-N’T- -h*Rain(?)..-Mye*Glove*Hand/-..(..Wuz*Inflamed?)-Like*..(-Hades*Harry?)-/..Achin’&Throbbin(??) Me*Playing(-First*Base?)..-Catching*(-Fire*Balls?)..-From*ShortStop(*Nicki?)..-Italian(Bent*On-?? ? )-Throwin’(-His*Weight?)..-*Around(?)-..All(-189lbs?)..-Pasta*/-From*Naples..(-Pasta*Puttanes/-  c-a?)-*Swimming*(..&*-Fishy*Little*Fellows?)..-Somethings..(-Gotta*Be*Done?)..-*InVasion(-LeftN’ *Right?)-..Plumbers*On-(..Fifth*Floor?)-Matsukawa’s*Place..(To*Try/-..To*Stop)-..-Th’*Flooding(?) -George*Washington..(-In*Rick*Burn’s)*Film..(-Still*Crossing?)-..*Delaware*/-River(?)..-Lord*HelP- Us?..-But(-AsTh’Common*Man?)-..Th’(-Little*/Store/-*Front/-*Owner?)-..Th’(-Majority*Muscle*He-..   -ad?)-..Ain’t*Comfortable(?)..-I*Mean(-He*Me)..-Ain’t*..(-Goin’Take*This?)-..*Lying*Down(?)-TherE- -(-They*Go*Sprinting?)..-Across**Floor..(-N’*Twos/-..N’*Threes?)-..Where(-Wer’They?)..-When*I-? (-Took*Algebra?)..-Mice*(-Times*..*Pie/-Are*Sq?)?..=-Minus(-90*Skinned*Mice?)..-Plus*(-Mind*N’-  -’Serious*Adolescence?)../-Equals*Marriage!(?)-/To..(-Minnie*Mouse?)-Zelda*Brooks..(-I*MissYu?)

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-InVasion*..(Uv’Mus*Musculus?)..-Common(House*Mouse?)..-Mice*Running..(In*All*Directions..

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 299

-InVasion*..(Uv’Mus*Musculus?)..-Common(House*Mouse?)..-Mice*Running..(In*All*Directions..

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 280

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Memorial*Day(*Observed?)-&’*Call/-From*London(?)-Zsuzsanna*Nagy(?)-Remember?

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 322

-Memorial*Day(*Observed?)-&’*Call/-From*London(?)-Zsuzsanna*Nagy(?)-Remember?

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 305

-Memorial*Day(*Observed?)-&’*Call/-From*London(?)-Zsuzsanna*Nagy(?)-Remember?    -in’(Ole*Foggie*Professor?)-Er’-(Her*Heart*Throb?)-*Throbbed*Out?-&*Th’(Words?/-*Pl ayed*Back?)-To*Me(?)..-Via(*Last*ConVersation?)-”Duz(It?)-Really(Hav’t/-To*Be?/That- *Way?)”-Me*Wondering(-If*Memory/Tis*Better/-Than*Reality?)-Her(*Giggling&*Laughin-  g?)-”Polishing(Off*Th’*Apple?)-Is*Too*Much(?)”-I*Know/-It’s(-Th*Evil*Serpent’s)*Fault?-  *But(*Zsuzsi../-Give(It*A*Break?))-We*Missed(-Our*Chance?)-You*(Metallic*Boar/-Me*-  Wood*Boar?)-N’(Chinese*Calendar?)..-Two(Little*Pigs/-N’A*Blanket?)-Spread*Thin(?)-L*- eaves-(Lotsa*Beize*Skin?)-N’”I*Still/-See*(Yo*Pink?)-*Panties(?)-Er’(-Better*Still/-Yur*P udenda?)..-Er’(-Mons*Pubis/-..Mons*Veneris?)?-Wf’(Absolutey*..No*Complaint?)-Get*Ove   -r*It(?)-I*Haven’t(?)..-And-(Where/-Do*We/-Go*From/-*Here?)-But(-Straight.back{}Tu**Sc*  -hool?)-I’mGlad*..Uv’(-*Yur*Educational*Advancement?)..-&Th’(-Recco*(I*Gave*Yu?)-Work*  -ed ?)-&(-MayBe/-In..(-Th”*Late*Future/-Yu’ll-(*Feel?)..-More*InAdequate?))-&*Still..(Have* .....*Need/..-Uv’*- Me?)..-Even*If(-Yur*Uv’*Age?)..-&*I’m*..(-No*Amateur/-..*Pedophile?)-  So*Nothin-g’s*Lost/-N’DenMark(?)-But/-AsI-*Told(-*Yu?)-As*A(-Reminder?)-On(-Mye*Table?) -&N’*Mye(-Cave*I*Keep?)-”Budapest*Best(?)..-Sweet*Delicate..(-Hungarian*Paprika?)”-Just*To- Remind*Me..(-Uv’..*Spicey*Yo?)-..”Paprika*Hongrois*Doux?”..-&(Girl(?)..-It’s(Putting*Hair?)-.. (-On*/Mye*Chest??)..-If*Not*(..-Mye*Imagination?)?..-So*There/(-Yu*Can*See(?)..-All*Tis*..  W-ell*..(N’*God*/-Bless*America?)-After(Th’*Idiots?)..-For(-Forty*Years?)-Out*Lawed/-Th’*God’s.. /-Er’..(-Lord’s*Prayer?)-..”&(-Yo*Can*Quote*Me?)..-I*Wasn’t-(-One*Uv’*Them?)..-Left*/Wing*/-L*- iberals..*Forced/-NTo.r{}-*Pretense?)-&*Return/..-To(*Human*Values?)”..-N’*God*We*Stand!"(?)-.. E*Pluribas*Unum(?)-Or-(In*God/..-We*Trust?)-Or(-In*..Th’*Beginning/..-God*/-....Created*Man..?)

