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Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07, 2001.
All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!../-?-
&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?
 *Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)  

Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!      
 JANUARY 07, 2001

ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-For*These*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)

(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-
..(the*Spoken*Word!)?-.. *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!-*Con-sciously/-&..Or*/-..Un*-Consciously(!)?..-&*(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/-..-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
            -Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?

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-Even..(While*?)..-Carrying..(*Lunch?)

-N’..(-Brown*Paper?)..-*Bag(?)..-It*Came-
-As..(-No*Surprise..To*Me?)
-That..You*Would..(-*Accept?)?
-(-Mye*Suggestion?)..-of..-2yrs.Ago(?)
-(-*Repeated!!)?..-*Again(?)?
-That*You??..-Should*Have..-That(?)-
-(-*Schwinn../-*Continental/-*..*Bike?)?

-Like*(-*Mine?)..-(But..-a*Me*tallic*/-*Rust?)?-
-*Brown(?)..-&*Even*Though(?)..-*You(?)
-Liked*Mine/-..*Better(?)..-Color’s*of..(-*Yellow*&..
-*Black?)..**Ditto(?)..&*-The*(-*Shocked..-*Ex-..
-pression?)..-of*Your..(-*Acceptance?)-..
(-On*Mye*/-..*Face?)?
 ..-Left*Me/-..Somewhat*Daffy(?)
-N’Tha’*Heat(?)..-or*Dizzy(?)..-After*All..-It’s*Summer(?)
-&*In..-98*Degrees(!)?-&..-98*Humidity(?)-
(-The*Joy!)?
-Also*Repeated(?)-on..(-Your*Face?)?..-N’..
(-Verbal*Co-
-m*mitment?)-Of..*Acknowledge*ment(?)-Or..*Serious*-
-Look*..of..(-About*Face!?)..?-&*-Or..Of*”(-I*..Like*It?)”-(?)

..”(-Get*It!)?”-Although..(-Late*At..(-18yrs.Old?))?-*Juvenile*(?)
 ..to-(Young*Man’s*Decision?)?..&
-From*-(-Mye*Father’s(?))
-(Alabama*-..to-*Oklahoma?)-*Grandson(..?))-*Begetted?
-at*Sunrise(?)..-From*..Kerouac*Dreams(?)..-(*Misquoted?)?
-I*Always*Hit*(!!)..-The*..(-*Open/-(?)..-*Road!?)?

-Like*Your(?)-..*Father's*(?)-Of..(-DREAM*/-..-Jump*Rails?)-&*Ride(!)?..
-On-..Erie*Lackawanna(?)
-Leaves*Me(?)..&*Mye*Concern(?)..-Of..(-N.Y.C./-..*Bi- /-(?)-..*cycle*Laws)?
-&..(-Your*Not*Riding/-(?)..Wf’*Helmut?)?-‘sLike*..-
(-*Attitude/-..-Uv’*Arab?)
-Or..*Mediterranean*(?)..(-Taxi*Drivers..?)-..*Rude*/-&*Crude*/-..&*Inclined-?-To*(?)-..(-Take*/-..*One*Up/-..*Shots!)?-*As..
(-Hit*N’..*Run?)-..*Bandits(?)

-Like..N’..*Kidnapped*-..(*Psycho-*logical(?)..(-*Deprivation?)-Of*..(-Mye*.. *One*/-&*Only?)-..(Blood*/-*Bound*Son/..-*Doing*..(-Hard*Time!))?
-From*Being..*A..(DNA*/-..*Heritage*/-..*Son!)?..-Of*-?
Ah*Yes..(&-*Time*/-..-Will*Tell!)?
-*Heritage*Son(?)..-*Lost*..(?)-To*Dream*(?)..-(?)-&*Mother’s*Moon(!)?..-&*
-Wf’../-*Neptune(?..)-N’..(?)-/..
..(1st*House/-..Sag*(!)?-..BUTT*Ass*/-..cendent?))?

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-Margaret..(I*Might/-Hav’*Known?)

