BOOK:13."POETICAL..
RE*/-..
RE*/-..
***JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
philip lawrence sherrod, poet
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Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07, 2001.All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!..
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-?..(?)-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
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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!(?)..
-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/-..I*TAKE/-..LIB*-ERTIES(!)?
Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?
BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
(C) Author: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD
-(Mye*Monitor!?)?..(-David A..-/*Allenson(!))?
/-N’From*..(-San*Antone/-*Texas?)..-Com*ing*To*-
-The*(?)-..(-*Con*clusion!)?-That*I*..-?(-*Repre-/-sent(!))?..*The*-..(-*Missing*Link!)…-Him*Bein’/-?
(A-*Naivete’/-?..*PrImItive*/(?)..-/*Sophistocate!)?-*Leads*Me..(-To*Understand*/?-../-*Big*Foote/-(?)
-Tis*-..*Still-/..(*Alive/-*..?)-&..*Well!(?)../-As-*Cro/-.. magnon(?)..-/*Dordogne(?)-../-*Piltdown..(-*Repre-
sent?)..&-*Neanderthal(?)-..*Oklahoma*/-..*Man(!)?
-Just*When/-..I*Wuz/-..(-Beginnin’/-..To*Give*Up!)
-?-Uv’/-..*Ever*Thinking..I’d*Be*/-..*Discovered(!!)?
-Yet..(-King*/-..God*zilla*Never’(?)-..Had*It*So..-(?)
-*Good!)?..-Even*If/-..-I*Toot(!)?..-Mye*Own*Horn-?
..(*Daddy!)?-Ain’t*Th’a*(-*Right../-*Psych-*Ology!)?-
(“Humility*/-..As*Always..Tis*Out*/-..Of..*Fash-ion/-?..Fer’*
*Geniuses(!)”?-Even*If*I-..Say*So(!)?..-Wf’(-De**-
v*-ilish*/-..Ver*batim!)?..-&*/-..So*”BAH!!/-..*Hum*(!)
-*bug(!)?-..&/-*Humbug(!)?-/..-To*Yu*/-..&*-Yur’s(!)?
-On*This(*..*Ass*-Holiday!)?..-But*(-..*Mye*Son..?
Mye*Son..?/-..Mye*Son..?/-..-Alas*..Tis*Not*Right/-?
..About*This*/-..*Issue(?!)?..-Yu*Cn*/-..-*Lead/-*One*
*Good*Horse/-..To*Fire*Water/-..But*Yu*Cn’t/-..
(!??)
-*Make*..It*Drink(!)?..-Burning*Coals(!)?..-From*Hell?
From*Hell(!)?..S’*Bells(!)?-..*Unless*It-/-..is*A(FIRE*/-
DRAGON(!))?-..&-Likes*/-..Bloody*Marys(!)?..-Ah*(!?) (Emily*Hardy/-IRISH/-How*YOUSE/-LIKEd*THEM(!)?
-RED(!)?..-Yu*Made*Them/-.SO*Early*N’..O’Mornin’!
(-19-..’74))-..&*Yur*/-..(-Red*Hair/-..ed*MUFF!)?-..Tossed*A/-* *bout/-Like*/-*Some..(-Wat*Wuz/-..
Her*/-..NaTural*FLUFF*TUFF(!)?
*..-AT*Me/-?-..N’Sleep*(!)?-But*/-Morals/..Are*A’/-..*Re*
striction/-..For*Th’*Inhibited(!)?..-&*Others*/-..
(Think*-*Might/-..Think&-Dif*ferent!)?-..*David(?)-..Yur*Modern*Cartouche’s/-? ..Are*On*/-..Th’..(-Right*Track!)?-As(-Cave*-..-*Drawin’s)-..N’-New*York’s/-..(*Altamira/-*Pyrenees?)-*Basics(!)?-
Wf’-Perspectives..Be-*Yond/-..(-The*/- &*/-
../-Academic*/-..*Order!)?-
So-*Quit*Readin’..To*Me..Yur(-*Quotes!)?-Uv’(-
The-NewY-OrkTimes!)?- ..*In*formation*/..-Given*Him..(-N’/-..*Class!)?
-*Blowin’*/-..(-His*Mind!)?..-Er’*(-*Append*i*-....citis!)?..*Shot*To*Hell/-..His*Beliefs/-..&*Rang*
N’Knell(!?)?-Erupting*..N’*A*..-*State(?)-Uv’..
-Good*Ole*/-..
(-Gangreen*!(!)..?-&*Dis*turbed*(?)..-His*Position!))?
-As* N’August*/-(?)..a*Monitor(!)?-&Sent*Him/-..To
(-Saint*Vin--Cent’s*Hospital(!)?..-Wher’*Doctors/-*
../-..He*Thought/
-..-Wuz*On*/-..*Drugs(!)?..-&*Took*/-A*Way-(!)?
-(? )-..His*Artistic*(!?)../-*Nav..-EL(!)?
-from*tha’/-..*Rotting*/-..*Gut(!)?
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-(Red*Bull?)..-Energy*Drink(?)-&*Two*/-..*Bulls/-
..Squared*Off(!)?-On*../-a*Checker*/-*Boarded(?)
-(Silver*&*Blue/-..*Back*ground!)?-Lightly*..**Carbonated/-..(&-Serve*/-ed..*Chilled!)?-&..*I/-..*Call’d-?-*Her*..(-Just*Plain/-*..*Stupid!)? -
&..(Hung*Up/-*..-The*Phone!)?..-Last*Time/-?..
I*Heard/-..*From*..
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Too*Kind-..?
/-..But*I*m/-No*Wussie(!)?-Wf’..(Taurine*/-Vit*
*Lizzi!)
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-mance/-(!?)..-Es*pecially*/-..*During*Times(?)-Uv’*Stress(!)?)..-I*Need*This/-..-*Like*(-Hole*N’
*He-Ad!)?..-I*Don’t*Perform/-(!)..-When*I-(Don’t-
*Feel*/-../-*Like-*It/-)&..”I*Make*/*Love/-..*Possi-?
..*ble(!)”?-Yeah!*-..*Dis*tributed..*Bye-..(-Red*Bull/-!
..-N’..Santa*Monica,Cal!)?..-Mde.-N’*Austria(!)?-So*Much*For/-..-*Mental*Mountain*/-..*Climbin’
g/-..*Back*wards(!)?..-&*Nutrition*Facts: None-? (!)Calories:110/-..What*Bubble*Headed(?)..-*R*
ode-o*/-..*Cow(?)../-Tis*She/-..*Any*way(!)?-Me*
Trying*/-(To*Bull*Doze/-..Th-/*Steer/-N’*Rope(!)? ..*Yesterday..-After*Tyin’*Up-..(-Painted*Images?)-On..Top*Uv’..Mye*Jeep!-/..-Like*”Rope*A*Dope(!)?-Like*..*Cassius*Clay/-..(Usta*Say!)?-*Led*Him..Tu’
*Mental*/-Break?-*!”(?)-&*I-Not*Going..(Down*That *Road*Either(!)?)..-*But*..How*Stupid/-?..Can*She*-
Be(!)-&..*(?)-You*Know..(-That*Answer/-..*Well!)-!? *Cows*Grazing*N’..(Pastures*/-*While/-Beethoven*
Pl*Ayed*/-..(For..Graduates*/-..Uv’/-?..-*Harvard!)-
(!?)-Moo*Cow*..*Light*/-N’..Son*ata(!)-Redundit(!)?-
Y-U*Bet(!)?-Re*member..*Riding*N’-..(-Her*White*
..*Saturn!)?-*She*-..(Pulling*Out?)-..-*From*..*G-lo-
V*E/-..-*Love*/-..*Com*part*ment?)-..*Trojans*P icture/-?..Uv’..(Two*Buffaloes?)..-Heads*down(?)-N’Rutting*Seaso-N/-..&*I*Squared*Off!)?-&*Telling* *Her*..(Telling*Me/-..That’s*Her(?)..-&*Her*Father*
!)?..-&*She**said..O’Kay’*/-..S--Weetie(!)?..-Me*Gr -inning(!)?..&-Not*Falling..(-For*..Her**Power*Play!)?-I*Din’t…-BullDoze*Easliy(-? )..-But*..That’s*How..-? (I*Got*Hurt*Once!)?..-BullDoggin’/-..&*At*Age(14?)-?
Rodeo*-/Thought*I*Was*-Strong(?)-Turning*Steer/-?..*Horns..(N’*To*Earth!)?-&..At*1600ibs.(?).-Ovur/-..*On*Me..Break*--Ing*Mye-(**Clavical!)?..-Be*cuz-? After*All/-..Like*DNA*Adam(?)-Genetically*/-..I’m-?? -Missing*Mye*/-..1stRib(!)?-..for*/-..*Eve(!)?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
After-(Mye*-?..Many*Rejections?)-..Uv’*Mye-?
self(!)?-..&*Supporting/-..*Others*Belief/-..(?)-T
-Hat*I*..Am*Not*/..-What*(I*Am?)..-Don’t*Do-
(What*Only*I?)-..I*/Do*Best(!)?..-&*Am-?-*I..-?
(Poorest*-At!)?-..*Doing*(!)?-..*Like*-I*Should/..-(Write*Poetry..The*Way/-..(It/-*has/Been/-*Writ
-ten?..&/-For*Centurys!)?..-I*Will/-Continue(?)-
To*Write*/-It(!)?..-Mye*Way(!)..-I*Know*You(!?)
-Want*(Me*/-To*Say/-*Quote!)?-“He*Grew*Old/-
..*Grizzled*/-..(Wf’*Hate!)?-&*The*/-..*Song*(?)-..
He*Was*Known/-..*For(!)?-(Came*/-Too*Late(!)”
?-But*I-..(*Detest/-Your*/-Pre*dictable*Ex-Pect-..tancy!)?..-So*Here*Goes(!)?-..“People*Sit..-(Lik
e/*Pigeons!)?-..*Around/-th’..(Concrete*FOuntains!)
?-“Dark*Shapes/-..Hover*ing*/-Against/-..A*Pisces/-?
