BOOK: 6
”*BRUISES!..(-BLACK/- N’.. -BLUE!!)"?-(60 poems).poets© dedication: to girls-who.. -have..gone*away(?)-with.. -a*copy..of*Bruises(!)?
-THIS*BOOK/-..*PUBLISHED..-ON*LINE/-..(C)-2010-
IN*THREE*PARTS! ..-THIS IS/-..PART*TWO!
”*BRUISES!..(-BLACK/- N’.. -BLUE!!)"?-(60 poems).poets© dedication: to girls-who.. -have..gone*away(?)-with.. -a*copy..of*Bruises(!)?
philip lawrence sherrod, poet
COPY*RIGHT(C)-1986
COPY*RIGHT(C)-2010
philip lawrence sherrod, poet
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FIRST EDITION
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Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug. 2001.
All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!../-?-
&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2008
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/-..*LIBERTIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?
BOOK 6. ”*BRUISES/-..(-BLACK*/-..N'..-*BLUE!!)"(?) ©
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-THIS*BOOK/-..*PUBLISHED..-ON*LINE/-..(C)-2010-IN*THREE*PARTS! ..-THIS IS/-..PART*TWO!
BOOK 6. ”*BRUISES/-..(-BLACK*/-..N'..-*BLUE!!)
-(60 poems)-..poets©-1986..(C)-on*line..2010 author: philip lawrence sherrod
&-el*..is(-distance/-
..? ..as-..-*mascline*/-city*scapes?)-..-for*instance(!)?
...in/-*ways(?)--uv’-..city*lights*/-..*dancin’(?)
-are*blink(?)..-?-ing-*sink*ing(!!)?..-in/-..*circles*/-..&*Inches(?)
&..one/-*can/-....(always*wonder?)?
-what’s/-..(-really*/-out*there/-..*where!)?..-or(-One*..-
-eyed*/-? *Monolith’s(?)-..like*/-..*Monsters*(-caught*…-.
-up/ -in*-..(Domestic*Deluge*/-‘S ..of*(-Wet*/-..-Tis*Better!))?
-and..tha’- ..*Sulphuric*Fumes/-(?)..-from..(-tha’/-..Burning*..*Bush?)-&
-Yet*Flesh*..(-?)Still*Burns*/-....N'-Mye*Nostrils?)?-&*../-*Stin*-cks/-..(?)-a..Naus*eous*/-..*Pink(!)?
to..(-*High*Heaven-?)?...--& *Help*Us(?)../-Under*God’s/-..*Morass*(!)?..may*be/-..a*-(Second*Cum’ming!)?..&**from..-afar(?)
-(-a*Star(!)?like*sum*Factory’s..Uv’*The/-..*Queen’s*/-..
..-Out*Worn*(!)
..*-Neck*-lace!)?
--*always*Wet(!)?..-Wf’*Highlights(!!)?..-Wf’*Brighter*-..
-*Shadows(!!!)?-Re*flected*/-..from*Nature’s(*Nar-?-
..-ciss*sisstic/-?)-*&*Mirror*ed/-..*Blinking(?)-..*Holier*/-..*than*..
-*Thou*/-.......At*His(*Timing!)?..-To..(-Be*A../-*Boob!)?
Not*Female’s?)?-&*With-Out*Love(?)..-&*..(Statiscal*-Logic*(?)-
tha'-..*Rain*Fell!!)?-
RAIN*/-..*RAIN(!!!)-in../-(this*Weather?)?-
-not*quite*buddy(!?)?
-Hey(!)/-..
-Buddy*(!!)?-(Cud*You’s../-(?))-
-”SPARE*A/-../-..A*LIGHT(!)?
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-mal-(E)(?)..-anyday(?)
-deposit*here-(?)..
-9 to 5-(?)
-fe..Mail(!)-e(?)
-dropping(-…-..one*Rose!)?
&-*Colored*(?)
-n’..-envelope(-?)’s..-*Rose*Nails?)
-Like*Ones*/-..*Driven(?)
-into*-..*Christ*’s..*Hands(?)
&*-(that*Fatal/-....*Friday*!)?
-Fe..(Mal/..-e?)-..*Her*(?)
-(Me*Lookin’/-....at*Globular*Tittiy?)
-Or-..(-*ROSE*TATOO!)?
-Winkin’..Wit*..Ti*..*Lee(!!)?
-smilin’(?)
-as*she*drops(?)..