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-No*Solace/To*Being(-a*Lonely*Nerd?)-All*Stowed*Away(-N’*Nother*Century?)-Placatin’-

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-No*Solace/To*Being(-a*Lonely*Nerd?)-All*Stowed*Away(-N’*Nother*Century?)-Placatin’-

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-No*Solace/To*Being(-a*Lonely*Nerd?)-All*Stowed*Away(-N’*Nother*Century?)-Placatin’-   Tha'-Gods(?)-One’s*Never*Seen..(-Except*OnT.V.?)-Gods*Uv'..(Th’*Physical?)-*Booty(?)-& ( Th’(-Gold*Medals/..-Being*Tossed?)..-At*Random?-For*(-Lesser*D-eeds?)-Than*Th’God’s* *Laurels/-To*Be*Expected(?)..-Never*Understood*Duh*-*Symbol?)-Uv’Common*Denominator! (?)-Uv’(Man*Pissing/-On*Tree (?)-&*S-ayin’(I*Quit?)..-Knowing*-(This*World?)-Tis*Rather*RE-..  *DUndit(?)-But*(Being*A?)-..*Thinking*Man?-&*Don’t(-Blow*A*Fuse?)..-Trying(To*UnderStand! *Or*And?..)-Mye*Reasons?(-Given*In*66 &(1/2?)-*Years(?)..Uv'-&)-Maybe*Genius(?)-That*Most- *People*-(Given*Democracy/-..&*Equal*Rights?)-..*Go*Exactly*/-..No*Where?)-..*Literally*/-*Sp eaking!(?)-Th’(Blind*Leading/-..Th’*Blind?)-Like*On-..(Brueghel’s*Log?)..-Depicted*/-..(Bye*Another-  /In*(Si-ghtfull*Person(?)-Also*Blind?)..-But(-AllThings*ConSidered?)..-Ther’*TIs..-(No*Other*Way?)- To*/-*Depict..(-Any*Greater*Truth?)..-Than*To-(Stick!/-..-To*It?)-*Real*i*tivity..(-Goin’Head*On?-Into*- .r{}*Sum/-(Du*Good*Soldier?)..-Hunkered*Down(?)..-N’(Total*Oblivion?)..-To*Sum*-*Human..*Cause(?) -Both*-De*Plorable/..-&*Un*Conscionable(?)..&*Not*Tu*Say-Not*Spoken/..-Bye*(-Present*Day*Sub*Song-  sterS* ...r{}*Rappers?)..-Er’Dongsters??..(-*BeReft/-Uv’*Th/..-Sit*uation?)..-It*Seems..-?*Hopeless!)? /-&*Sad(?)-..To*DeCry(-..The*Moral*Issue/-..*More?)?..-Un*less..(-You*Have/-..*A(-LandLord?)-Who*- Wishes(-You*/-..To*Pay?)..*Rent/..-On*Time(?)-Er’*Publisher/..-Wants(-You*To*Meet?)-Sum*..(-Absurd*- *DeadLine?)..-Knowing..(-Full*Well?)..You*R'*Incapable-Uv’*Faking/-..*N’Sane..(-Psychological*DeMent-..  ed!?)-*DeMeanor(??)-&*Reasons!)..-Wf'*&*UnSteady(*Hand?)-Er’(*Heart?)-Sum*(Breast*Thumping(?))-Sum*(W eak*Moments?)..-De*Fying(-..Both*Gravity/-&*Shadow?)-&*Yur..-(Mother(*In?)*Law?)-That*-( We*Start*Out??... Wf'(Good*Intentions!)?-..Both*Deplorable*&(-Wf’*Sum**Excuse?)-..To*Evade(?)-Th’-(God’s*Doing?)..-So*(Be*It?) &-Th*God‘s..(-Have*Spoken?)..-&(-Wer'-Tu**Blame/-?-Lk'Samuel*Taylor/-Coleridge?)-Appointing*Me-..(*Mariner?)

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)

-Hibernating*(-Like*La*Dol’ce’s/-Straw)-*Hat!(?)-..Wood*Chuckin’(-Th’-(Shad*ow!?)?-Out?)....

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

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-Hibernating*(-Like*La*Dol’ce’s/-Straw)-*Hat!(?)-..Wood*Chuckin’(-Th’-(Shad*ow!?)?-Out?)....