-Yu’*Wer’..(Up*Tu*Sumpin’?)-Whin*..
-(Yu*Appeared?)-Holdin’..(Yur*Can?)-
-Uv’..(Pilgrim*Joe’s?)-Clam*Chowder(?)
-(Mde..*Wf’Fresh*Clams?)-A*Condensed-
-Soup*Sold..(At*Trader*Joes?)-Fer*Sum..

-(Small*Sum?)-Let’s*Say/..-$1.09(?)-
-That..(Yu*Wer’..Vacating?)-Th’*Premises(?)
-Seattle*Bound(?)-Like(*Lewis..&*Clark?)?
-Hittin’..(Open*Road/..-Like*Kerouac?)?
-Takin’*..(Road*Less/..-Traveled*Bye?)?

-*Frostless/-*Clueless..(?)-*Culbertson..
-(I’ve*Always/..-*Pictured*Yu/..-N’*DreamSettings?)
-Like*Yur/-..(Wonderful*Paintings?)-*Folding&*Unfolding
-Like*some/*Grandmother/-(Huffin’*Glue?)?-Bound..(To*Be-
-Some*Truth/-*Here(?))-Yur*Women..(N’/-*Yur*Paintings?)-

-(Are/-*Always..*Wanting?)-Who*Knows(*What?)/-N’*(Lifes’..
-*Meanderings?)?-To*Get/-(..*Their*Due?)-But..(To*Pick*Up?)-
-N’*Leave/-..(Summit’s*Class?)?-At*Top/-*Uv’(Sum..*Such*Mt?)?
-&*Tu..(-Move?)-Whin(One’s..*Taking/-..Centrum*Silver?)?-To*Re-..
-*Establish../-(At*Top/-Uv’../Sum*Such..(*Mt?)?-Leaves*One/..N’*Nilly-

-*Yilly..*Land(?)-What*(-I*Mean..*Is?)?-”I*/- ‘ll..(-Miss*Yu?)-*Dreaming*Like-..
-Theodore*Rousseau/-James*Hicks/-Er’..(Ralph*Fasanella?)?-Yur*Images..(??)
(Ring*True?)-Tu*Poetry/-..*Like(/-Holstein*Cows?/-Red*Herfords/-Er’.. /-Black*An
-gus?)-*Their*..(-Big*Eyes?)..Focused*On..(-*Tomorrow’s/..-*Absence?)?-*Tomor-
-row’s..*Sorrow(?)-*Tomorrow’s..*Slaughter(?)-Fer’(-Soft*Dreams/..-*Remain?)-..

-&*Enigma(?)-&Soft*Loves/-??..Wf’(No*Regard/-..(Why*Did*She?)/..Why*..(Do*They-
-*Work?)-Why*..(*Create*(?)-*Such/-*Images../-N’/-(Am*biguous..*Terms?)?-..We*Don
-’T*(-Build/-*..*Bridges/-..That*Way?)-We*..(Can’t..Forget/-(?)-Bout*..*Gravity?)?-Er’-
*Get-*Paid(?)&*/-Her*Paintings*..(Don’t*Respond../-Tu*..(Liebig’s/-Law../-Uv’*Minimum?)
-)?-Er’(Murphy’s*Law/..-Uv’*Predictibility(?))?-*Margaret*/-..(I’m*/-sure/-*..*magination..(Is*?)

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-A*..(Life*Sentence/..&*N’/-..*Sing*Sing(?))?-A*Metaphor/-for..(-Do*Th’/-..*Crime/-..Do*Th-..
’*Time!!)?..-But*Margaret(?)-(!)?Tu*Leave..(New*Jersey(?)..*Imagi*nation*less(?))..
-Puts*..(-One*to*Suspect/-)(?)..-I*Thought/..-(Benedict*Arnold’s/-..(Kin*Folk?)?-..*Wer’..-
-(All..*Deceased?)?-..*Seriously..(Maggie*/-?*Enjoy?)-*Whin*..(-West*Coast*/-..*Plates/-*
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     -N’Th’..(-Ole*Days?)-..-Richard*Nuerge(?)-