-(-large*envelope?)..
-in*to*slot(!)?
-*Venus*Sending*..?
-(Her*Self?)-..
-AIR*MALE*LETTER(!)?
*copyright)C)1986
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head*/-..then*tails(?)
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heads*/-..then*tails(?)-*life../-
-like/-..(lookin’*at/-..(?)
-(MASTER*PICTURES?)
-hazy/-*picture(?)-from/-..
(SUB*CON*SCIOUS?)?
THE*/-..(-5:22am..*Local?)
-522..Local*Yokels(?)-*Petered*..
-Out/-*..(?)-*Pouped*/-(?)
-*Petrified*/-..(?)-As*People*-..
-(Out*/-..On*Feet!)?
-*Neat*(?)
-(this*gas/-..*light*Dances?)
-in*Cosmic*Flow(?)-..
-(one*Yellow/-..two*-Green?)..-
-(Men*Pictures?)
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from-..(*Ancient*Almanac?)
-Wf'-AM*BI*ENCE(!?)?-Of*..
-I*ON(!)?..-4*red/-..(?)
-****lights(!)?-&WET*..*STREETS(!)?
-(SKIDDIN’*/-?*....TO*STUPIDITY!)?
-(i*skiddin’..(?)-in*-*Nother*..-World!)?
-(less*real?)-(who*cares?)-at..
-(this*Point!)?-*SKID*-*DIN*(?)..?
tha'.. -?....(*SOULS*GLIDE/-?)-..*LIKE(?)
-(-*WET/-..*PAPER..*FINGERS!)?
-to*mye..(*BED*/-(?)-..*ROOM**soul(?))-..as*(sunk*To?)
-”We’ll..(SINK*-..THE*BISMARCK!)”?
-(read*/-n’..be*tween/-..the*lines?)
-”Whose*Stink*..-*Sunk*/-..tha'*Letters!(?)-up?
-each(*dazed*bye/-..?..*another's*Effort(!)?....plenty*Full*Uv'-..?
-(BLUE*PICTURES!)?
-one*guy/-turns*/-UP*/-..looking*..OUT*/-*INSIDE/-..
*SOUL*FULL-..--empty*..WIN*DOW*(?)
*me/you-
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-(&*The*Window*Frames?)?
-(2*Heads/-..The*Reflection/-?)-…?
-*..(BEING?)*?
-(A*1st*Head/-..Or*Pale*Face/-..(?))
-Not*Human!)?-
but/-..(*LIFE’S*SHADOW!)?
*me/*you-
-*pressin’/-..
-opposite*(-ends*/-..*together?)
-as(-if*we?)-..*were(?)
-close*-
-safety*-
-bobbie*-
-*pins(?)
-*pins(?)
-*pins(?)
-well(?)/-..*anyway(?)
..hair*-N'..-or'-at.. -opposite**ends(!)?
-at*end*of/-..*Psychic*Poles(?)
-A*(69?)?
bench..
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*bench..
-(was*leaning?)
-(GENERAL*BRADLEY?)
-(-to*be*buried(?)/-..in*Arlington?)
-(-next*to*Wife?)-what'a/-..*Pity(!)?
-(*War*Walking/-..With*Him?)/-..Into*Twilight(!)?
-N’..(To*/-..*Final*Sunset!)?
-(Until*/-(?)..The*End!)?
-DMSO/-..then(?)
-what(?)
--when/-..this/-..little*/-..grey*haired*guy(?)
-wf’-(sweet*/-..blue*sweater/-?
-&*his*glasses*/-..*polished(!)?)
-&*-(corduroy*pants*/-..like?)*..*i-
..-(?)*usta*wear(?)..
-(sat*down/-..next*to*me(?))
-”stickin’*his*feet/-..*straight*out(!)?
-then..(this*guy/-..walks*bye/-..like*
-”fingerin’.**.(-his*..
-(- ..-like*cob(?)-Up*/-..His*(?)../-*Ass!)?
-&*Sat*Down!)?-
(-not*looking/-..at*the-*bench?)
&-(-3*of*Us?)?
-(-not*looking/-..at*the*-*bench?)
-was*it?..
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-(&*It/-..(was*Leaning?)?)
-the..(1st*man/-)..got*Up(!)?
-(&*Left?)?
-(3rd*man/-....*Folded?)?
-(Papers*&*Glasses?)?
-&*Left(?)
-(Fourth*Man(?)-..-*Italian(?)?)