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 287

-Hibernating*(-Like*La*Dol’ce’s/-Straw)-*Hat!(?)-..Wood*Chuckin’(-Th’-(Shad*ow!?)?-Out?)....    -Along-(Th’Stone*Hinged*Wall?)..-Uv’*Imagination?..-Stones*(-Stacked/At*Random?)..Like*- (The*Winter*Winds??)?..-Cold*/-Lonely*(-Desolate*/-Morbid*Thoughts)-Ob*ssess*Me?-This* ....*Time(-Uv’*Year?)..-Tis..*A(*Bitch!?)-..Suffering(-From*Maybe?/-No*SunLight/-On*Eastern’s- *S....eaBoard?)..-Lesser*Scaulps/..-(Maybe*Floating?)-..A(-Few*Teal/..-Green*Wings/-Perhaps*/Blu-  ....e(-Like*Th’ Water?)..-?Catch..(-Mye*Eye?)-Or*Harbouring*..In.r{}*About*-(Dark*We-t*Fancy’s?)..(?) -She*Left-(*N’*Heat/-Uv’*Passion?)..-Like*Leda-(Th’Swan?)-..Caught*= (Bye*Eurip-ides..*Andromache?) ..-Hatred*(-A*Power/-Full*Blown/-*N’-Vile*Order??)..-Over(-Th’*Hill?)-..Th’....(-Clock*../Wound*Down?)- ..Leaving*Me(?)..-Up/To-..(Next*Years*Harvest?)-Then*(Joe*Shows....-*Up?)..-Guilty*(-As*A(-Duck../-Outta  *Water?)?)..-&(We/-Take*To/..-the(-Corner*Uv’6thAve.?)<24thSt?)..-Me*Getting-..(-UnoDoppio*Expresso*.. &Uno/-Grande*Cappucino?)..&-Spy*Runnaway-....(?)..-Crying*On*Corner?/..-Young*/-(Down&Outter?)..-No* *Money/-No*Friends-/No*Food(?)-No*Pl....ace/?..-To*Go(?)..-“NewYork/?..-Eats*People/-Like*..(*Candy?)”-"If(- It*Wants..To(?)"?)..-We*Goof*Off!....-(?)-(Looking*..(-*Thur*Plastic)..-*Windows(?)..-Like-(Edward*Hopper’s../-?  (NightHawk*Cafe?)-But*N....(Th’*DayTime??)?..Th”(-Expresso*/-Tis*Cold/..-N’*Black?)..-Like*/..-Who*Culd- (-Drive*A*Penske*T....-ruck/?..-Up*6th*Ave?)..-Without*Mowing?..(-Down*/-..*SomeBody?)?..-For*(*Sex?)-* Pocket(Books-....(Hang(?)-..(Out*Of*Order?)..-Like-Snakes-(Wf’*Cancer?))..-&*Figures..(-Stooped*Over(-Bye*- *Time)....<&-(Little*Incon*sist*encies?)..-Maybe*Like(-Orthio-Arithis?)..-We*Came/-(From/-TH’Ole*World?)..&-  ......(Return*Empty*Handed?)?..-Not*Whisperin’..(-Bout*Fame?)..-Er’..Our(-Mother*/-N’*Law?)..-On*D-....*rugs(?) -It’’Will(-All*(-Be*Over?)..-When*..(Th’*Smoke?)-*Clears?..-&*I’m(-Sure*It*Will?)-&*..*Pawx....-a*(?)-tawney*Phil!- ..(Will*See/-Th’*Light?)?..-If-(Wuld*Chuck/..-Culd*Chuck?)..-WildBoar*..*HardWood?....

.-(DIS*GUSTS*ME/-..*LITERALLY!)?

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“Santa’s*/-..*Syn*taxE!”(?)....

-I*Keep(-Walking*Around/-N’*Manhattan!)?..-Remembering*Arab(?)-..N’*Brooklyn(!?)....

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-I*Keep(-Walking*Around/-N’*Manhattan!)?..-Remembering*Arab(?)-..N’*Brooklyn(!?)....

Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

Word count: 333

-Saying(-To*Me/-..On*Flatbush*Ave./-..(?)-“May*(The*-***Fleas/..-Uv’A*-Thousand*Camels!!-....-*InHerit(?)-

..-Your *Beard(!)”?..-(So*..Be*It!)?-..“&*With*N*..A*-..

(-Twinkling*/-?..Uv’An*Eye!)”?..-I*-......Said!(?)..-To*Him* *Grin*ning(!)..-But*That/-..Neu'vous*Statement../-..Was-?..(Many*Moons*Ago!)?-..&*Realising*(I*Wuld*Play-..For*

/-..(The*Iron*Horse/-*Bar/-....&**Softball/-..*Team!)?--On/-..'7th*=*Ave./-..&*We*Won..(That*Year!)-..The(-*Brooklyn*/-..-Con*ference*Trophy!)?

....-&*Proof*Uv’Pudding/-Stands*On..(-White*Chest/-A*Drawers!/..-Uv'..-French*/-..Fleur*DeLise!)..-Stickers*

-Wf'’..(?)....(Miniture*Head/-(?)..*Photographed/-(?)..-Uv’/-Mye*Only*Son!)?..-Cute*Too!/-..-But*Memories/-Are..

*For-......(Old*Men/-Bout*70!)?..-&*I*Still*Can’t/-..Get*(- Ahold*Uv’*Him!/..-On*Phone/-..&**Time*Rushes-(!?)-..

*On!)....What*Wuld*Napoleon*Do(!?)..Cell*-Kids*On(- /Cell*Phones!)?-Calling(1st*Regiment/-To*Tha’*Rear!)