(-Fickle*Sun!)”?..&-It*Tis/..-Is*Still..(?)-../*Cold*Here(!)?-It*Seems/-?..(The*Female/-../-*Male*Thaw!)-..Will*(N-
-ot**Melt!)?..-Spring*T-Is/-*..*Late/..*-(As*Usual!)?-?? They*Seem*/-Impoverished/-..These*(-Poor*People!)?-I*Wish..ICould(-..Tell*Them/-?..They’ll*Be..(*Alright!)?-But*-..As*Ole/-..(Ernest*/-..*Thompson/..-Seaton’s/-? ..(*Book?)-Titled/-?..(”Call*Uv’..Dey*Wild!”)-..“Chuckle*
Mis*quoted/-..Uv’*Course(!)?-As*Is*/-*..JusT*That(!)?- They*Gather/-..*Around*(?)..-As/-*..(Urban*/-Lost*So- uls?)..-N’*Fear(!)?-..&*I*Don’t-(Blame*Them/-At*911)?
/-Was/-..A*Hell!!*/-..Uv..(A*Noise(?)..-Twin*Towers*F -alling(!)?..-So*Many..(?)-Many*Minutes(?)..-*Apart(!!)??-An*Every*Day/-..*Destruction*(!)?-*From.. *..(*Their*/-..Daily*Lives!)?..-&*Those..At(?)..-(*Witter*Fitzgerald/-? *Materialist’s..N’*Every*Way?-On*The*/-*Way-*Down!)
?-Never*Knew/-..(What*/-..Carbon*i*zation*/-Was!)?-? Some*Took*/-*Flight/-?..-(Air*Bor-Ne!)?..-N’Fright’s(!)?.
.-*Fall/-*Scream*ing*(!!)?..-??? ?All*The*Way(?)-..*Down!(?)
-Then*..(Dust*/-*..*Dust/-*..*Dust!)?-Akin*To*Meat*Lust!
-&*Animal*Confusion(!)?-&..(Th*Stench*/..-uv’(PCB’s?)-Metal*Molten*Gas/-*Glass-(?)-..&*(Burning*(?)-Uv*/..?? (*Flesh!)?-..TV’S..Running*..(The*Pictures!)?-Over..(For*
Hours?)-Weeks*Months*Years/-*?..&*Computers(?)-? Via*Satellites/-..*Look*ing(?)..-&*Re*looking/-..Fer*/-..O*sama*..*Ben
-*Laden(!!)..-*Good(!)?-*..They’ve*Found(!)?..-Another*
Re*-ason/-..-Another*/-*Bad*Guy(!)?..-To*..-*Blame*/-? ..Like*Com-munists(!)?..-Uv’*Past/-Political*/-*Guilts(!)?-as*America’s/-..Always*Been*Paranoic(?)..-&*Inclined*
Tua’-?..M*-Oon’s*Instibility(!)?..-Wf’*Out*Realization/-(?) Of*..&*Not*Everybody(!?)-..*Wants*/-..ADemoc*racy(!)?-&*Much*Less/..*Foreign*/-..Is*lamic*Fed*/-*Students(!)? ..-Bowing*Heads/-..-N’Kissing*/-..Mother*Earth’s/-..(?)
..-*Floor*(!)
?-As*Alarming*/-..As*Amazing/-..as*Mye*/-*Student/-?
-La*Rosa..*Katzen*Nelson-(?)/-..-Movin’*/-To-(N J? )–
From*Argentina/-? “&*Giving*Me/-?..(Refrig*erator*/-? Mag*nate!)?..-Uv’/-..-Two*People/-..Male*/*Female..D-oin’*Tango!..(&*The*/-Fe*male?)-..As*Always/-*Stretch-ing(?)-*Reality(!)?..Wf*-(One*Leg*Up!)?..&-Wrap*-ped*? -Around*Male!(?)-&*But*Then..(Giving*Me?)..-Card*Mae-stro!-..&*a-*Picture/-*..Uv’/-??..-Osama*/*Ben*Laden(!)?
&*Lecturin’/-..*Me/-..”One*can/-..(Be*A*Leader/-..Good* or-..*Bad!”(?)
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-Between*The-..(Santa*Claus’es/-?)..-&*The(-Rubber*Bands/-?..-*Hangs*/-..The*/-*Head!)?-?
Of*Death(!)?-..*Near*/-..*The*-..(Street*Light!)?-..Found*As/-?..(-One*/-..*&*Of*/..-The*Same!)?
-*Ridiculous*/-..*Word*age/-?..As*..(*Papa*/-?? ..That’s*Just/-..Plain*/-Poppy*Cock(!))?..-Said*B –Ye*Son/-(?)..-Some*time*..(-Near*/-Christmas!)?..
-Ain’t-(No*Way*To/-?-*Go!(?)-*Kills*..-The*Yule*Tide
/-..*Spirit(!)..-*Me*Trying/-..To*Co/-..mmun/-icate/-(?) Ad*/-..Nauscim(!)?..&*-*Belated-(!?)
*-Ly/-?..On*Shelf/-..Like*Irish/-*Elf/-..Or*/-Worded*
/-..Rum*pel*stilt*skin(!)?-A*Generati-/-?..on/-&..Quite*
(-Un*Respectful!)?-..Of*Historical/-?..*Perspective*(!)-Sez*Yu-/-..*Pop*Eye(!)?-..”Eat*Yore*Spinich(!)?
-Which*Reminds/-*Me/-?..Uv’-(Fading*Eye*Sight!)?-..Like*Fading!..-(Life*’S/-..*Energy*..-ies!/-..&*Life*(?) ..
-Gone*Tranquil)?
-Un*Beknownst*To..*Me*&/-(Type*A/-*Personalities!)?-Being*/-a..(Third*Generation!)?
-Rationalizing*/-..Won’t*Help(!)?..-This*Is..(No*Way/-? ?..To*Go!(?))..-Jos’e/-..Or*Ari?/-..?
-Or*Sandro(!)?-..Con*templating*A*(Fire’s*/-*Dragon/-?..*Flaming*Concerns!)?..-Of*I’ll/-*Hu -ff/-?..&*Puff/-? ?..Adds*Gasoline/-..(To*The/-..*Fire*House!)?-*Pig(!)? If*Not*To*Say/-..Italian*H-?-
eritage(!)-..*Like*/-..Saint*George*/-..(Slaying*The/-(?)
-..Lit*teral*Dragon!(!))?..Becuz*/-..?
-Uv-’(Verbal*Excess!)?-&..Leaves*No**/-..(*Recess!)?-..“Forgive*Them*Lord/-?..as*They* -(Know*Not/-(?)..?..*What/-?..They*Do!”(?)-..&*Brings*Up..(-? Another*Issue!)?..-Which*Came/-*first!(?)-Wf’..(No*Intstructions!)
1st/-(?)..”Yore*/..-*Chicken*/-Or*Dinosaur*Egg(!)”?..-The*Youth’s*Today/-*..Have*No*Respect/-..*For-*
Life/(?)-..Or*/-..*Tradition(!)?-Much*Less*Edition/-?..Like*(Hawking*/-..N’-News*Print/-?-
At*Penn*Station!)?-..*Yelling*N’/-(?)-At* ..*Every*Bodies*Ear(!)?-..*Having*Lost-..(Ther’*Wind!-)?..&*Wit’s*Too(!)?..-Are*Bound/-?-&*Mind*Less(!)? ..To*Repeat*..(*Their*Mistakes!)?-As*/-Being*/Slaves*
-To/-*..(Tha’/-..*SPOKEN*WORD!)?
(-?)-..To*Convention/-..Ex*pecting*/Every*Body*Else/-?..To*Have*A*(Nice*Day/-..Or***C- hrist*/-..*Mas(!))?-..Offers’No*Moss/-?..Like*Runn*Way*/-..(Kate*..?
-*Moss!)(?)..-*Runnin’*frum/-..-*RUNN*-*WAY(!)?
-*TWISTIN’/-..(THE*CARCASS/-..EVERY*WAY/-..?
-BUT***POSS*I*BLE(!))?..N’-..(LUST’S*MANGER!)?
-Er’Christ’s*/-..*Being*/-*Beauty’s**/-..*Birth(!)
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-Day*After*/-..(Turkey*Day!)..-*Me*/-..All*Bloated(?)
-&* /-..Dis*tended*..Like*/-..*Gaseous*..-Pilgrim(!)?
-Having*Mye(?)..-*Puritain*Rights/-..*Alleviated(!)?..-No*Longer/-..*Able(?)-..*To*Enjoy*/-..*Mye*-(?)
-?-..(-Thanksgiving*Feast!)?..-For/-..$1.59!..-At*-(Bowery*Mission?)..-&*They..?-Want*Me(?)-.. -*To-’”Give*Back/-..To*Community”(!)?..-JFK’s*Quote(!)-Beer*Prohibition’s*Son’s/-..*Guilty*?-*Comment(!)?-Wer’e..*Lucky(!)..-If*They../-*Ax*cept*It(!)?..-Papa*Said(!)? -Those*Were..(Th’*Days!)?-..BIG*/-..
BeerParties-?
-Er*Barrels-(?)..-*Rollin’*N’*/-..FRUM****Chicago(!)?-
&*..
Th’(-Artful*/-Tommy*Gunn?)-*Goin’/-..(-Full*Blast!)?-
*Who*..Am*I*--Kiddin’(?)..N’Dad’s*/*Dead(!)?-&*Just..
Like*That/-..*Th’-(..******-Computers*/-..Go*On!)?-
-”(Truth’s/-....A*Scary*Thing!)”?...-*History’s*..Even*-
*Worst(!)?-(Truth’s/-?-Stanger*/Than*/-*Fiction!)?-
-Was*One*/-..Of*His..(!?)../-(Favorite*/-..*Sayin’s!)?-Be*cuz..Before*/Oklahoma/-?..He*was/-N’From*Ala
-Bama(!)?..-His*Father/..(Mye*Grand!)?-..? Willard*Rufus*Sherrod/-..Down*N’*Outer/..-Dust*Bo
-wL*Farmer/-&*..(-Grapes*Uv’*Wrath/-*Children(!))?-”It’sNot*-What*/-Your*/Country*..Can*--Do*For*Yu’(!?)-&*Th’..(-Crimson*Tide*/-..*Rolls*On!)?..-At*Least*N’..
(-Bear*Bryant’s*/-..*Time!)?-Yet?-Team*Ala*Bama(!)?
-Team*A*Lil’*Sloppy*/-..*Now*(!)?-&*Me*/-..*Trying/-? To*Get*Battery/-..*For*..Mye*(POJ)?-..&*Findin’*N’/-
-&’*Under/-..One*Blk*/-Garbage*Bag(!)-Wf’..Screw*
*Cap*/-..(-Still*On!)?-*One*/-?..*Superior*Quality*-??