-wf’(-..JAW*JUTTIN(??))?
-said*nuthin’..?
-As/-..(-tha'/-....*BENCH*/-..*FELL!!)?
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-was*it?..
-Black*(-Fleur*-de-..*lis?)
-du-*Mal?-or..
-(Some*thing/-..*Off*-
-*Beat(!))?-..*You-*in-
-*Sequin*Dress(!?)?
-(*Fleur-de-lis?)-..&..
-BLUE*BLACK(!)?
-..(TAT*TOO(!)?-On*Edge(?)
-(Of*Form*Hanging?)
-(Heels/-**Dug*In*Edge?)
-(Of*Bed!?)?
-(Near*The*-..(-Eyes*Shadow?))?
--..-& ..VA*CANT*STARE!)? -wf'-
-lips*apart(!)?
&*-..
*me..- ?
-that..(Central*Islip!?)?
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-dancing*..(?)
(on*all*fours?)?
-then..*entering(*Waldbaums?)
-Baby*Powder(!)?
-Soft(!?)-..*Purest*Protection(!?)?
-(Contains..*Talc!?)?
&/-..?
-*Silica*Fragrance/-..? ..-&*Dreams(!)?
-(But*Your*../-
..-*Black*Meat!)?
-(Thick*..&*Clumsy?)?..-
-*Defies*..(All*Explanation!)?...
-(*Island*-..-Wf’..De*generate*/-..-Life*/-*Death?)
-*Relation*-ship’S(!?)?
-to*poet/-..-butt*/-‘s?....*Baby(!)?
….*I’m-*Joking(!)?
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-that..(-question*able/-..*Central*Islip!?)?
-*Island*(!?)-Is*Best*Beef(?)..-
-From*Here..(To..*Texas!)?
-Not*To*Mention(?)-*Soutine’s*..
-(HANGING*CAR*/-..*CASS*!)?-
-(Off*Of/-../-..*Rem*brandt?)
-Wf’(All..Your*/-(LIFE’S*BLOOD/-..*SPEAKING!)?
-in(-*Private*Parts*/-..-Wf’*Feelin’?)?
-(you*cum'e/-..-? ..into*room?)-?
-(waking*Me/-?
....-*up!)?
-(Wf’..ALOE*VERA*/-..*FACIAL*SCRUB*?)
-(WF’..NATURALE*APRICOT!)?
....-(*KERNELS!?)?
--turns*Me/-..*on-..
-like*..(WHEAT*GOD-
-*CORN*GOD/-..or*RAIN-
-*GOD*(!?)?
lined-
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-(-DANCIN’..(MYE*FOOL?)-
-*HEAD*OFF(!!))?..
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lined-
up..(?)
-(think*ing?)
-sq.’d..*off(?)
-(face*to*face!)
-(think*ing?)
-(about*whose?)-
-turn..*it’s(?)
-to*move(?)
-&*Where/-(?)-..KING*QUEEN(!)?
..-PAWN*ROOK(?)-..*CHECK*ING/-
..-(*THINK*MATE!)?
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KAHEE...
-KaHee/-..Kahee/-..Kahee-
-kahee..
-gulls*flapping(?)...
-*Wildly*/-..**Crying(?)...
-*Zig/-..*Zagging/-..*Circle-..(?)..
-Kahee
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-..*ing(!)?
-kahee..
-gulls*flapping(?)-Zig*/-..*Zag-
....*ging/- *Circling(?)!..
-Like*Frozen(?)-..
-*Mole*-cules/-.. *In-*Space(!)?
-Afraid*..To/-.. *Break(?) -Or*..
-*Col*lide/-(?) -In*Mid*.. *Air-
-*Starched*..-*Bodies*/ -*Missing*
-the*-.. - *Interior(?)-......
-*Psyche*(?)...... ..*Beat..*ing(!!)?
-*Wings(?)
-KaHEE..-KAhee..-KAhEE(!)?K-
-ahee(?)............
-(flight*above../-N.J.-.... *DUMP(!)?) B-
- irds....... ..*Flying(!!)?-.. .... *B- -umping*../-
&*Almost*......... W-(?)-
-ing*Tipping(?)......... &.....The* B-
-lack*Tips(?).. *Heads*../-(?) S-
-*tretched*..(!!)? To*Necks../-?... *F-
-eet*Dangling... /-from *Bodies(?) *D-
-*own(!)?-on-...Orange*Red(!)-To*Eyes(?) T-
-o(?)-/-.. ........ To*/ -*Tails(!!)?... B-
-lack*Tipped(?)..............