     -Th’..(-Then*/-..-*Young?)..-19yr.old(?)..-
     From*Huntington?-..
     -*Long*Island(?)..-Usta*Draw/-..-*Details?(- 
     Like*A/-..*Mad*/-*Man?)?-Peeking*..(Thru*/-th'                          
     ../-Tha'-Key*Hole!?)?..ED-*Slots*/-?-..-Uv’/-..
     Door*-..*Knobs?)?
     -N’*Total*Reverence((?)..-(Tu*Detail?)- 
     &..(Tu*/-..*Poetry?)..-His*/-..*Bafflement(?)
     -Like*..Some*/-..*Chaldean*/-*God(!)?..*Or*(-  
     *Egyptian*/-?  
     ..Test*ament*/-*Priest(!?)?)..-To*Allay*/-Away-?

     -/(-His*Fears!?)?..-Uv’(-*Seein’..Th’*World?)- 
     *Like*-..N’-..Maybe*/-..(-Maniacal*/-Paranoid*..
     -*Depressions?)?..-That*Life*N’..-Mini*scule*(?)-
     Was*Not/-..&*Culd*Not*/-..Be*-*Hopeful?)
     -Wf’..(-Finely*Sharpened?)..-Graphite*Pencils(?)-
     He*Drew(?)-..To*A..(Finite*Vision/-..-So*Deli-..
     (?)-cate/..(?)-&*Loving!?)-..Wf’*A-..(Tender..*/-..
     *Touch?)..
     -&*In-?-(-..*Total*/-Dis*Belief?)?..-Uv'*/-(..*
     -Sk-*kills?)-..*That*/-..(-Outta../-Tha'/-..*Blue(!)?
     ..&-Outta*/-..*Con*tex/-*..-From**No*Where(?)..- 
     *He*Took..*To*/-?-..*Drinkin’/-*..N’?-..-*Takin'*
     -*Drugs*(?)..-&*Lost*..(*RoseMary/-.is*-*Wife?)-
     *That*..)-? Some**day/-..*HE'd*Realized.. /-He*?
     /-..He*/-..*Wuld..-?
     (-*Steal/-A*Car?)..-&*Cross*..(-Inter*State*/-?-..
     ../-*Lines?))
     ..-*Makin’/-His*Crime(?)-/*A..(-Federal*Offense!
     (?)-Both*To*..(-Th’*God’s?)..-&*INTER*/-*
     STATE*-&*God*-..(*Himself!?)?..-&*Th’-..
     (Fan*atical./-?..   -*Earth*Pe-ople!)
     ?-&*To*Be..(-Put*Away?)..-N’..(-Riker’s*/-..(?)-
     *Island?)?-..Er'*Attica*Er’-..Wuz*It..(-Ohio*State*
     Peni*-tentiary?-*)?
     -Doesn’t*Matter/-..*Punished*(?)-For*..*His-
     (*De-   sire/-!?)-                                           
     ..*To*Travel?)?..-*Perhaps*..(As*A..-(Natural*/-?
     *Leaning*?../-Or*/-..?*Learning*(!)?)
     -Uv’*Professional(?))..-Like*maybe(?)-.. -(Outer*
     *Space/-../-*Pick*Pocket?)?
     -Er’..(-Lock*Picker!?)?..-&*Usin’..His*(-..**God*
     /-..*Given*Talent?)?..-*To..(-Open*Doors?)-..*So
     ..(-To**Speak!?)..-To/-*?-/..-(His*Fateline!?)
     -B*ut..(Even*..To*D-is’*Day!?)?..-I*..(Cannot*?-
     *Imag-ine?)-*Why/-(?)..(&*Not..Having*A/-
     **Lover*?)?-I*    I*Dedi-cate..-this/-?..-                                                 
     *February..14th--Valentine’s*Day?)?-.. To*You/..-                
     *Richard(?)..*
     -Uv’/-“Don’t..(-Let*Em’/-..Git*Yur/-*Goat!?)”?..-
     Or*-..DNA*//..*CRIMi-*NAL*/-..*Cloned-*
     *MIND(!)?-
     -TO*GO*STRAIGHT(!)?../-TIS*/-N”T*EASY/..
     *FOR*/-..(?)
     THE**-...(-CORRUPT*ED*MANY!!)?..-&***!?)
     Yet*-*Dying*..(N'*Twice*/..-Th’*Time?)..-Uv’-
     ..a-****God’s../-*Creative*/-..*Creation?)?
     -S'*Like*..-Gettin'(!?)-N’*Hoc!../-May*be/-*
     Lik'-..A*-(Liver*Trans*/-..
     *plant*/-(?)..?    -Like*N’../-Titian’s*..
     (*Promethius/-..*Bound?)?-
     Even*/-..The-(*Hairs/-..On*Head/-..Are*Number
     -ed!?)..-*   &-*The*..(-Real*Issue/-(!?)
     -Uv’..(-This*Tssue?)-..Tis*Not/-..*Quite*/-..(!?)
     *Dis*cernable)(?)..-But*..(It*Takes*A*HELL*/-..
     OF*A/-*..*God?)-* 
     -Or*..(*Hell..(-?-Uv’/-..*A/-..*MAN?))..-
     *To*Finish(?)..(-The*..?-Life*-*Job*/..-
     *Standing*UP(!!)?..-
     *Like*Titian../-..(!?)
     At*-*Age..-Uv’..-93!?)?..-&*Doin’/-..(-Self*-
     *Portrait/-..?
     ..*Standin*Stiff?)-?..-
     *Like*/-..Rigor*Mortis(?)..-*Settin’*N-..(Like*/-
     ..(?)-..*Concrete*/-..*Gold*/-..*God!?)