-Malta*/-..Corona*Bottle/-*..(N’-Spainish*Specialty!)?-Puerto*Rican*/-..*Favorite/-*..*Colum*-bian/-**Delite(?
)-Not*Drunk/-..Till*Created(!)-..N’1934/-(!?)&*Year*Be -fore*Birth(!)?..-Me*Mental/-Brk*Down*/-&*Outter*Blues* *Man(!)?..-&*Never*Went(!?)-..To*(-New*/-..Orleans!)?-But*/-..I*/-..*Thought*/-..’Bout*It(!)?..-Dad*I’m..-AIso(?)
-lated*/-..*Bye*Mye/-..(-Suppressed*/-..*Uni*Lateral*/-
..*Genius?)-Or..Schizophrenic*/-..Mantic*Depressive/-Ob*s-Ssive*/-..*Compulsive/-*Numerical*/-..Aritho/-? *mania/-&..*Tendencies/..*Towards*/-..(&*God *Help*
M-E!)?..&-OneOf*mye/-..*Students*Fixations-?-*Even-/Hairs*/-..On*Head/-*Counted!*/-..LkTrictotillomania(!)?
-Appra*poe(!?)..(-&*Dad/-..*That*You/-..*Would*Time/-..Your*Res*surection!?)..-*On*..(-Black*Frida-y!)? ..-??
&*Me*Havin’(?)..-ToGo*/-..ToWork/-(?)-On*/-Monday!? ..N’(NewYork*City?..As*Another*..(-Sidewalk*/*Santa!)?
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-Dint*Think..(-Yu’d*Survive..*Livin’/-?
-N’..*Tangiers?)..-*Bein’..*Slave*/-..As-An
-(-Educated..*Turkey?)..-Wf’..-*Degree/-..?
- (N’..-Continental../-../-*Phil*-osophy?)
-But*..(-I*Guess?)..Bein’/-..(-*Monkey../-N’Th’..
-Color*Pots?)..-Turns*(-*One’s*..*French(?)-??
-Into*-*Nother/-..*State?)?
-Bous*/-..caren../-de*La*Chau/-..*mette(?)..-”them’s
-(Fightin’*Wurd’s!)?-..Tray”*/-..But*To*Go*..*To(?)-
-(Cendella’s*Bar?)../-Wher’es-/-..(Painting’s**Hang?)
-As*Grotesque/-..Lil’*Gross’s(?)..-*Seem*/-..(-ToPale?)
-As*Caricatures/-..”Uv’..(Bye*/-..*Th’*People?)?-For*..(
-Th’-*People?)-..*Tu*Think..(-Lincoln’s*/-..*Gettysburg*
-*Address?)?..-Still*(Addresses..Sum*Uv’/..-Th’*People?)
-All*Uv’..(-Us*Slaves?)..-*Slaves*..N’*Our*Un*knownin’(??)
-But*..(-One*Must*.-..*Toot/..-One’s*Own/-..*Horn*)(?)-Er’*Blow(?)
-(Like*Gabriel?)?..-(To*Sound/-..To..*Color?)-&..(-*Form*-‘S*/-..*Will(?)
-*Come(?)..-Out*Al*Right-Al*Right?)-*Ir*regardless..Uv’..(-Academic*Pro(?)-
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-(Leaves*One-/..a*Checker^board./-ed/..N’*Masterpiece/-*Symbol?)-..Fer*Th’/-..(Poverty*/-..*Godds(?)
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?-*Know/..-*What*-..(I’/-..*Am?)
-*Talking*..*About?)-..*Me*..(-Frum*/-..*Yale?)-? Wf’*Mye*Siste(!)?r/-..(Applyin’For*-..*Nun*ship?)?
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-”What’s*..(-N’*A*Soul?)..-That’s(-*Not/-..*N’*A..Portrait?)”-”Tenderness(?)-/-..*Kindness(!?)”?-
-Lik’*Dis*/-..(*Guiness(?)-..*Stout(?)..-N’*Mind/-(?) ..For*a*Minute(!)?..-&/-*Yuv’e-..Become*(Weak*N’*Mind?)-
-Not*..(Strong*/-..*&*Kind!?)
-No*/-(!)..(Wood*Tiger/-..*Shuld*Tackle/-..a*Wood*Boar!)?-(*Foam*less!!)?-*Listen/-*..-(Yu*’R/-..an*Intellect*ual(?)-?
-(Retard*ed*Bastard!))?-”Quit..*Comin’(-Into*Mye*Class?)-&-(*Smearin’*/-..*Paint?)..-Etc.-..(N’..-ASL)?
-N’-(Tu*/-Formless*..*Squiggles?)-&*Frustrated..(*Angst?)?
-Wf’*Out/-..(*Sum*/-..*Heart?)?”
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-*Turkeys?) ?-Or..*Drownin’/-..(-One’s*Sorrow!?)..Bye(-? )-*Finishin*Session/-..Wf’Out)-..(Wild*Turk-*eys?)..-Is*Lik’/-.. *Wattle/-*/-..*Or*-(Danglin’*/-..*Carrot?)..-N’Front..Uv’-.. *((French*-../-Bene*dict..*Arnold?)?-..*Grey*/-..*Hound(!)))?
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Far*Be*It(!)..-For*Me*/-(?)..-To*Tell*You/-(?)..-*Any*-
thing*/-..*Goes(?)..-Maxie*/-..but/-Hor*-(-I*)*Bund(!)?
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-thers(!?)?-..That*May*/-...(Have*Hurt*You!?)?..-You*
*Stand*/-..&*Complain’in(?)../-..On*-All*6’..
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-*Eyes(!?)_*Hungry*Like*/-..*A/-..(?)-Russian*/-(?) ..-*Wolf*Hound(!)?..-No*Treachery/-..(Will*Un*-
Fold*Now(!))?..-Not*Anything(!)?-
..-Like*N’-..(Old*/-..*Prussia!)?..So*/-*Relax(!)?-
-Drink*A*Glass/-(?)-..
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(Under*Painting/..(!?)--&*Put*..(On*Top!)?-All*That*..(Stillife*Crap!)?-That*/-..*Your*..(*Classical-?-
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..
-*Dark*/-*Ness(!)?..-Like**Backgrounds!)-They’re..*Most*-(Depressin’/-?....*Like/-..N’*Rembrandt’s/-..*Timed?)..-? &*/-..Click/-*..Like*/-..*Brown*Pea/-..*Soup(!?)?
-Wer’er-..(Livin’N’/-..*Age(!?)..-Uv’*Color!?)?..-*Blindin’*..?
(-*Our*Senses/-..of*-..&*-To*Our*/-..*Hearts!?)?
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-ould*/-..Want*To(!?)?-..You*Wer’/-*Born/-(!?)?-A*Dreamer/-*..(!?)-Uv’..(Tha’*Bronx!)?..-Tha’Dint*/-..*Escape*/-..A*Necessary/-..*Evil(!)?
-Tis*A*Necessity/-(?)..(-*Tribute!)?-..You’ve*-..(Made*It!)?-If*You*/-..*Don’t*Want/-..(To*Wo-rk(!)?- ..-*Don’t(!?)?-*Bend*..(Mye*Ear/-?..-Uv’*Originality!)?..-*Tells*Me/-..The*-(Real*Issue/-..Ti –s*A(?)..-Psycho*/-..*logical*/-..*Lispe(!?)-When*..(-Yu*Git*Excited!)?..-Put*/-..*Pebbles/-N’*/-?..-Yore*Red/-*..-Com*Munist/-..*Mast/-..***Mouth(?)
..Er’/-..(Better*Still/-..Try*Tu/-..(?)-***Float(!!))?
..Tha’*Boats/-..Yu/-..*Paint(!)?-/..*Ha/-ha!-ha!(?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
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To*-..(-*Down*/-....&*Outer/-?..-*Greek!)?
-Usin’*(?)-*Mexican*Males(?)..-For..(-
Silver*Piece*Trade!)?
-*Tippin’..(-*Miguel*/-..Like*(?)-..-55*cents!)?
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..-Cups*Uv’/-..*Java!)?..S’-Like*/-..Hedge*hoggin’(!)?-
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(-Juicy*..*Greek*../-*Huts*puh!)?..-Wf’..(-*Turgid*..(!!)? Aftermath*/-..*Taste!)?..&*-All*The*/-..W
-Hile/-(!?)..-Rain*Pour’in’*Down/-..Outside**Window(!)? Like/-..*Chickens*/-..&*Cows(!)?..-Forget*A
-Bout*..(Th’*Dogs/-?..&*Cats!)?-Sally*Said(!)..-”Love*Must*
Be/-(?)..&*’*Orthodox/-..(-N’*/-..*Conviction!)?
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..(-God*Head*/-(!?)..&**Zeus(!)-..(?)
Thunder-* -*Break*ing..*Thunder(!)?(-Wf’*Electrical*Eyes!)-
*Shooting*../-*Straight*forward?)..-As*Eros*../-*Love(!)?
-(Cupids*Badly*Drawn/-..Bye*Some/-*Amature*/-Spanish*
..(-Wuld*Be/-..*Artist!))?..-May*be/-..”*Shuld*-..*Tell*Her(!)?
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-For*Mor’/-..(Silver*Hooded?)..?-“Sub*Way*Duds(!)”?
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Them(!)?..(N’*Pocket!)?..-But..Ola(!)..-Pickin’*Up
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Coffee!)?..Wf’.-..-Flags*Stuck..(-On*Bus!)?-?
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-)-*Patriotism..(?)..-Or*Suspect(..?-*Hooded/-..Wf’*Dark
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-52A(?))-*To..(-Dis*Evenin’/-..at*..National*Academy/-..
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sign!)?..-Fellows*Meal(!)?..-N’*One*- ..
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-DC?)?..-A*Case*/-..N’*Point(!)-Tu*Take*Down/-..(Mye*
*Paint-ing!)?..-Uv’/-..(Robert*Berk!)?-..***Nude!..
-From*..(-Street*Painters*Exhibition!)?../-Lincoln*Center/-Cork*/-..*Gallery(!)?....-Nov.13-25/-?-..20’-’03
-He’s..(-A*Homo*Sexual/-*..&*Just..(-2*Much/-..Uv’An/-..?
Eager/-*..*Beaver!)..-&*..Slightly-?
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-Side*wise*/-(?)-....&*Around/-../-The*/-..*World!)?