-KAHEE..-KAhee.. C-
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-Super
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KAHee......KahEE(!)? *Screach*..ing(?)-
-(*Yeats?-**You...*Should)?- ..........-’Ave(?)
-*Seen..’Em(!!!!!)?
-*Birds(!?)?
-(*Bustin’.*..(?)- *’Er..Butts(!)-..or*Chops-?
-(!)?-To*Get(!)..... To*- -(*The.(?)
*Garbag- ed(?)-..(*Center!?)........or-Silent- (?)
..-ly(?) -*Drop*-(?).........
-ping(??)-*Like*(?).....
-*Down(?)-.......(?)*-*Ward(!)?....(?)*Wing*-
s*-Up*Fold.....(?)-ed(!!)?...........*Birds*or-
-*Gulls(!?)?-*Like(-*Card*Tables?)- To*Pick-
-in’(?)... *-at-(*The- -*Center ?)-.........
Of*-...(*Form?)-..of*A....-(*Poem!?)?
-Or*Like*.....-*Life(?) -Beating*Itself(!)?-..?
-To*Death(!)?.....&*The(-*Center?)...
-this*Time-.................(*Holding*/-..*Yeats!)?
N’-.............be*tween(?)-....(Two*Big?)....*Shapes*-(?)
Like*…(*Cock?)-*Roaches(!!!!!!!)?
-*Dropping*.......
.........(Their*Elytra’s......Er’/-..*Ovi-(*Positors?)?-
.......Er’*(*Loads!)? -*Like*....
-(*Rocks*?)?-or....(Faec*ed../-*Eggs!!!)?..-or
-like/-….…….2*Mafioso*.....(-d/-..*DUMP*TRUCKS!)?
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-Super
-Wo*man(?)-
Shifted*Slighty..
-(As..Two/-*Conclaved*Forms?)
-(Rock*ed?)?
-..(The*Odor?)-
-*Out*(!)?
-(More*Powerful/-........-Than*Any(?))
-((*Loco/-..* ..*Motive*(?))
-Eh’..S’(Man!)?
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-of..you..last(-r?)
-2ft.-out.............
-of*Colon(?)-you..
-*said(-you*would-'ave..
-of*/-..*Died(!)?
-before(-your*Trip?)
-to*Colorado(!)?
-&*you(r)?-*punctu-
..-ation(!)?-didn’t..(?)
-(Hold*Up/*in..
-*Charte*/-..*Cathedral?)
-(Notre*Dame*Poem?)
-but*of*you(?)-r*last?
-2*ft................-out(?)
-of*Colon(?)-”you*said/-
-”don’t*worry/-I*Can*Spare-..
-*It-…(!)”?-”It*’s..Not*Serious(!)?”
-but..”(I’m*In*A/-..*Law*suit!)?
-with(-Natural*Gas*/-..Co.?)-of..
-N.J.(?)-&*Mye*House/-..Went*-
-*Up/-In*Flames(!)?..-&*I..*Bare-*Ly
-*..Escaped*(!)?-&*Mye..(-HouseCoat/-**..
-i*Had*On(!)?...
-that*/-..*was/-..-*Red(!)?
--*Caught*on-*Fire..(!?)
-&your*Son-..?
-Called*Me/-..-That*Monday(?)
-&*Said(?)-"Kathy*Torbert..has-
-(Passed*/-..*Away!)"?
-&*I...(Not*Knowing/-..-What*To*Say?)
-Said...(What*Did*/-..*You/-..*Say?)?
-(Me*-*Thinking/-..UV'Your*/-..-(Last*Words?))
-”I*’Am..(To*Be/-..*Hooked/-*Up!)-
-on*Sat/-*..*urday(!)"?
-(Over*..The*Week-End!?)”?
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-(&*Her*Son..*Said
-(“Your*Student/-..In*NewJersey!)?
-&*I*Said/-...”I*Am*Sorry..(To**Hear?)-
-That*(!)?.../-&*Please*Accept(!)?-..Mye*Con*-…*dolences(!!)?”
..&-(I*For*Once/-…..Didnot*Know/-..What-?
-To*Say?)-Maybe..”(Here*Today-/..
-..*Gone*/-..To*morrow(!)”?...-Ha-Ha(!)?
-But-..any*way..&*-..-(How*Clumsy/-..Of*Me!)?