....-Water*Loo(-Our*21st/-.Metaphor*Dilemma(!)?-Then*

..(-Mye*Roman/*Exile!)?..-&*Loss/-..*Uv’*Life/-Wf’*Out

......*Ciccelina/-(On*T.V.?)..-Instead..(Uv’-*Helena!)?- Spreading*..(Her**Muff*/..-Admire’ing’ly(!!?)?..-I*/....-?

-&*Me*Caught/-..*Between..(Modern*/-Roman*Couple)- ..Christina*&*Fausto(!)?-Him*Leaving*(His*ARt!/-......At

*Baseboards/..-N’*Museums!)?-&*Finally*/Got*Arrested/-

..For(-Littering*Up*../..Tha’-Italian*Wall/-..Wf'*Images!)?

(-&*It*Takes*One/-..To*Know*One!)?..-Me*Blasting/-(?)Thur*Rome(-Like*BlueBeard!)-Wf(-Miniature*Hearts!)?

-Proof*Uv’Pudding..-(Hangs*/-..Above*Mye*Head!)-?

..Like*/-Panel*Painting/-(!?)..N’-(Auto*Rittratto!)-(???) ..Wf’(Roman*Lover’s!)?....

Just*Like..(-*Hemingway’s/..-Big*Shoots!)?-???-&*Coming*Back*/-..N’(1985-86/..-Wf'Prixe de Roma!)?..-&*Never/-..*Sold*Enou-....**gh-/-..Roman*Work/..-(!?) -To*Pay*For/-..The*Trip(!)?-But*LaDol’ce..Assured*Me/-I*Was*Master*/-..*Profess’ore(!)?

....-Running*Off/-At*Mouth/..-Running*Down*Street!(?)-Taking*(Her**Clothes*Off/-....N’*Sum*Nuditry!)(?)-Me*-..

....(Not*Believing/-..N'*Her*/-..Artist*istic*License/..-(?)

-Uv’Idealistic*/-..*Lude*ness(!))?..-N'-Calmly*Walking/-...(-Behind*Her/..-Picking*/-(!?)......Up*(-Her*Clothes!)?..-&*Finding*Her/-..*Around*Tha'Corner/-..(5th*Ave./23rdSt)-

at*/-..Busstop*/-*Shivering(!)?..&*Me*/-Trying*To*Ex-..Plain(!?)-..'Bout*Mye-(Rebel**Concept)-?..-Uv'-*America's*/-..Hatred*/-&*Fear*Oriented/-..*Ma-d*-ness(!)?..as*Lunar/-..*Puritanical*Prudeness/-..&*Tha'/-..Rebel*Move-ment/-..*Concept/-?..-Uv'..Ev'ry*Thing*..(!?)-..-n'(Tha'*Living*Flesh(!))?..(When*You/-..Look*At*It/..-(?)-

*Jiggles/-..N'-*Sizzles(!?)

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-Having*Become/-?..The*(-Local*Yokel/-?..&**Deity!)?-..Of*..(-South*Orange/-?..-*Harem!)?

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&*Ending*Up/-?*Eating/-?..(Wonka*Runts!)?-..Given*To*Me/-?..Bye*..(-Barbara**Rosenbaum!)?

–PHD(!)/-?..&*Psychologist/-?..(Teacher*/-?..Uv’Fairleigh**Dickinson/-*University)-&*(-Mother*-

..*Myrick’s*Confectionery)-?..-Swimmer*Par/-..*Excellance/-?..&*Swimmer/-?..Of*(-50*Senior*C

it-izens*Medals!)))-?..Playing*N’..(-H20/-?..Like*Esther*Williams!)?-..Giving*Me/-?..(-Tha’*Busi-

ness!)-Wf’Er’*..(Well*Formed/-*Lips!))?-Eh*..(Sugar*Mama/-?..Wf’(-60lb*Sacks!)..-Uv’(..*Food/-??

..-Every*Tuesday!)?..-Never*Failing(-Tha’*Grade/-?)..-N’*Mye*Class!-Doing*..(Endless*/-Taste-?

*Full*/-..*Paintings!)?-&*(-Giving*Me/-?..Chocolate*/-..Covered*Taffy!)-..Wf’..(Flaked*Almonds!)?

-Just*Like/-One*Legged*Pete/-?-Wf’(-Hair*Line*Splint!)..N’(-Right*Tibia!)?-From*Her*Decimate(!)..

-R*-*Husband/-?..Skiing*N’..(Into*-Er’/-?..N’*Alberta(!)?-*Canada(!)?-Gives*Er’(-Might*/-Makes*R-

ight!)?-..&*A*Way/-..To*(a*Man’s*Heart/-?..Tis*His*Stomach*Stuff!)?-Makes*Me*Inclined/-?..To*-?-

Run*A*Way/-?..To*Mexico/-?..Wf’*Jessica(!)?-You*(Da’*Reader/-?..Not*Getting/-?..-Tha’*Drift!)(?)-?

-Butt*Will*-(Dawn*/-?..On*You/-?..*Sum*Day!)?..-Like*A(-*Big/-Beautiful*//-?..-Blue*Bootie!)?-Wf'..

-Deeper*/-*Crevices(!)?-..Hidden*Forever*Frum..(Sun*Lite!)?..-Just*Tha’/-..*Thing/-For*A-..(Vit*C*Commu

-nity!)?-..Like*Wagner*Pouring/-?..-Perfume*Ovur/-*Body/-?..N’(Hot*Tub!)?..-N’(Sum*Architect’s*House!)