-”Rain*..-*Still..(-Cumin’*Down!)..-Like..(-Pit*/-
..Uv’*Stomach!)?..-Wf..Mut*able/-?
..(-Fire*/-..*Dragon’s(!)?
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-Get*Your..(-Free*/-Spam*Mobile!)?..-Right*Now(!!)?
-Wf’..
(-1UPC-..*Symbol!!)?..-From A*-
-Ny/..-(?)-12oz/-(340g’s)-(Spam*Product!)?..-Plus/-..$1.-
99-../-*Shippin’/-..&-*Handlin’(!!)?
-See*Inside/-(?)..-Of*Label(!)?..-For*..(Order*Form!)?-&*Replica/-(?)-..1/4”Scale/..-Of*Act*../–Ual*/-(?)..-Spam*Mobile(!)?-*For*..(-Spam*Mobile*Tour/-..*Sched-
ule!)?..-Please*Visit/-..WWW–W.Com(!)?-(&Kid’s..Will*Be/-?..Kid’s*/-..*Forever!)?-..But*This..(Adolescent**Hustle!)?-
T-Is*Most/-..*Gratifyin’!(?)..-“A*Whole/-? ..*Lot*Uv’-..(Pigs/-..N’*Blanket!)”?..-For*You*Know*..-What!(?)-..“Piggin’*It(!?)”?..-“To*PigOut/-../Tis*Most../-*Gratifyin’!”(?)-At*Least*Now -(!)?-Durin’../-Tha’..(-Fall*Uv’*Rome!(?)-*Decadent/-..-N’..(Pork*Shoulders!)?..-But*Tha’..(
-Curly*Cue/-‘s…(-*Thing’s*N’*Action!)?..-De*fies(?)..
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Wait/-..(!?)-&*Watch(!)?.._Do*Yu*Think(??)..-Eve*-..
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-From*/-..(?)
-Up*State(!)?..-‘Bout*Es’(?)../-Cuban*Driver(?)-..Tha’-/ (Ran*Over/-..7’*Uv’-(?)-*Sidewalk(!)? -Wf’..-(His*Car!)?-&*Maybe*/-..*Bumped*/-*Super/-?..-On’His*Knee/-(!?)-..(Minor*Contusion!)?-..Y* -et*/-To-Be*Determined!(?)-&*
(-Mye*Friend*/-Thomas/..-FromSouth*Carolina’s!)?-SUV(
--)-Still*Has/-..RightRear*/-..*Window/-..Broken*Out(!)?-
“Spreadin’/-.*Piggie*-/..-To*/-..-*Vision*/-..*Thin!”(?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Going*Back..(To*Eakins/-Thomas?)..-&*Old(-Boy’s*-
NetWork?)..-&Th’..(-Blind/-(?)..-*Folded*Nude?)
Uv’(Puritan*/-*Repression?)-&..*Coming*Forwarded/-?
To*/-..THE*/-..Feminist’s*Concept(?)..-&Th*Attempt-?
To-..(*Politically/-*Socially/-*Assasinate?)-(*Me?)*Artist*-
ically?-..Takes(*Me*Back?)-..To* Sum-mer(1974?)-Uv’-(3*RoadKill*/-..*Still*Lifes?)-&/-..*Master*Pieces((!?)-Uv’/-..*Havin’*Survived?..(-Th’/-..*P-rinceton*Parties?)-Drunk*/-
..(On*/-?..FishHouse*Punch?)-..-&*(Big*/-?..-*Louise?)-
*Lawyer/-*..(Intent*On-*/-..
Her*Indian*Husband?)-*Havin’..(Heart*Attack?)-&*
*Then/-..(Th’..(Sledge*Hammer?)-/-..*Ordeal!)..(?)-
-Or*Elegies(?)..-Uv’(Constance*Bracci?)..-Jumpin’(Face*
Forward?)..-On*to/-..*Me*/-..*Rippin’*OUT(!)?..-(Mye-?
*Left*/-..Ear*Ring?)..-Outta*Ear(?)..-(Outta*Mind?)-(!?)
*Blood*/-..*Spurtin’/-..*Down*(Mye*/-..*Western*Shirt)
A*Lee’s-..(Talour*Waisted/-..N’*Checkered?))-N’*Simple*
Design(?)..-Like*/-..(Tryin’(To*Save*/-..*Fa-ce?)) -
Now*Recently/-..(Th’/-..Thiemba*/-..*Trouncing?)?..-N’*
Sum*mit(?)-..(A*TOP/-..UV’*MT!(?)-..*HearSay(?)-Goes*
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ConText?)..R’..-Always*/-..*Dangerous(?)”..-Instructor(N’
Front/-Uv’/-..23*Ladies(?)..&*-Being*/-Given*(Riot*Act?)-
*Says*/-..(To*Thiemba?)/-..-“Quote”/-..”You*..(*Tur- n/-?
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ark(?)..-Said*Both*/-Wf’-(Satire/*N’Sardonic(?)-*Humor?)-To*..(*Human*ily-/*Relax/-..(-Black*Model?)..-N’(All*/-.. White*Class?)-..*Harmless*Comment(?)..-But-(Evidently/-*Not(?))..&*/-..-Bad*Day!!?-..(N’-B-ed*Rock?)..-I*Mean (?)
-Who*(-Wulda’*Thought?)..-Un*less..(They*Wer’(19?)-Yrs
..Old?)-..-Un*les-s-(They*(Wer’/Air*Heads?)-..N’*Are*Big*
oted/-OR*/-..RACIALLY*/-..&*I*SAY(!)?..-Racially*/-..*Pre-
dudiced(?)..-&*PRO*GRAMED/-..-(Bye*Hate?)
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Schizoid?)..-But*-(Leave(It*Up?)/-To*/-..MisEducation?)-
If*Not/-A..(Bad*Case*Uv’/-*Narcissim?)..-Quote”I*Am-
..(*Bea-ut*=iful?)-..*He*Want*/-..*Me”(?)..&*-Butt*/-..Aft*
-er*All*/..(I*Did*Say?)-..-Taken*Outta..(*ConText?)-”Quote”-”(All*Great*/-..*Art/-*..-Tis*Sexual?)”..-&*ILL(!)?-..
*Lusions/-..(Ran*Ram*-pant?)-..If*/-..Not/-(?)..WhyDid/-..?
Every*One/-..(*Complain?)-..(”She*Looks/-..So*Angry?”)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Hair*Trigger/-..*Responses(!)?..-Uv’(The*Under/-..*Privi-
leged/-..Esthetic*Drifter(!)?..-I*Mean-?
“Whose*Gonna*Pay/-.Mye*Ticket(!)?-To*/-Las*Vegas(!)?..
-So’s*I/-?..(Can*Play/-..Tha’*Tables!)?”
She*Said/-(?)-“I’m*Going/-..To*Teach*You(!)?..-How*To*
Play/-(?)-..*Black*Jack!”(!?)-..So’s-We?
/-Can*Go/..-To*Atlantic*City(!?)..-&*(Clean*Up!(?)-*How’s..
/-(Those*Marbles!)?..-Putting*On/-er*
*Mascara/-(?)..(-Heavier*Than*Usual!)?..-Me*Smiling/-..(As*The*Rain*Poured!)..-Outside*Her/..-Lit-
tle*-(Red*/-..*Chevrolette!)?..-N’(Summit’s*/-..*Train*/-Parking*Lot!)?..-1984!(?)..-But*Not*About*/-..*Tu-
(Fix*Her*/-..*Window!)?..-Broken*Bye*Artist/-..N’*Rage!..
-As*/-?..-Exclamation*Point(!)?..-To*Verbal*/-*E-/?
mp*hasis/-?..(She*Wu’nt/-?..Stop*Talking/?)..Er’-Listen*
To*Him/-(../-..So’s*He!/-..Culd*Make*A*Point!)?-To*Every
*Po-etical-..*Drama-tic*Nuance(!))?..-Her*Dealing*Cards/-
N’-(His*Lap!)?..*Cards*Faster/-..(Than*/-Jack*Robinson!)
?-So*There/-..(You*Gossip*Mongers!)?..-Something*You/-..(Didn’t*Know!)?..-About*The/-..Guld*-..*Ole*D- ays!)-Somethings*Known(!?)-Somethings*Grown(!?)-Figure*It*
Out/-..-Somethings*Blown(!?)..-&*Yes(!?)
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Elizabeth*/-..High*School!))..N’..-Bragging*How*Sh-
e (!?)..-Was*Known/-..For*(-Best*Leach/-To*Teach!)?-
Pur*-ifying*/-(!?)-..(The*/-..-N.J.Soul!)?..-&*Riding*On
-Back*/-..Of*(-Motor*/-Cycle*Picture/-..Wf’Italian*Street*
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ing*/-..To*Keep*Warm!)?..-Rain*Now*Turning/-..(To*Sleet/-*..
!?)-&*Glistening*On*/-..(Nite*Lites/-..Street*Bra-
nches!)?..N’-Her*Suddenly/-Laying*Her/-(Head*?
-Down!)?..-N’(Mye*Lap/-..&*Wf’*Out..(-*Word!)?-Going*(To*Sleep/-..As*She*Wuz/-Fighting*/-Ca!)
)?-..But*/-The*Issue/-..(Still*Remained!)?-About*
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(Wuz’nt*I*Lucky!)?..-Her*..(-Getting*Me/-*Black*
Balled)-Bye/-..(-NEA)-Lite*rature/*As*Vanity(!?))?
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-*Hearin’(?)-…But(-Not*Seein’?)..-But*Suddenly/-..*Findin’(!)?..
-Small*Tooth*Marks(?)..-..*Like/-
(?)-*Who…*Wulda’*Thought(!)?-Tha’-..(-Cheetos*Puffs!)?-..“Dangerously*Cheesy(!)”..-&*Oh?-..(?)
-Guaranteed*Fresh(!)?..-Bye*(-Frito*Lay!)?..-*Standards(!)?
*Culd*/-..(?)
Cause*/-..A*Mouse/-N’*House(!)?..-To*Climb(?)-Up*Higher..-
/Than*(-His..*Peers!)?..-Holes*N’..Sack-/*Ridiculed(?)-..*Like(-Eatin’*Case/- ..*Harrassement!))?..-N’(-Ole*Beized/-../-*Flesh-
ed/-*Out../-*Chair?)..-I*Pulled*N’..(-From*Street!)?-(?)