-(-Mye*Heart/-.. ..In*Mye..-*Throat!)?
-&*I..(*Remembered/-&*Of?)-&..
...About*That*Last-(?)
-*Canvas-..? ..(Of*Flowers!)?..-&*That-/..-Young*Girl(!)?
-You(-..Wer'*Doing(!?)-..&*(You*/-....*Worked*On!)?
-*Struggling*/-..*For*What(?)-?
-Wasn’t*Right..(&-How*All(?)-..The*Class?))
-Be*gan..(-To-..To*Walk*Over?)-..To*It(!)?..-&*Say..?
-Kathy(!)-(“How..*Beautiful!)?
-But*You..(-Just*..*Laughed!)?
--About..(Your*-Psycho*Father/-..As*Butcher(!)?)
-&*(Painted*Him?)-With*Clever..*Raised/-(?)-
-While*..(Your*Virgin*Mother!)?...-*Stood..
-(Stock*Still!)?
-In(-..*White*Dress!)?..-On/-*..(-The*Canvas!)?
-Of..(-Your*Little../-*Girl?)-’s../-*Head(!)?
-In*..(Small/-..*Clausto*phobic/-*/..*Room(!)?)
-With..(Con*..-*Verging*Walls!)?-
&..*Chess*Mate*/-..*Pare-nts(!)?
-One-
-Third*..(The*Size/-..Of*..
-Your/-?-.
.-Blue..*Eyes?)?
....-(Staring*Out!)?
-Of..(-Your*/-..Psychic*/-..*Interior*/-..*Psyche*!)?
-Or..(The*Canvas!)?
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-Of..The*-(Beize*Skin*/-ed/-..*Path*way!)?
-*Winding*Down/-..Beyond*/-The*..(-*Blue*Clown!)?
-&*The*(-..*Greek*/-..Or*Egyptian*../-*Archway!)?
-Wf’..(-*Broken*Columns/-?..*Sticking*Out/-…
..-Of*Blue(?)-Of..the-*/-..(Blue*Grass!)?
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-But*..(Those*Strange*/-*Colors*(!)?)?
..-You*Used*(?)
-Of*..(*So*Strange*/-..A*Psycho*Drama//-..*Dilemma*!)?
-From*..-*Another*World(!)?)?...
-Were*..(*Beautiful/-*..To*Me/-(!)?..-*Also!)?
-&*I*..(-*Should’ave..**Known!)?
-&*To..(*Hear*From/-?&..To*Hear/-..From/-..*Your*Son/-(?)-On*..*Monday(!))?
-”He*Said/-..*You*Drowned..(?)-In*..(*Your*/-..*Lungs*!)?
-&..(*Nobody*..*Was*There!)?
-Not*Even*..(-A*..*Nurse!)?
-&..The*Machine*../-*Stopped*/-..(!)(?)
-&..(I*Said*.."Oh!/-*....(*Mye*God!)?" )
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-not*** even..
-"*Delusions, ETC.-*Berryman(!)"?
-could*..*help*Us(!)?
-”under&stand*..why*a*Man(?)-
-of*your*Talent*** (??)-
-(*Who?)-*came*from..*Okla*-homa(!)”?
-not even..
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-&*Always..(*Talked*About*(?))-?
-(*Jum*pin’..*Ship?)-..*Would*-(??)..
-(*Take*..(A*Dive!)?)
-*Off*..(
-Whin*(..-(?)-*You*/-..*Should..*Bin?)-..N’*Class(!)?
-*Teachin’*Poetry(!)?- -except..(I-..*Know..*That!)?
-*You*..Wer’..*Born*in..(-Mc*Alester?)-?
-where(-*I*Went..as*Child*(!)?..-to*The/-..State*Penn?)-
-As*Boy*Scout(!?)-Er’..(Cub*Scout!?)
-*Like*-..("*Walkin’..-LIL'Ole*Ladies*Across*/-..tha'***Street!")?
-on*..(-a*Field*Trip*/-..for*/-..A*-
-*Sun*dry..*Edu*cation!)?
-*As*Good*Deed’..-Er’(!)?-..
-Or*..To*Git*..*Another*/../..-(Merit*Badge!)?
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-Er’..(*Bust*Out*/-..Wf'/-..Th’(-*Inn*Mates/-..Uv’*Differ-(?)..
-*Ent*/-?-!(?)..-*Per*suas*-ions*(!)?