-Quiter*Than/-..(Walt*Disney’s*Mouse!)?-..(-Minnie*Or*Mickey!)?-Give*Or*Take..(Tha’*Girls!(?))-*Cum'-..

(!?)-ming*..&*Going(!)?-Won’t*Be*Allowed/-..("N’*Mye*House!"/-Ptg..r{}*-Collected*N’??*Andersen’s..(Art*

/-..Community*Center!)?..-Andersen,*IN*dianna(!)?..-Inclined*..(To*Play*Original/-?*Com-po*-sit*ions!)?

..-On*The..(Betsy*Ross/-*Lester/-?*Piano/-?..Frum*Philadelphia!)?..-Or*Better*Still/-..The*B-Ig*/-Grand

*Weber/-?..-*Piano*German/-?..From*Der..(*Father*Land!)?..-Uv’(-Lucas*Cranach/-?..Constant*L-ook’s*-

(N’*Yur*Face/-?..*Nudes!))?..-Nudes*Descending/-?..Stair*Case/-?..Like*n'/-Past*Injustice/..-Harrasse*ment!-(2003-??..-*Summit*Class!?)

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-Surviving*Off*Of/-..(Pink*Ladies!)?..-(All*Mye*Life/-?..*Like/-?..Willard*Rufus!)?..-(Father’s/-?*-?..

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-Surviving*Off*Of/-..(Pink*Ladies!)?..-

(ALL*MYE*LIFE/-?..*LIKE/-?..WILLARD*/-..RUFUS!)?-(FATHER'S/-?-

..*Father!)?-..(A*Small*Time/-..*Alabamian*/-..Cotton*Picker!)?-..&*Waste*Land/-?..*Oklahoma!?..(-Dust*/B-

owl*/-..*Farmer!)?..(-That*Smiled/-?..&*Was/-..*Called(-Hence!)?..-A*Ladies*Man!)?..-Gifted*/-..Wf’*Word/-*T-

-ruth’s/-..*Uv’..(-Slightly*Delineated*/-&-Off*Slanted*/-..*Character)-?..(That*Made-?-The*Ladies*/-..-Smile*Back!)?

&*End*ed/-*Up/-?-(Leaving*Their/-?..Sugar*Daddies!(?)-..Woe*Is*Me(!)?..-For*Being*Born(!)?..-Me*Listen-?

ing/-..(As*Boy*Child!)?-..Wonder*Lost/-?..To*Nites*/-*Dark*Blue/-..Wf*White/-..*Endless/-(*Milky*Ways!)

&*..(Grand*Pa(!)/-‘s..Stories*/-..Uv’*Luv’*/-?..&*/-..*Adventureous/-..Fail*Shortings!)(?)..-About*How/-..Tha’*W-

olves(!?)-?..Usta*Howl/-?..Just*Outside/-?..-The*..(Old*/-?..Connelley*Place!)?-..&*(Red*Tailed/-..*Hawks/-?..

*Plummeted/-?..-Earth*Ward/-?..-*Grabbing*The/-..(White*Leggern/-..*Chickens/-)?..N’Front*Uv’..(-Mye*Eyes!)

?-..&*Black*Stripped*Skunks/-?..-Burrowed*Under/-?(The*Ole*Red*Barn!)?..-For*..(Big*Thick/-*Juicy/-*Cor-

n*Fed*Rats!)(?)-..&*(How*Tha’(Bull*Bat’s/-?..Dived*&Darted))-?..N'-Between*..(-Chimney*Swift’s/-..-*Chimneys!)

&*(How*/tha'-*Girls*/-..(From*Tha’*/-Big*City/-*Buildings/-?....Usta*Co*-ume?)-..&*(Pick*Apples!)?..-Hold*ing*On-?

-To*Their*Skirts/-?..On*/-..Sun*Less/-..(Windy*Days!)?-..wf'-Smiling*Cheeks/-..Adorned*N’Red/-?..Like*Their*P-

erfect*Circles(!)?-..Tucked*Tight/-?..-(Bye*Cotton/-?..-&*Sweet*Scented/-?-..*Dreams*/-..Like*/-Pale*Butterflys!)?

-Rising*Upward/-?..On*An/-?..Up*Drift*Cloud!..(Merely*To*/-..(Pop!)?-..&*Descend/-..(To*Earth/-..*Again!)?..-&*H

ow*He/-?..Was*Afraid/-?..(To*Climb/-..The*Nearest*Tree!)?-..For*Fear/-?..Some*One*Near/-?..(Might*Know/-?

..He*Was*Afraid(!)?-..Wf’*..(-Out*(Hittin’/-?..*Tha’*Sauce/-?-&*Drinking!)?-..Him*Self*/-..Silly(!)?-Took*To*Tru

-ck*Gardening/-?..&*(Peddlin’..*Green*Vegetables/-..For*Fun/-?..&*To/-..*See*Tha’*Ladies)-?..That*(Wer’*/-..*Bore-

d!))?-..(&*Over*Scented/-?..Wf’*Earth's/-..Earth*ern*Ware/-?..(&*Petty*Coats!)?-..Lifting*/-..Lik-..Lilting*Eyes/-?-..(-N'-..Painted*Furiously*Like-?..