-*Serves*-..-Um’*/-..Right*Yu*Say(!)?..-*He..(-Doesn’t*Know/-..
Singular/-../-From*Plural!)?..-But*Tha’*/-..TRUTH^A-
-In’t*True(!)-..“Caught*N’*Two/-(!?)..-N’/-(?)-*Victor*Trap(!?)-Like*Me..*Profess*ional..(-*Mouse*Trapper!)?..-Real*Male/
-*Balls*&..All(!?)..-So*Much..For*/-..*Private..(Mouse*/-..*Esc-
apades!?)..As*-Mickey*N’Minnie(!)?..-So*Far..D-isney*Land*-?
Caper(!)?..-&SpeedTis-..(*Image*/-Relative*/-To*Image!)?-
&*/-..“Lil*Tufts..Uv’/-..(*Hair!)..-*Like*On-(!?)
-..(Past*/-..*Broad*-*Way!)”..&*(-All*Nude*/-..*Performance!)?-N’Puritanical*/-..Amer*i*ca(!)?-..*Speak*/-‘S..*Up(!)-(?)
-For*..(-Freedom*/-..Uv’..-*Speech!)-Like*..Isser*..*Aronovici(!)-
*Jumping*/-..N’..-Front*/-..Uv’..(F!)?..-*Train(!)-?
-(IND*F*-..or*D!)..-Any*Way/-..Small*World/(!?)-*Hit-..*Ching*/-
Ride*/-....As-/-*Anomaly(!)?..-Wf’*(Mous- e*/-..*Ears!)?..-Like*..(Antonio*/-..*Sianni!)?..-*Blowin’..Es’*Fuse(!)/-On*Subway*
Train(!)-..*Left*/-*Coronary(!)-*A-
*Orta(!)?..-Some*Thing*/-..*Like/-..(-/*Bobby*Kaslov!)?-Russian*Gypsy*/-..(?)..-Wf’(-Rough*/-..*Com*plexion!)?-???-
-Aries*Friend-/..*Guy..Uv’(*Guys(!)-(?)..Wuld*,,(-TakeHis*Shirt*
Off/-..-For*You(!))?..-&*Charge*You..(?)
-For*It!)?))..-All*-../-*Ways*Dressed*N’/-..*Red*Jacket(!)-&*Even*..(Sleeps*N’*It!)?-..*But*/-..*Grinnin*/-..(?)
(?)..( -All*..The*While-!!)(?)..-Smokin’*/-*Stinky*Cig--*Gar(!)?-&*
Always*..(-Has*/--Red*Pimple/-*Ar-
ROund*Nose!)-..*That-?..-*May*-be/-(?)-The*Reader(?)..-Wu-
ld’*/-…*Like*To..(*Squeeze!)?..-*Don’t’*S-
-Ome body(!?)..-Wanta’Be(!)-*Bet*..-Do*Gooder/-Case*Work-
er(!)?-..“Sufferin’*Syphliss!”(?)..-*Other’s*Ill’s(!?)-
/-&*Be*Magnetized(!)?..-Bye*(-*Three(?)..-Times*Pie/--R*Sq-
uare(!)?..-Taken*To..(-Tenth*Level!(?)..-Uv’(Mun*-/*Dane*(?)..-/*Absurdity)?..-Guess(I*Got!)?..-No**Taker’s(!)?..-Him*Claiming/-*Bum*Fought/-(!?)..&*(SAW*/-..*IMAGE?-..-Thur*Window(!)?
“While*-(?)..(?)-(*He*Was/-*Sleeping!)?..-N’*Store*Front(!?)?
-Wf’/-..-*His*Gypsy*/-..*Mouse/-*..Broken*/-..To*Computor(!)”?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Hitting*Tha’*Sauce/-..wf’-Rob*Reyes-?
Geronimo*Contracting!)?-..*Brave*/-..On*War*/..*Path*-
A*ttacking(!)?..-Verbally*/-!..(-Every*One/-..N’*Sight!)?-..The*/-..Other*Evening/-..After*H-
appy*Hour(!)?..-At*McKenna’s/-..14thSt.(!)?-..*With*Card/-..Handed*Out(!)?..-“Who*It*/-..*All*..–No*Job/-..To*Big/-..Or*Small!”(?)..-Apache*N’/-..*Alcoholic/-(?)
-Er’*Poetic/-..*Delirium!(?)..&*-Bein-g*/-*Leveled*/-?..Bye*-(White*Man’s/-..*Fire*Water!)?-..*Again/-*History*/-..Re*peating*/-..It’S/-..*Self!
-Later*/To*Be*Nurtured/-..Bye*Death/-?..Or*Do*Gooder/-..(Prison*/Re*habilitation*Strip-pes!)-..&To*Be/-..Let*Out/-..After*5*Years/-..For*Good*/Behaviour(!)?..-Doesn’t*Beat-
This*..(Turkey*Hill/-*..Egg*Nog!)?-..For*/-..A*Tasty/-..*Experience(!)?-..-From*2601*/-..Riv-Er*Road/-..Conestoga*Pa.(!)?-..”Whatt’a-*High(!)?-..All*Them*Gobblers/-..Taking*Tha’
*High*Road(!)”?-..Going*On/-..Turkey*Shoot/-?..-Before*/-..(Captain*John*Smith/-..*Does*
Pochohantas(!))?-..N’*(Extinct*Tee*Pee!)?-..*Clouds*Too/-..Ex*Tinct(!?)-..Leaves*Us*/-..N’*Sad*Remorse(!)?-..”Geronimo/-*..Digging*His*Way*Out/-..Wf’*(Long*Nails/-..At*-..?
Ft.Sill/-..*Okla/-..*homa!)”?..-Brown*Man/-.Using*No*/..Civilization’s*Level(!)?_..Just*Git-
Tin’/-..-Tha’*Hell/-..(-Outta*/-White*Man’s/-..Fire*Trap!)?-&*Now/-..Only*/-..Apache*Res-
Ervation*Memory(!)?-..Uv’The..(-Bad*Ole*Days!)?-..Before*Holly*/-..Would*/-..*Made/-..Joh-
N*Wayne/-..Tha’*Man/-(!?)-..N’*Tan(!)?-Wf’-(White*Man’s*Balls!)?--..*Swigging*Down*-? (A*Few!)?-Me*Drinkin’/-..Grade*A/-?..(Pasturized*/-Non*Alcoholic*/-..Egg*Nog(!))?-
..On*Top*-Of*..*It*All/-?..Me*/-..Pickin’*Up/..A-(Couple*Uv’Guiness/-?..Wf’*/Tim*Sleep-er/-?-*Watchin’/-..(Mye*Back!)?..-(ASL..-*Clerk!)..-&*Riding*/-Shot*Gun/-
..N’-Stage*Coach! /-..On*(-Last*Wheels/-?..Ex*tinct!)?..
Wf’
(-Egg*Nog/-***..*Mustache!)..-&*So*&/-..*So(!)?-/-?..-Music**Singing/-....-Ghost*Ryders/-?..N’-(Da’*Sky/-?..-Like*/-..*Ghost*Ryders/-?..N’Da’/-..**Sky!)?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
Kathy*B(?)-Enablin’*Me(?)-To*Focus(!)?..-On*Horns..(!)?/-..Uv’(Terrifyin’*..*Moment?)?
-Like(-Bull*Moose/-N’..*China*Closet!)?-..Er’..300lb.(?)-*Buck(!)?-..N’-..(-Kiddie’s*/-..*Ware?)?-
-N’..(-Linden*N.J.!)?..-AtHigh*/-..Noon(!)?..-&*Charging-in’..(Th’..*Mirrors!)?..-Uv/-’..(-Nother*Buck!)?
--On*Mye*Turf(!)?..-Runin’N’../-(*Breedin’..**Season!)-*
Heat(!)?..-Bull*’S../-Uv’*/-*Pamp*alona*Sp-
-Ain( )!-Lookin’-..(For*Cow!)?..-To*(-..*Gore!)?-But*Simply/-
....-Takin’*Canvas/-.(?).-*Titled(?)..-Zs
-uzsanna-*Nagy(!)?..-Uv’..*Budapest(!)?..-oil/-canvas-Size: 46”X31&1/2”..-Date-d: 2001/-..*Net*-*Price..-To*Artist(-?)-$25,ooo.(!))?..-De*liverin’..To*-(Swain*Galleries!)-TV’s..(Ad-
am’s-Family*H-
-Ouse!)?-..N’Plainfield,N.J.(!)?..-Painted(-Off*Pink/-&*Pur-
ple!)-..N’*Fantasy*Land/-..Uv’-..(We*Sho
-Ck*Citizens/-..*Anyway(?)-&*..(We*Can!)?)..-Even*If/-..We*
Sell*/-..Ole*..(-PotBoiler*Canvases/-..To-?-
-Marriott*..*Hotels(!)?..-Thur-out*Country(!))..-U.S.A.(?)-Disney*Land/-(!?)-..On*-..(?)-..*Reefers(!)?
-MiddleClass..(-Bruce*Springstein/-..*Territory!)?-Patriotic*Bigots(!)?..-Uv’..We*/-..Th’*People(!)
-Know*Nothing/-..Want*Nothing/-&..(Hav’..*Know*Taste!)?
-&*(Lil’..Ann*/-..*Swain?)-/-..*Mouse*U
-V’*House/-?..-Wouldn’t(..-Hurt*A*Fly?)-But(..-Hitch*Cock-*Wuld’!)?..&*-Kept*Sayin’..(To*Me!)-
-?-But*..(I*Hav’*A/-..*Client!)?-&*Then*..Phot*og(!)?-Through*/-..Kathy’s*Insistence(!)?..-*Sayin’..Ov-*
-Ur*/-..*Here/-..&*I’ll..(-Shoot*..*You!)?-(??)
-Me*..-Wonde*rin’..*If(*Sunlite/..Fallin’/-..Thur*Window/-W-
-Uld(?..)-Fine*ally..(Do*Da’*Trick!)?-&*Make*Me..Appear(?)-*Luminescent(!)?..-Er’*Like*A*/-..-*Ghostly*/-*Apparition/-? ..Uv’-*Zeus(!)?..-*Arrivin’..*At/-..(-Port*Holds*(!?)-
/-..Uv’*God!)?..-Like/-..On*/-..(VIP*List/-?)