-*Even*..If*Only-..for-(A*-Wolf's*..*Badge!)?
-I*/-At*/-..Age*..(-8yr.s)?-..*old/-..*Sharpening*..*-One’s*Teeth!(?)
-*For*..(-Some*Feat!)?-Uv’*..-(Poet's/-*..*Meat*!)?
-as*i*/-...was*(*Born/-..in-(*Pauls*Valley?)-To..*Inherit*(!)?
-A*Harem*/-Uv’*Girls!)?-&*Images(!)?-..To*Approve!)?)-
-Uv’Yore/-*..Ir*/-responsible*..&*Un*/-..predictable*Be*hav-ior(!)?
-N’..Such*..A*(-*Reckless*State*!)?
-*ETC.
-but*/-*..(*Berryman*..*Not*Even/-..*De*lusions/-*(?)
-*ETC.(?)-*Could*..(-Help*Us*..*/-Under*stand?)..
-”Why*A/-..(*Man/-..Uv’/-*Yore’../-*Talent* !”(?)
-”Took*..(Th’/-*....(Big*Jump!)?
-From*..(-*Ohio*./-.*Bridge!)?
-Whin*(*You*..Shuld*”Ave?)-Been*/-..N’..*Class-..
-*Teachin’*../-(*Pals*/-.. *Poetry*(!)?)
-Note: How*I*Repeat/-Th’*Issue(!)?
-&*Wf'..(*Charm!)?/-..-
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-**Butt*/-..End*Of*A..(*Joke!)?-
-But*..Th’*Way*-?
-*The*Mind*Works(!!)?-..*Doesn’t*..(-*Surprise*Us!)
-For*Song*..-(?)-..-*Sum*Poets..*Will*Sing*/-(?)
-Any*thing*/-..fer*Song(?)-..(That*Works/-..-To*Surprise*Us!)?
-Off*Keltered*/-..Ob*-fus*ci*-cations*/-..-*Rather*/-..*Obliquely(!)?-said!
-”Like*Yore’s/-..Er’*Mine*/-S..*MIND(!)?-To*(Make*..Th’*Graven*-..
..-*Image*(!)?-*Graver*..(Than*/-..Th’*Idol!)?
-But*-..(A*Work*Uv’..*Words*!)?..-Has*Sum*/-*Draw*-..
-*Back(!)-To*..(*Normalize*(-Th’*/-..
-*Image*Befor’/-..(?)-&*Beyond/-?../-tha'-*State*ment*(!)?
-In*Symbol*/-.."In*-Th’Beginning/-.....Th’*Word*..*Worked(!)”?
-”In*Th’..(*Middle(?)-Th’*Work(?)..*Worked(!)?”
-”In*Th’..(*End(?)..-Th’*Song/-..***Sang(?)-
-Th’*(-..*Work(!)"?
-But*Berryman/-(?)-It’s*A*Cinch*(!)?-You*Wer’-..
-”No*Slouch*(!)?-..If*Not/-To*Say/-..*Religious*ly(?)..
-*Serious*(!)/-(?)-..Un*Like*Pound/..-&*Not*Caught*Up/-N’..(?)-?
..-*Churchy*(?)-..*Self*Piety(!)?..-As*Yourself*..(?)
-*Appointed*(?)-*Me-..(*Pope!)?
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-&*Wf’..(*Charm*!)?/-..-If*Not..(-To*Say?)?-
-*Gentle*man/-..ly*Manners/-..(?)-Both*Born/-....*-Aristo*cratic(?)-
-&*Wf’..(*A*Tendency/-..Uv’*Too*/-..X’Treme*?)-*Ob*scene(?)""""
""""-*Intro*version/-! &*Sum*Wat/-?..(*Narrow*-.*Sighted*!)?
-To*Issues/-..(I*Shall..Put*/-..*Forth!)?-..*Pal(!)?
-As*A..(-*Life’s*/-..*Work!)?
-”(Yore*Manner’s/..-*Seemly/-*..(*Upper*Escalon!))?”
-A*..-(Real*Clod!)?-*Hopper(!)?-..*Dandy*..*Sharp/-As*A-..
-*Tack/-!..&*Twice/-..As*Long/-*..As*Long*Division(!)?
-&*For../-*Ever*Ready*/-..(To*Offer*Prayers?)-..To(?)-
-(Sum*God!)?
-Er’..(Some*God(?)..-Uv’..(Our*Liking!)?-..