*Life’s*Magazine)..-(Vargas*Girls!)?-..Er’Petty's*Women/-?..Losing*(Their*Marbles/-?..&*Rolling)-?..N’(*Spring*/-M-

Ade*Sheets!))?..-Left*Me/-..(Black*N’*Dumb!)?-..Me*Selecting*/-..*Now/-..(Garden*-Of Eden’s/..-(?)-..Pink*Lady*/-..*Apples!)(?)

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-*RedHaired/-*Frizzy/-..*Walkin’/-*Talkin’/..-on(-21st*Century/(?)..-*Plastic/-*Cellphone!)?

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-*RedHaired/-*Frizzy/-..*Walkin’/-..*Talkin’/..-on(-21st*Century/(?)..-*Plastic/-..*Cellphone!)?   -Could*Dial*Her(!)?..-If*(-I*Had/-..*Her*No.!)?..-But*-Nother-/*Missy(?)-..(wf'-*Tits*Came/-&'..?-../-*Was/-&*Is*..*Coming*Bye!)..- &*Replaced?-..*Her(?)-/..Wf’(-?)-(*Bulging*Images!)?..-*Her*Holding(?)-..Her*Head/..(!?)..-&*Held*High(!)?..-Chin*Up(!)?..&*-Lawdy*Law(!)?..-??-What*wuld*-?-..(-Lillian*Cochran/-?-..&*She*/-..-Would*Have/-..*Her*Say!)?..-Something*Like*/-..Judge* -*Judy(!)?..-In*Jealousy(!?)..-Er’-..*DeEmasculation/..-Of*Any..(-Virile*/..-Stand*Out../-..Physical**Fe*Male!?)?...  -N’(Her*/-..*Court!)?..-&*-*InJustically**Bullying(!)?..-Tha’*Stupids(!)?..-*Arrogant*N’..(-Self*/-..*Righteous*-ness!) &*..(-Gonna*Make*Em’*Pay!)?..-Lik'-..*Conde*-*scending*Cunt(!)?..-Kicking*(-Da’*Hell/..-Outta*Doz/-*Bast-* ards!)..-N'*Bitches(!)?-..Wf'-..No*Place*For..(*Playing-..-Ms.*God!)?-..(Lil’*Leroys*Askin’../-*Wat*Happened!)?..-Enter*-..? *Tainment/..-At*Worse(!)?..-A*Necessary*Evil(!)?-What’s*Permissible/-..To(-Human*Eye!)?..-Tis*No-  (Moral*Fodder!)?..-She*Judgeting/-..*Lives*..N’(-a-..*Fool’s*Paradise!)?..-She*Should..-(*Summons*Me!)? &*Meet..(-Her*Moral*Match!)?..-on*Channel*4(!)?-“Whoring*..-(*Fake*Justice!)”?..&*-The*Lesson/-To** -Learn*Here(!)?..-Tis*Psycho*/-..*Dere*licts/-?..*Nut*House../&*..-Post*Menopausal/-..*Maidens(!)?-Are*D- *angerous(!)?..-Only*-(N’/..-?-*Hiding*Behind/-..*Justice!)?..-She’s(-Really*/-..*Warden/..-Uv’Cell*6!)?..-For*What-  Ails*..(-All*Old*Bitches/-*Beyond*(Prime*Time/-..&*Biological*Clock*Predictions!)?..-I’ve*..*Had- *It(!)?..-Wf’..(-Tha’*>Chemically/-..*Imbalanced!)?..–That’s*Why/-..(I*Sit*Here*Alone!)?..-*Tweedling* (Mye*Thumbs!)?..-Wf’*Dis..(-Yellow*Parade/..-Uv’*Taxis’s!)?..-*Down*..(-5th*Ave!)?..-Free*As..a*Crea- *tive..(Jail*Bird!)?..*-Watching*..The*(-Physical*Forms/-Rockin’*Bye!)?..-Pretty*Ones/-..&**Dragging*Ass!..  If*Not..To*Say..(-High*Heels!)?..-Worn*Down/-..To*(-Spiritual*Nub!)?..-&*Remembering..(-Peggy*Ann*Elled- ge!)?..-1st*Wife(!)?..&*-(Helena*Alicia*DeCastro/-2nd*Wife!)?..-Two*Girls/-(That*Stopped/-..To*Gittin’..* Tha'-“..&*Tryin’(To*..Read/..?Out*Doa*-*Able(!)?-Mye*/-..Artistic*Scribbles!)?..-lik'-..Life’s*Liquid/-..Through*a-*Straw!(?)..-Sompin’*Like..(mental*Man- so* Juice!)?-While..(I*Write(!)?..Bye*..-Getting’(Red*/-..On*Head!)?-&*Due/-..*N’*Brooklyn(!)..-Wf’..(La*Dol’ce/-..*Callin’  /-&..(All*Her/-?..*Friends(!)?-..Are*Outta/-..*Town!))?-&*Wants*To*Know/..-If*(I*Would-Like/-..(To*Meat*Her?)) -on(..Fulton*St.(!)?..-&*Listen*To..(-*Bach’s/..St.*Matthew’s/-**Passion!)?--*Theatre/-..*Courtesy/-uv'..(-Daria */-..Key*nan’s/-..*Tickets!?)-..