-Uv’*..(Absurd*..*Humility!)/-Me*Tellin’..Warren*Dederick(?)-That*Truly/-?..(I*Had*Arrived/-?.. At*James*Schaefer’s/-..(*Belief!))?-Provin’..(Th’..Malarkey*Institute!)?..-Was*Fine/-..N’*We-LL !))?..-But*Kathy/-..Ever*Since..(You*Told*Me?)-You*Wer’/-..*Anemic*(-?)..-N’*Short/-..-Uv’..(Red*-
-Blood*Cells?)..-Tha’Th’..(-*Leuco*cytes/-..wer’*Eatin’/-..
Up!)?-..”Block*/-....(-Off*Uv’Ole/-..Last*Name/-..*HIV!)”
-&*Even*Though..(I*Have/-..Mye*Moon*/-..-N’*Taurus/-? ..&*Personality)..T*-Is*Moon*/-(?)-..*Controlled?
-That’s*Why(!?)?..-I*Supported*..(-Breast*Cancer/-*Cal-
endar-/*2003),NJ..-Wf’*October*/-..Gracin’-*Ima-*-Ge(!)?-Uv’-..(”Racy*Tracy/-..of/-’The*Cities!)”..-Re*duced(?)-To*Mis*comphre*-hensible/-Cut?
-Uv’..(-Political*Social/-..Mis*printed*/-..*Type!)?-..-*Losing*/-..It’s*Esthetic*/-..*Sig*nif*-icance/-..As*Well*As
-*Changing*It’s..(-*Creative*Orginality!)-&..(-Bye*Title!)?
“QUOTE”/..(“Of.. -”The*Cities!”)(?)..-De*nounces/-..*The*
-*Subjective(!)?..*Reality*/-..-*Concept*..-(That*Woman*/-..N’*Particular/-..Still*Is/-..*Not*/-..*Allowed*Position!)?
-N’*SOCIETY(!)?-To*Exist(?)-As*Visual*/-*Representive(?)-N’*Tha’..(City*/-..I*Built*For*Her!)?-Left*Out*/-Literal--Ly(?)-*Erasing*..(The*Joy!)?..-Uv’”Tracy!”..-AnUnderstudy/-..Of*
-*The…(-Metroplitan*/-..*Opera/-G*
-Etting*A*Chance!(?)..Tu*Spk(!)?..Uv’/-..(-*Racial*Bigotry/-At*It’s*-../*BEST(!)?..&*Worse/-..Than*That(!)?
-A*WORSE(!)?..-Or*Attack/-..On*The*/-..*Artist!(?)
-FOr*Fear(!)?..-Bye*White/-....*Establishment(!)?..-*Or(-Just*Plain*Stupid!)?..-*Sloppy*/-..*Type-..(!?)-
-*Settin’(!)?-*..&*Look/-..(-The*Other*Way..*Tactics!)?-&*I*Had..(-To*Autograph/-..*For..*Gov.
-Jim*McGreevy*/-..&Wife(!)?-&*Dignitaries/-*Calendar/-? Bye*Writin’/-..(Mye*Finest*/-..HAND*COCK/-..*Scrawl!)?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Living*..(-In*Between?)-..*Two*Night*..(?)-..*Clubs?
-&*Not*(About/-..To*Change?)-..The*Wind*/-*Blows?
-Like*Cards..(In*A*Deck?)..-A*Lotta*-(Street*Gambling?)
-The*(Cutting*Room?)..-on*23rdSt./-&..(Heaven*Knows(?))
-Could*(Cut-..The*Deck?)..-In(-Whose*Favor?)-?..*Bubbs?
-She*-(Showed*Up?)..-In*An*Ole/-..(White/-?..Pick*Up/-? ..*Truck*(?))
-Lipstick*..(&*Drunk?)..-(*Blasted*?)..-&*Wanted..(*To-*Have*-Sex*?)
-I*(Had*Been/-..**Writing?)..-*Poetry(?)..-All*Nite?..&*(I*/-..Was*/-..Being*Tested?)
-She*Drew/-..(Six..Of*Clubs?)..-&*I*Passed/-..*Jack?-(Of*-*Diamonds?)?
-She*Gambled..(Her*Future?..-*Ownings?)..-The*Isles/-(Of*Cayman?)
-She*Insisted-(On*/-..*Choco*lates)-&..*Coffee?-(&*/-..*Called*Me?)..-(Oedepis*Rex!)
-Why*..(Don’t*You/-..Make*Love?)..-To*Mama(?)-Be*fore..(I*Put/-..*Your?-/..-Eyes*Out?)
-Then..(Mona*/-..*Denise?)..-De*cided/-..To*Strip?..-For* me!(?)..-&*(For*Beit/-Me*/-..To*Give/-..*Any*LIp?)-
-In*Her..(*Yellow/-Half*Bra?..-&*Panties?)..-(Outta*Bag)-? (Came*/-..*Hatian/-..Red*Heels?)
-Everyman’s*Dream(?)..&*-(Forget*/-..About)*What?..-(The*Feminist*/-..*Say?)
-We(-Had*/-..*Met/-*..near*Brentanos?)..-*Books?-&(-*Whatta*-/-..*Be*/..-nevolent*Lay?)
It*Was*Then?..-&*Only*Then(?)-..(-Before*Aids?)..-&*The(-DNA/-(!?)..-*Was*Lost?)
-That*I..(-Unde*rstood*/-..-What*Happened?)-From*Memory(?)..-(Guilt*/-Had*/-..*Ridden(!?)..-&*Lossed!)?
-Some*Say-..(It*Didn’t*/-..*Happen?)..-(That*I*Must*Be?)-(An*Intelligent*/-..*Liar(?))
-But*God/-..Be*-(Mye*Witness?)..-In*Times-(Of*Political*/-..*Correctness?)-..
As*Tragic*As!-/-*Life!..*Is?)..-(*Look*..*Under/-Tha’*Mattress
(!?)-..-Tis*(Wher’/-..Tha’*Money*/-..*Is!)?-..&*Don’t/-
..Look*a/-(!?)..*Gift*Horse/..-N*Mouth/-(!?)..
Jus’/-..*Saddle?)-(..&*Sire!)?
N’/-..(Tha’/-?..-*Mire!)?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Openin’’..Line*(To*See?)..If*I*..Still*Got*It(?)..Anon-
y*mous*/-*Engima(??)-..N’-New York!
(Freezin’-(Mye*Ass*Off!)?)..-N’This..(1890*Hotel(?)
*N-2001)?..-*December(??)-..*Brrrrrr/Cold-..Tha’-
‘Wind*Blowin’-*Thur’-(Building..Like-Nobodies*Bus-
iness?)-Me*Unable-/-..To*Compute-..*This(!?)-
Wind*Blowin’-(Past*Mye*Nose?)-”You*Can(Smell*
’Em/-On-th’/-..*Right(?)..-You*Can*(Smell-?
*’Em-/Onth’*Left(?)))..”As-They*Say/-..N’Th’(NFL?)
-A*nnouncers(!?)-
-/”-Doin’*../-Jus*tice..(To/-*Sweaty*/-..FootBall*/*
Mania?)..-*But..(This*/-..Famous*Kleenex’s?)-..*Bout Had*It(?)..*Eyes*Tearin’..(Tear*Ducts)..*Spittin’On-..Th’
(Holy*Tri-Focals!!)?..-*Marketed(-Bye*/-..Brooks*Brothers!)
*Made-N’*Italy!..Sold*&/-(?)..(Bye*-*Lens-
Crafters/-..On-Nineteenth/-.. St.&*FifthAve.)?..It’sA-(Wonder*/-..*Detoxin’)/-..Wf’(Physicians*
*Choice?)?
I’ve*Been..(*Plugged*Up!)..-Since*Childhood?..(Jus’Lik’-
(John*Wayne?)..-Wf’..(Fifthy-Nine)-lbs.
Yes(!)-..*Pounds..Uv’..(-*Fecal*Matter?))-Tryin’*(To*Make-(Th’Egyptian*Passage)-..From*..(One*World)-
To*Another..(Via*Horus-Th’’Hawk/..-Or’*Phoras-..
-*Th’*Falcon!!
?)-..We*-..(Gotta*Die/-..*Uv..’Sumpin’!?)
But*..-(Intestinal*Cleanser/-..Celluar*Cleanser)-&/(Yeast & Parasite*/-..*Eliminator/-..&-Healthy*/-..*Flora??)
Jizz*Whizz!(?)..-Supposed/To*Go/-..-TwoTablets(A*Day?)-N’Increase..(-Dosage*/-..Till*Gone!!?)
-De*Ceasd(!)?-..&*-
“I*-..(-Did*It!)-..*For/-..(-Two*Days!)?-Had*Too*Much..(HeartBurn?)-N’’..Went*Back/-..To*Prilo-
*sec(?)
-Course*-..(That*Figures/-..Th’*Stuff)-*Ordered-/From*-
(Dest-iny*Florida!)?..-As*-..(Marty*/-..(Mye*Brookly
n*-*Landlord/-..”Says..”(I*Own*Thirty-Four*Buildings?)-&
(-I*Live/-..N’..New York?)..&*-..(-It’s..Your*Fa
-te(??))..-If(I*/-..Can*Find*Any*Legal*Way?)To*-Throw..
(You*O-ut..I*Will!!)?”..-Nice*Guy..(Lucky*-(?)
Me!!(?))..-I*Guess*I’ve-..(Been*BlackBalled!)?..-&*Belong
(To-..
Th’*Times!!)?..-I*Mean*/-*I*..-*Really-(?)
(Fit*In??)?..-Being*(A*/-..Vogue*Animal!!?)../-Any*Way-?
Artist*P-
oet!(?)..-Rap*pin’Words/-..Wf’Out-/-(?)-*Rhy-*thm(!?)-/Givin’(*Punctuation/-..Th’Philfer(?))..-Placin’’..(Emphasis/-*Puberulent/-..*Protestin’/-..*Professin)-?
‘(I*-/..Got*Wurk/..*Avery-/-..Fisher*Hall/-..Lincoln*Center)-(Martin*Luther*/-..King*Day!)?..-Like*It/-..Or*Not!(?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Pickin’..Among*..(Th’*Tidbits!)?..-Uv’..Tilla*mook*-? *Tillamook*../-*Cheese(!)?..N’-..-Up*State/-..*N.*Y.(?)
-Some*where*Near(?)..-German*town*/ -&.. Athen’s*-(?)-&*Ovur/-..(Sleepy*/-..*Hollow*Bridge!) -?..Me*Lookin’..(-?)-
-At*2*Firehouses)-..At*..(-Peter*Homitsky’s?)-..*Request!