-”Thank*God/-..(?)-That’s*Ovur’/-..(!!)?..&-Th’(*Jumping?)”
4Cig-
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-”You*Wer’-..*Good(!)?-Bye..(All*..-Our*Standards!)?”
-&*As..(*N’-)..Ball*Poem(!)?..-”We*Live(!?)-
-N’(?)-A*World/-*....Uv’*Possesions*(!)?”..-But*..-
-*Berryman*/-(?)-As*(*N’-?)..-Ball*Poem(!)?
-Or*Henry’s*Under-..(?)
-*Standing*(!)?--..
-(*Suddenly*..(?)-Like*Bach*/-(?)..-Or*Horrible*ly(!!)?..
-(*UnLike*Bach(!)?-It*Occured/-(?)-..To*Me!)?
-(-That*../-One*Nite!)?-..-*You*Talking(!)?- ”Instead/*Of*.. -
-(-*Me(?)?)-..*Walking*-.You’d/-*..(Take*Off.. ?)-?
-(-All*Your*/-..*Clothes*?)!)?-&*..*Cross/-..-/a*Cold*Damp-
-Em*bank*ment… -*Lawn*(!)?-..&*Walk*Down*..(-/..The*Bluff!)?
-&*Walk*Forever*(!?)-..(- *Under*..-The*Terrible*Water!)?
--Of(..*Brooklyn*!?)?-..*(*Bridge!!)?
--Out*Towards/-..(?)-(Man*hattan*..*Island!)?
--*Mis*Quoted/..(?)-Uv’*Course(!)?-
--On*Purpose(!)/-@Or/-(?)-N’(*Memor*..i-am!)?
--(1914-1953).
-”a’..(-little*mor’..*respect/-..*ther’..(*her*rod!)?)”
copyright(c)1986
-oil..
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-stuck!/-..on*them!(?)
-from..-(overpainted?)-
-**mouth(!)?
--sitting*on*table(!)?
-with..(brassier*look?)
-of..(Queen*/-‘S/-of*Diamonds!)?..
-*blowing(?)
-out* (!?)-*..smoke*(?)
-(Like*A..*Baby!)?
-..*Factory/-..*black*-
--*Triangle(!?)?
-*(black*-..as/-..*
-*Spades(!!)?)
-oil..
-on*Masonite(!)
-7” X 8”-(?)
-the..*Baby(?)-*Looking-*.. *Like/-..*Ari/-..?
wf’-..*GIANT(-..head!)?
-at that/-(!)?..nearly-*
-1/4 *size(?)
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of*Comp*osition(!)?
-mouth*open..-**
-(story*blue..*eyes?)
a-(..*Picto*graph!)?
-oil
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-of-(*Mom!)?
-on(-..*Yellow*ed..*Wall!)?
&-*DEATH(*..-*Head!)?
-as*usual/-..was*Laughing*(!)?
-..as*usual/-(?)-*showing..*(?)
a-..(*small*card?)
-..(*Red*../-Of..*Diamonds!)?
-tobe/-*..*exact(!)
-with/-*..*Black*Hat/-..(*Red!)?
-*Feather*-....*Curv*ed(!)?
-around/-.. *..(Upper*Right*-..
-*Hand/-.. *..*Corner(!)?
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-..Uv’-*Composition*(!)?
-(the*artist*with..-
?-*..-*Curls(!))?
-(brown*LockS(!)-&..
-*glasses*!)?
-&*(-*brown*beard!)?
-&/-..
-(RED*SHIRT!)?
-*diminished*To-..
-(NO*HAND(?)--To*Play..
--*With*Death(!)?)
-*Lap*..(*Full/--..*Of*Cards!)?
-Over*/-? ..**..(*GIANT*CARD!)?
-(-*Taking*Up/-..1/4*Composition!)?
-”THE*(-JACK*(?)/-..OF*/-..*HEARTS!)?
-*playing*..*out-*Life*(!)?
-THIS*BOOK/-..*PUBLISHED..-ON*LINE/-..(C)-2010-
IN*THREE*PARTS! ..-THIS IS/-..PART*TWO!
”*BRUISES!..(-BLACK/- N’.. -BLUE!!)"?-(60 poems).poets© dedication: to girls-who.. -have..gone*away(?)-with.. -a*copy..of*Bruises(!)?
COPY*RIGHT(C)-1986
COPY*RIGHT(C)-2010
philip lawrence sherrod, poet
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