-Who*Wouldn’t..(-Give*Me/-..Time*Uv’*Day!)?....-When*(I*Said/-(?)..-I*Liked..(-Her* /-..*Frizzy*Hair/-N’1988?)..-&*Would..(-Like*/-..*To/-(!?)..*Paint*Er’.................................-*Des*-*nudo(!))?....

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-Sarah*Jane/..-Sarah*Jane/..-*Kent(!)?..-Tha’(-Master*Teacher/-..*Sez/-..No!)?-You*Remind*Me/-..Uv?

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-Sarah*Jane!/-..-Sarah*Jane!/-..-*Kent(!)?..-Tha’(-Master*Teacher/-..*Sez/-..No!)?..-You*Remind*Me/-..Uv?    -Another*Sister/..-Bound*(-For*Fame!)?..-Like*Annie*Oakley/-..(-Wuda*/-*Slaughtered*/-..*You/-!)..(You*-/-..*Pathetic*Creature/-!) ..?-Tender*-erized*'-..&*Wf’/..-All*..-Yur*Verbal*/-..*Beefs!(?)..-&*We*All*/-..Have*It-(..*Tough/-N’Childhood!)?..-But*You*Tell*me/-..Yu* Want(!)?-..(To*Play*/-..The*Master*Game!)?-Wreak*Yur*Life(!)?..-&*Stop*/-..The*Bio-*Logical*Clock(!)?-..&*Go*-..(Childless*..N’To* Future*/-..*Generations!)?..-.&*.End*Up/-..Like*(Anna*Nicole/-..*Sm-ith!)?-..Er’(-The*Really/-..*Pretty*One..(-M.M.))?-&*(To*Gain*/-..Such*Begging/-..*Deplorable**Sym*pathy/-..(?)-..Lik'-*Down*At*Westbeth!)?..-Yu-Gathering*..(More*Moss/-..Than*Carter/-..Had*..-(Rebuilt*Houses!)?..-Er’(-Liver* *Pills!)?-..Makes*Me*Won-der/-(?)..-(How*Yo/-..Got*/-..(Saint*Vitus/-..*Dance!))?..-I*Have*Never/-..Met*/-A*Mor’..(-Des*-perate*Verbal*-.. -Fe-*Male/-?..*Going*On/-..-Lickety*Split!)?..-Full*Uv*Ambition/-?..--..From*The*House/-?..(Uv’*Smells!)?..-Er’..-(House*Uv’*Babel!)?-..-Be*Glad*/-..(Big*Dad!)?-..”Doesn’t*Send*Down/..-(Another*Flood!)”..-Er’*Era--se*Us’/-?..(Bye*Atomic/-Chemical*..*Fall*Out!)?..-The*(-Only**Thing/-..Will*Save*Yu/..-Be*Yu?)-..(Tis*House*Uv’-*Hearts!)-..*Painting/-..(I*Did*uv’You!)?..-Iv’e*-*Painted-(52yrs?) ..&-Written*Poetry-(34yrs?)..Com*-posed*on*Pi-ano(-4yrs?)-..&*You/-*At*26(?)..-*Want*Recommendation(!)?..-For*Wat(!?)- (?)-*Flower*Child/-..(Wood*Stock-?/..-Tis*Ovur!)?-..Yet*I*Do*/-..Under**stand(!)?-..You’re*As*Talented/-..(As*Tha’/-(?) ...Fe*-male*/..-*Order*Comes/-..*&*Goes(!))?..-But*..(N’*Time/-..Can*You/-*Sustain*It!)..(?)-..Will*Mother*Nature/-..Bestow*Upon*Yu/-?  ..*Greater*Depth(!)?..-(Will*Life/-..-Let*Yu*Live!)?-..Or*Sacrifice/-(..Yu*/-Tu*Tha’*God’s/-..*Instead(!))?-..Tha’-(Matter*Goes*.. Be*Yond/-(?)..My*Under*-stand*ment(!)?-..Maybe*..(-At*Best/-(?)-..Yu’ll*(End*Up/-..*Pregnant*/-..Wf*Hearts!)(?)-*Don’t*..(Look* At*Me/-?..As*Bishop/-..(N’*Residence!))..-Er’(Sugar*Daddy/-..Uv’Tha’/-..*Cloth!))..-Er’..(-Saving*Grace/-..Uv'*Jews/-(?)..(- For*Jesus!)?..-Er’..(Tha’*Master*Teacher/-?..To*-(Bring*Me*Down/-..*To*S-ex!)?..-For*I-.r{}*(only*-..A*Poet/-..Artist*-*Painter/-../-*Com*poser!)?..-uv'*Sorts(!)?..*Some*thing*Like-..a(-Ras*-putin*(!)

..-*Gone*Am-uck!) ?-

..Or*N’-(Other*Wurds/..-Uv’(Tha’*Living/-(!?) ..A*Fallen*Angel!)?-Out*Uv’-(..th',,-Gud*Book/..?-uv'-..*Moses*/-..-*Genesis!?)