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’N'..(BIG*APPLE?)-*Finishing..

-(*Breakfast?)-..UV’..(-2..Over*Easy?)-
-*Eggs(!?)-&(/-*PUMPERNICKEL*BAGEL?)
-Wf’..(-PHILADELPHIA*..CREAME*CHEESE?)?
-*SPREAD(?)..-&*Nibbling*On..(*AUSTRALIAN*
-..DICED/-*GINGER?)?..-From..(Garden*Of..Eden?)

-Thinking*About..(-SAI*MORIKAWA/..-&*SEIGI?)-
-Last*Nite(?)..-Coming*Over..Wf’(..-SUSHI..*ROLLS?)?
-RICE*N’..*(-WRAPPED/..-*N’..*SEAWEED?)?..Seeing*Eyes-
-FLASH*/..-FROM..*(-ORIENTAL/..-*JAPAN(?))-SAI/..-*OSAKA?
-SEIGI*/..-*(SALT/-UV’..*EARTH!?)-&*(-COUNTRY..*BUMPKIN?)?

-HIS*DESCRIPTION/-UV..’/-”Mye*Luv’..(?)&*(It*Takes?)-*One(!)-To*Know/?
-..*One?”/-Good*Man(?)-UNLIKE*..(SOME*-(UPPER*CLASS?)-*BOURGEOISE?)
-I*Know(?)..-*Class*Uv’..(-COUNTRY*GENTLEMAN?)..-&*Th’*Bottle(?)..-UV’-..(?)
-(CHATEAUNEUF*..*DU*PAPE(?)?-French*(*Red)..-
Table*
*Wine(!?)-..*Contain*-(?)-
-ing..*SULFITES(?)-*Touchin’..(-Mye*Taste..*Buds!)?-Bitterly*..(Mye*Self/..-A*de la..*

-*CHAUMETTE.).(!?)?-&*FRENCH*..N*TASTE(?)-Explains*Why..I*Like*Cezanne’s-(?)
-(*STILLIFE’S..WF’/-*BOTTLES!?)-Anyway*(1997*Vintage?)-SAI*..SEEIN’*DOUBLE(?)
-N’*Suddenly..*Thought?(-Mye*Paintings?)..-Wer’*Better(?)..
Now*/-..-&*SUMHOW/-..*SAT/-(?)-
On*-(STICKY*STUFF?)..-Of..(Small*Wooded*Tables?)-We*..(-Ate*From?)?..-Me*Askin’..?
 If*SHE*WANTED(?)..-ME*TO..(POLISH*HER/?..-BUTT*OFF?)?-Got*(-Funny*Reaction?)?