(?)-&*Th’..(-Lil’*One?)..-Le*
-Anin’(-East*/-..To*West/-*&..*Downward(!)?..-Poor*Risk/-? ..For*(-MasterPieces!)?..-I*Hav’n’t*-..
-*Worked*/-*for..(47yrs?)..-For*..(*Nothin’?)-But*..(-Th’Big*
One/-*..Wf’-(-2..*Firehouse*Doors!)?
-)-Tis*Castle(!))?..-Wf’..Box*/-*Gutters/-..*Runnin’*(-Round*/-..*Roof!)?..-Wuld*Need/-(?)..*A..(-Little*Wrk
-)?-A*Rotten/-..*Window(-Sash*/-..Or*2)?..-Wf’..16ft.(-Red*Brick..*Chimney!)?..-&*(-Bell*T-Ower/-*..To*Boot!)?-I*Can/-See*..(-*It*Now!)?..-Me*Ringing..(-Fire*Bell/-(!?) ”Th’..British*Are*C -Umin’/-?..Th’*British*Are..(!)?-(?)-Disturbin’*..(Th’*Piece!)?..-“Young*Girls/-?-Runnin’..For*
*Cov--Er(?)-“
40 to 60ft.-(Uv’..Good*Ole/-Turn*Of/-..Century*Brick(!)?-Wf’..25ft.(-*Stairs..(!?)-&*Wood-
-Yu*Cn*/-..Count*On!)?..-Over*Lookin’..(-Hudson*River!)?-Piece*Uv’..(-Work*/-..*Man!)?-*Pe-
-Ter*Point’N..(*Out!)?-”He*Culd*(-‘Cum!..(?)-*Ovur*Often!)
”?-Me*A*/-..(-Little*/-..*Groggy!)?-..
-From*..(-Party*/-..*Nite*Before!)?..-Gin*N’..(*Tonics!)?-Usin’-..Ole*Time/-..(-*Beer/-..*-Stein/-..for*Gl
-Ass!)?..-But*..Th’(-Nile*/-..*Mosquitos?)..-That*Flew/-? ..(That*Nite?)..-&(-Lime*Ticks?)..-Some*how-(?)
-Had*-(-*Congregated/-?..Just*Outside/-..Mye*?)-*Back*
*Packer’s(..-Dome*/-..*Tent!)?..-Wf’Extrem-
-E*Im*mag*ination(!)?-..&*Wer’*Inclined/-..To*Sing*..(All*-
Nite!)?..-*Songs*Uv’..(-In*nocu*ous*Inclin - Ations!)?-&..*
E*ventually-..Tha’(Beef*Eaters/-*Gin?)-..*Did/-..(It’s*Job!)?-Re*mindin’*Me/-..Uv’-..(B
-Eautiful--Kathy*RosenBloom(!)?&*-Her*Flower..(Quite*
O*pen!))?..*Like*/-..When*I-..(Went*Down/-T-
-O*BrookLyn-!)?..-*Me*..(As*They*Say?)..-Passin’*Out(!)?-No*Sich*Thing/-..Mye*Mind/-Bein-‘*Alergic/-To*Alcohol(!)?-Me*Realizin’/-..I’d-*..Haft’To/-*..(*Stack*..Th’Fire*House/-..*Full*Uv’*Kathy*(!?)..
-*Images*Burnin’/-..Wf’(-Reds/-&Yellows!)?-Can*vases..?)-Jist’To..Keep*Warm/-(!?)..-N’*Winter!
-*Along*/-..Tha’-..(Hud*-son*River!)?
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-Pickin’..(*Sand*Pebbles?)..-Outta*Arm(!)..(-*Accident*
*Schwinn/-..
*Bike!?)-N’..-(1988/-Now*/-..2002?)
-Long*Time-..(No*See?)..-*Gravel*..-(From*East*/-*Side/-F.
D.R?)-?
To*-..(-25thSt.&-9thAve.?)..-To*Wor-k?..(-It’s/-*Way*Out?)-
*Two*-..(-Ac*cidents//-To*Be..(-*Exact?))..-Real*Life/-To-..*
*Make*/-..*Be-..*lieve(?)-..&**That*Fun-/-..?-ny*Thing/-?..
&*.. (-Some*Times/-..-*The*Muse(?)..-*Speaks*)-..N*Vain!(?)
&*Some*times..(-It*Could*Be*/-..*Said?)..&..-On/-..&*On(!)?..
-That*One*/-..Is*(-Spoken*/-..For?)..-Or*(-I*Hear(*Voices?))-Non*Sense!(..You*Say?)..-But*(Th’*Muse?)-Knows*Better!(?)
&*Mus-t..(Be?/-..Reckoned*With?)..-Damn*It!?..&*-It’s*/-..(-N’/-..*The*-
Works?)-&*Remembering/-Mac*Indoe’s*W-
hite*Carmigea?)..-Died*/Broken*Battery(?)-I*Mean/The(-Final*Clunks?)-Had*Clunked(?)-Pe
daling..(To*Auto*Store/-To*Get..*Battery?)?)-N’Had*To(-
Take/To*..(Th’*Curb/..&*-*Gutter?))..-Harl- ley*Davidson..*Motor*Cycle(?)..-Running*Wide?(..-On*
*Corner?)..-Me*/-..(Havin’/To*/-..*Make..-(Split*/-..
-*Second/-..*Choice?)..-&*Steering*..(-Schwinn*Into*/-
Cor-ner?/..-*Gutter*Grate?)..&*-Handle*Bars/-..(*Pokin’
g..-*N’ Tu*/Arm?)..-&’(4th*Rib?)..-*Blood*Spirting(?)..-As
(-I*Flipped/-..*Over*/-..Like*/-..-Handle*Bars?)..-N’(*S-lid-
/*Into-/-..’Concrete*Street? ))..-&-I*Said*..(-Mye*Prayers?)-
Then’..(-Bout*Face?)..-Takin*Out-..(*Hand--..ker*chief/..-?
&*Makin’/-..*Tourn*i*-quet?)..N’-People..(Standin*..*’bout/-..
Gaukin’?)-..&Damn*Dest*/-..*Thing-(!?)
/-Like(!?)-..(Tme*On*/-..East*Side..(FDR?))..-Me*Pedalin’..
(-Bye*Mistake?)..-Going*Bout-(!?)..(-52*/-..Milesper*Hour?)..
-Il*legal*..(-As*It*Was?)..-Me*Planning..(!?)-..To*(-Right*/-..
Turn?)..-&’Puerto*Rican/-..(Slam*ming*On*/-..*B-rakes?)..
N’-(Front/-?..-Uv’..*Me?)..-Me*Hittin’*..(Con*crete*Barrier*-
..*Wall?)-..Stiff*Arming/-..(4*Times?)-..*Fore-I*Slid-(!?)
-ding*..(-Under/-..*His*Bumper/..N’-Skidding?)..-68Feet(?)
On-/..’Arm&Shoulder?..-Hearin*’Voice(?)-Like..(-No*State/-?
ments/-?-Before*(-A*Yes!?))..-Reminds*Me-(..Imelda*Fagin?)-*Only*Said-(?)-..(*Yes!!-?)-
..From*Hoyt/*..&*Schermer*horn-?..*Brooklyn(?)-..?-&*
Coming*-..(On*To*Me?)..-At-(Cancer*/-..*Benefit?)-
S-ticking*Out..(-Her*Tongue?..-N’*Licking?)..-*Blind/(-*Mye*..*TriFocals?)..-*Salivia*..((-Running*Down/-..(!?)
- Tha’*Plastic?)-*Lens(!?))..a-Glory*Site(?)-..-Me*Gauking(?)..
-At*-..(Mye*Paintings!)?-..Stag*gerin’-N’..-*Drunk(!?)..-&*Wf’-
(-*Kosher*/-..*Red*/-..*Wine?)..-*Her*..(-Makin’*Me/-..WETT!)
(Visual*/-..**Believer?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-*Playing..(*Th’’*Part/-(?)..Uv’*Th’..(*Fool(!))?..-Th’-? ..*Whirling..*Dervish(!)?
-&*Performing(!)?..-Un..*BeKnownst(!)?..-To*Some(!)-Al*most(?)*/-..*In*nocuously..*Invisible(!)?
-Wf’-An..(-I.Q.?)-..of..36(!)?-&*From*..(State*Uv’..Okla-
homa!)?..&*-A..-(*No-No!)?..-Partic*ipating..(!?)
-N’..A(-3*Ring*/-..*Circus!)?-A(-Tee*Totum..Uv’-
*Idiot*cy!)?-..&**Inclined..To*Be*..Pur*turbing(!)?-
-Some*thin’..Like*A-(Whirligig*/-*Beetle!)?..-OrA*-
(-Fanciful*
Trifle!(?)/..-N’..A-..*Scotish*Carrousel(!)?)
-)-Like*Obsolete(?)-..(Barnum*/-&Bailey*/-..*Circus!)?-*Clown*..-(*Dancin’..Up*/-..A/-..*Storm!)?..-E-R’..*From/-(Tornado*Alley!)?..-&*Down*At/-?..(-Tribeca..*Roof-..
*Top!)?-..(-ASL*Party!)?..-For*/-..Th-*Ose/-(!?)-*That*/-..(Never*Made*It!)?..&-(Suckin..’*Wind!)?..-Or*/-*In*-..
*structors/-..(Full*Of/-..(!?)-..*Academic*AC*-colades!)?- ..*Thinking/-*..*Talking/-..*Socking*Down/-..(Vod(i)ka*On/-..Tha’*Rocks!)?/--Till*..
Th’-(Sun*Shines!)?..-Or*Katy..(Bar*r-/..-Th’*Door!)?-&*Ending*Up(?)..-Wf’..(-Peroxide*Blonde?)
-(*Dancing..N’*Tortured/-..*Passion!)?-Music*Blasting/-
..To*Wry-..*thing(-*Golden..*Idol’s?)-?
-Con*cept*(?)..-Like”Who*Didn’t/-..Listen*To(-..-*God!)”?-Er’..(Robert*/-..*Moses!)?..-Or’(-Mose..
-’s*/-..*Tablets!)?..-Well*Almost/-(?)..-But*Ther’*Wer’/-
..(?)-3*Beats/-N’*(*)?..-&*I..-Don’t***Mean-(!?)