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-Leaving*..(-Casa*La*Frela!)-&..-..*Shelly*Too(!)?..-All*Sweaty..-&*Staggering*..(-Out*Door!)? author: philip lawrence sherrod  -Trying*To*Get-..(-Mye*/-..“Land*Lubber”(?)..-*Bearings(!)?..&-Fumbling*-*For..-(Next*Direction!)?..-of..-Invi*-tation*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*/-..Cig*a*rettes!)-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(!?)..Mye*-..-(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(-Her**Daughter’s/(!)?..-*Roving*Eye(!)?..-Her*-..Lips*Reddening(!))?..-&*Beautiful-/..-Arched*Nose(!)?-Me*..-Not*Guilty/-(?)..-For*Anything(!)?..-But*Suddenly..(-Finding*It!)..-This*Horrible-?/-..*Card(!)?..-*Done<.ByE{}/-..*Director(-ASL)?-..(-*Copying*(-???-Mye*/-..*Painting*Style/..-Bar*Relief*/-..*Text*'ure/-..&-*Portrait*Chunks(!)?..-Uv’(-Faked*/-..Sent*i*-ment!))?..-To*(-Ass*similate*/-..*Passion(!)?..-Where*/-*There-?..(*Was*None!) (?).._Wf'-(Tiny*Hands!)?..

of*Woman*Clutching(!?)-..-*Man's*Back(!)?-

(-Sent*i*mental*-ity*/-..At*It’s/-..* *Worse!)?..-Wf’*..(-Words*/-..*Written?)..-on*It(!)?-..“Silvia*Gonzalez/-..*Franco(?)..-&*Ira*Gold-..

(-“Brickin’/-,,*Butcher!”)?..-*Berg(!)?..-“Invite*You!”..(-To*Celebrate!)?..-Their*Wedding(!)?..-*Me*Remembering?..-(Past*Repore!)?-..Uv*Ira(?)-&*Me/-..N'*About*-..(1997?)..-When*He*Said/..-(To*Me/-(?))..”-I*Forbid*You/-(?)..-To*Ask?..--Her*..(For*Date!)?”-When*I*Only/-*Said(!)?..-Whose*The-(?)..-(New*Chick!?)..N'..-From*Spain(!)?..-Me*Think-?-..Ing/-Of*(?)..(-His*Fatherly/-?..*Overly*/-..*Protective*Attitude(!)?..(VOICED*..S'-Strange**Like..(-Ultra*Padre*Dee!)?..

-/-Village*Priest*/-..Or*(!?)-.. (-Small*Time-*Killer/-..*Butch-er!)..(-From*Lower..(-East-Side/-..*Russian*Jewish*..*Father!!)?..-*Slicing*..(Thur*/-..The*Meat!)?..-&*-..*Grinning*At*-*Ira-(?..)-"Do*You*Want/-..TO*EAT*IT*RAW!(?)..-Or*(HAVE*YOUR-/-..*MOTHER*..???-COOK*IT!)?-..Like-..(Rare*Chick!)"?

-that*IT..-*Is(!)?

"Santa's/-..-SYN*-*TaxE(!)"?

-It’s*..A*Bit/-(?)-..*Perplexing(?)..-To*-*Say/-(?)..-(The*Least!)?

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-It’s*..A*Bit/-(?)-..*Per*plexing(?)..-To*-*Say/-(?)..-(The*Least!)?

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-That*-(I’ve../-Finally*Made(!)?..*It(!)?..-*Able*..(To*Buy!)?..

-Mye*..(Stony*Field*Farm?)..*French*Vanilla/-..(-Yo*gurt(!))?

Wf’*Aci*dophilus(!)?-..&*(Bifidus/-*..*Cultures(!!))?-*From*-..?

(Garden*Of*Eden!)?/..-*Farmer’s*Market(!)?-&*..(Lug*It..*(?)

-*Home!)..-(Before*..21*Inches?)..Uv’(-Per*-petuated*..*Snow!)?

-Then*..(-Th’Call?)-..(-*Harrassement/-(?)-..From*(-Your*Freckle..

-Faced*Self!)??..-*Sayin’*..(Yur*Grand*Mother/-?

..-Usta’*Say!)?

-(Things*Past/-?../-*Don’t*Last!)?..-Tell*Me(!?)..(-Bout*..*It!)?

-If(-Yu*..Live*N’/-..Th’*-(Here*..&*Now(!))?..-Er’..Or*/-..*Live-

(At*All!)?../-N'*Rain*..Mixed*..(Wf’*Sleet!)?..&-*(33*Degrees!)?

-Will*..(Melt*/-..Wf’*Heat!)?..-&*It’s..(All*-..An*/-..Il*-*lusion!)?-

That*She*Said(!)?..-Yu*..(Never*Knew*/-..Knew*(*Me?)..-(At*All!))?

-Mystically*Strange(!)?..-(?)-..How*She*Remembered/-(?)-(Mye*Phone-..

!)?-*Number(!)?..-So*I*Do..(*Exist!)..-As..(Ex-*Lover!)../N’-..*Repore(!)?

-Like*..(-This*Poem!)?..-This*..(-Goat*Cheese/-..*Chevrolle!)?..-Mde*N’..(?)

-*France(!)?..-Bye*Goat’s/..-Better*(Than*I!)?..-Will*/-..Last*Forever(!)?

If*Mye*/-..(TASTE*BUDS!)?

..HOLD*/--.*OUT(!)?

"Santa's*/-..-*SYN*-TaxE(!)"?

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