-(*Poets!)?..-3*Beats/-..*Too-..*Many(!)?..-N’*That-..(Last*Composition!)?..-Uv’*No*Dance/-..Music!(?)-??
-”&*Who*Knows/-..(-Wat*Band../-(?) They*Wer’..Supposed*To*Be(!)?)..-But*They..(Played*
To*-O’*High/-..(?)-N*Scale(!)?)-..&*Th’(-Blonde*Puss/-(?)..
-A*Leo!)?..Old*/-..*Photog(?)..-Gave*Me*/-*C-Ard(!?)?- (Uv’*Her/-?..Whin*17?)..-She*Now..54(!)?..-*Posin’-Wf’..
(-French*Maid/-..*OutFit*-Al*Most/-(?)-
-On!)?..-&*Lookin’*Ovur..(-Her*Shoulder?)-Wf*..(No*Panties(?)..-(*On?)?..-a*Photo(?)..-Some*thin’
-*Like..(-1920*?)..-French*Or*American(-*Flapper..(!?)- *Prostitute!)?..-Her*Pussy..&*Ass(?)..-Ex*-
-*Posed(!)?..-&*Turned*Up/-..N’*Face(?)-Like*I..(-Like*It!)?-Made*Me..*Feel*/-..a*Bulge(!)?..-Er’..
-Som*pin’-..N*Army*Fatigues(!)../-As*If(?)-I*Had..(*Taken/-..*Snake*Antidote/-*..Like*/-..*Vi*agra!)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
Should*Ave*Known(!?)-..Leaving*On..(7-MBus!?)-..Up*6thAve./-..At-/-..*Christmas*Time(!?)
Wuld*Shove*Me(!?)..-In*to..(!?)-*Crowds(!?)-Of*Hysterical..(!?)..-Out*Of*/-..*Towners..!?)-Asking*Questions(!?)..-&*Wanting*/-..*Afer*mation..(!?)-That*They*/-..*Too/-*Culd*See*/-..Th’-(Street*Nos(!?))
&*Are*/-..*Not*Lost(!?)..-Talking*Out*/-*Loud/-On*Bus(!?)-Mye*Visit../-..*Was*Supposed*/-..To*-Be*/-a*Surprise(!?)-Me*Arriving.-.Somewhat*Disoriented*/-..&..Not*Remembering/-..If*You*L-ived..(!?)
-On*(5th*Floor/-Er’*Sixth)!?)..-You*Surprised..(!?)-That*I/-..Who*Weigh-(220!?)
-Wuld*Be..Up*/-..&*About/-..On*Mye..(Trick*Knee!)?-Then*Deciding(!?)-..-To*Take*/-..A*Walk!
-For*Want/-..*Of-..(Nothing*Else/-/-..To*Do!)?-Down*To-..(Central*Park*Pond/-?..At*76thSt!)-?- //Me*Worried/-..About*Mye*/-..*Con*cept/-..Uv’Christ*mas..*Mug*-
glers(!?)-..*This*-/..(Time*/-../-*Uv’Year(!?))-
But*You/-..Still*Fearless(!?)..-Raving*/-..*&Ranting*(!?)-..About*If*You/-..*Think*It/-..It*Will-(!?)
*Happen(!?)..-Me*Knowing/-..&*Your/-..*Con*cept/-&*Old*Trick(!?)..(Uv’*/-..*Your*../-Reck*less../-*Life(!?))
I*Did*Not/-..Want*/-..To*Argue(!?)-&*The*../-*Lonely*/-..*Christmas(!?)..-Street*Lights(!?)..-Twinkle-D(!?)
-&*The..(-Busy*..*Shoveler*Ducks!)?..-Ran*Around..(!?)-N’*Circles/-..-N/*Night/-..*Light-S(!?)-? Some*what*Like/..I*Felt-(-Life*Always*Was!?)..-Until*..(-Two*Mallard*/-..*Hens*Swa –m*Bye(!?)-..*Offering*/-..*No*Words(!?)..-Uv’*Exclamation/-..N*The*Darkness(!?)-But*You-
Were*Exclaming(!?)../&*-Me*/-..Re*membering(!?)/-Better*Times..(!?)..-With*You/-..*When*Yo
-U*Cared(!?)-..That*I*Noti/-ced(!)?..&*(How*Un*Natural*/-(!?)-You*Could*Be/-..When/-..*Sex*ally*Tense(!?))
But*I..En*couraged*You/-..To*Go*Get/-..*Groceries/-*At*Fairways(!?)-…As*We*/-..*Walked (!?)-I*Remembered(!?)-..(Mye*Past*Life/-..On*72ndSt.(!?))-When*Lennon/-..Was*Shot/-..That* Night*/-..&*Simon(!?)-*Came*/-..&..Got*Me(!?)-Telling*Me..(!?)That*/-..He*Was*/-..Some*thing(-.. !? )-Like*/-Chapman(!?)-Jealous*Uv’*Me(!?)-..&*That*/-..(If..*He*Killed*Me!?)-
-Driving*Around/-..Block*..N*Circles(!?)-..7*Times(!?)-
..He*Would*Be*/- ..*Fam*/-ous*-*Too(!?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
-*Stuffin’..!)?..Th’..-(Banana*Peel?)-..That*(-Looks*Like..
/-*Speckled*Trout(!))?/-.. N’*To*/-..(-Jif*..Xtra*-
-*Crunchy*..(-Peanut*/-*Butter/-..-*Plastic*Jar(!))?-Then*Depositin’/-..N’..(-Gourmet*/-..*Market*Bag!(?)
-Like*..(-Giant*/-..Female*/-..Cock*roach!)?..-For*..Th’(-
Birds/-..This*Weeks/-..Under*/-..*Handed(!))..-T..*-(?) Reatment(!))?..&*-Being*/-..*Relieved/-..Uv’-Mye*/-? ..-Teaching*Duties/-..!?)? ..N’*Summit(?)..-Wf’-*Senile-? &..*Suspected*/-..*Virilety) (!)?-Uv’..*Education*Dept.’s(-Puri*-tanical*/-*Esthesis*/-..Uv’/-..(We*/-…arePil*-*grims*
*NOw/-(?)..&*Are*PAst/-(!?)-..Ameri*cans N’-..*AMerica(!)) ?-&*Don’t*/-Take*Kindly/-(?)-/..To*Any*/-InfOr-..Mation(!)?-"Dat ’*Might/-(?)-/..Rock*/-Da’/-..*Boat(!)"?-..We*Got*Rid/-..Uv'(-TJ Kaczynski -? )..-&*We*Hear/-..You*Have*A..(*Tendency/-(!?)..Towards*Pork*Bottom!)?--/-Wo*-men*/-..*Bombs(!)?-?-..&*R’..?
-Given*To/-..Un*stable*Emotions/-(?)..-&*Constant*Er*ratic/-..*Female*/-..Be*haviour(!)?)..-So*..-?
-If*The..(-Pros*ecutor*/-..As*-..(Kris*Cohen!)..-Will*Please/-..(Take*Th’*Stand!)?-&*Receive*..(Her*Award!)?-This*Evenin’-(!??)
-(Bye*Acceptin’/-..(Dis*Silver/-*..*-/Corroded*Rainbow!))?-Pork’s*Foote/-(!?)-..*Award!)-(?)..-&*
-*Ack*nowledge/-(!?)..-Our*Model’s(!?)..(*Union*President/-One*Time/-..&*For*Ever..-Bad*Dancer/-Cheryl*N - ..eri(!))?-(Dat’Didn’t*/-..*Make*It!)?..-But*N’-..(Growin’*Old*Now/-..&*Old/-..*Wrinkled*/-..*Scorpio(!))?..-To*G--O?
-..*Hide-*../-Under*Rock(!)?..&*-For*/-..*Shame(!)--“Kiss*tha’*Clock(!)?-To*Tha’..(*Insensitive*/*Issues*Exist!)?-But*Yu-..
-Culd’ave/-....(-*Struck*Me/-..-Wf’*Lighting!)?..-&(-Throw*Away*tha’*Key!)?..-Whin/-*..She*Said/-..”Let’s/-..Run*Away/-..To*Rome(!)”?-..Me*Goin’*On*Bout/-..
-&*Wf’/-..(Mye*/-..*Urban*..*Philosophy/-..Vs.-(!?)-Sub*urban*..*Philosophy(!))?..-Via*Visual*/-..*Issues(!)?
-That-..(Freedom*/-..Uv’..*Speech/-..Tis..*Issue*Here/-..Not*Mundane(?)..as-*Sex*/-..As..*Word(!))?
-&*N’(-Oklahoma*/-..-As*a*Child!)?..-(Mad*Cow*Disease/-..Did*/-..*Happened(!))?..-On..Th’*Farm/-?-Girls*Wanton(!)?
-N’*Bethany/-..&*Grandfather/-‘S..Willard*Rufus..Called*It-
/(?)..-Unbeknowns’t(?)..-To*Others(?)
-Tha’..(Blind*Staggers!)?..Via*Gut*Rot(!)?-State*&*Government/-..(Never*Knew?)..-&*Ethical*Problem(!)
-Proves*(Tha’*Fact!)?..-*Now..tha*/-..“Mad*Cow*Disease/-Has*Taken/-..It*s-(Ill*/-..*Legal*/-..*Toll(!)?-..?
-Uv’*Bull(!))”..-&*It’s*Funny..(!?)-All*Those*/-*Photos..(-That*I*Loved..*Yu!)?..-&*Whin*History/-..Go-s*Down(!)-
(LF-N?)-..&-It’ll*Be-..Be*latedly*Strike*Three(!)?..-Just*Like
(-PHD*/-..*Comin’*N’/-..Di-s’..*Week/-S’..Wf’..Mad*Bull*(?) -*Disease*(!)..-N’*&*Makin’(?)..-Public*Scene/..-Like*(Fist**(i*)-..Cuffs!)?..-On*1st*Ave./-Just*Because*/-..Uv’Birth*Right/-..*Problem/-..&*Es’/-..Much*Too*Sensi-
-tive(!)..-Wf’..(-White*Flecks!)?..-Under*His*Nails/-(?) Still*Refusin’/-..(To*Acknowledge/-..*Zinc’s..
-the*Problem/-(!?)-..for(-All*Super*/-*Hyper/--..*IQ*/-..*Graduates!)-
(?)-Uv’..Cornell’s/..-Avian*Dept.(?)
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BOOK:13."POETICAL..RE*/-..*JECTS..-(!!!!!!!)"?
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