-Me*Offerin’..*APOLOGY/-Fer’*TRUMAN(?)..-*MACARTHUR/-..*HIROSHIMA/-..*NAGA
-SAKI(?)-&’*..TOKOYO*ROSE(?)..BUT*/-HER*N’-..(HER*..?-BLACK*LEATHER*PANTS-
-?)-STAINED*SUMHOW(?)..(-TU’TH’..*GILLS!)?-&*I/..-COULD*NOT..*APOLOGIZE/-FOR*
-(PEARL*..*HARBOR?)-Nor..(-All*Th’..Good*Men/-That*Died(?)/-N’..*The*War)!?)?-Nor*..
-Th’(-Innocent..*Citizens?)?-Nor*(-Th’Way..*I*Felt/-At*Nite/-When..at(-10*/-I*Heard/-The-?

-War*/-..Was*Over!!))?-WF”RED*GRAPES/-*UNDER/-..(TH’*TABLE?)”-&*I”DON’T..*(CRY/-
-SOUR*GRAPES?)..-&*SEIGI/-TELLIN’*ME?..-(After*War?)?..-Th’*Japs/..-(DUMPED*CH-
-ROMIUM/?..-INTO*?..JAPANESE*SEA?)..-*CON*TAM*I*NATING..
(-COAST*LINE?)..-&’AQ-
-UATIC*LIFE(??)..-&’..(N’AFTER..*WAR/-?..2*RE*CONSTRUCT*ION?)?..-Somehow/-He*Us-ed*ToBe(?)..-(EE..*MAJOR?)..-OR*..MECHANICAL*ENGINEER(?)..-FOR..(YU*DIM *
WI-TS?)..Now*Only(?)..&-He’s..(-One*Of..MYE*HUMBLE(?)..-JAPANESE*STUDENTS)?/-
&* ..A*KIND*COUNTRY*GENTLEMAN(!?)???-Now*..Whose*(?)..-(-Gonna*..Bye*?../-This(!)?


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-No2..-Free*Admission..-(Now*Open?)?

-Spam*Museum(?)..-Austin*Minnesota(?)-Ingred-
ients: Pork/-with*Ham/-..&*Salt/-..-Wf’*
Water?
 .. -*Sugar/-* ..&*Sodium*/-*Nitrate(?)-"Yu’*Mean..Sump*tin’*Like..-(Poison*Pigs(?)-*Written(?)..
-On*Can*(?)..-N’..(Lemon..-*Juice!)?"-Sherlock..(Wulda’*Liked*That!)?..-Eh(!)?..-
*Watson/-Wat*/-..-Th’*Heck!)?-&/-..
*She..Wuz*Here/-..*Just(?)-Befor’..(-*Leaving!)?-
*Then/-*..(Th’../-*Sillou..*wett!)?
-From*-(Her*Pussy!?)-/-..*From*..(Sittin'/-..On*
Tha'Table!)?-..&*Kinda*Like/-?..*Bib(!)?-Er'-..(Third*Rib!)?..
-Uv’(Fatso!)?..-N'*Profile/-(~?)-Alfred*(A?)..-Hitch*cock(!)?..-&*Don’t*/--..(-Blame*Me!)
?-For*You/-R..*Not*/-..Understan*-*Ding(?)-…-Mye*-”Psycho!”?..-*Being/-*..N'-Cameo’d*/-&..n’/-*Profile(!)?..-*Fat*Like..(-*Pig!)?..-I*Usta*Feed*Em’/-..*Pigs/-*..*Stray/-..*Barn-y*
-Ard/-..*Cats(!)..&-/Farmer*Brown/-..*Said(!)?..-”Som*pin’s*Strange/-..-That*His*Mother/-..Was*Only..(N’-?..
-Her*Bra/-*..&*Whin*He*..(-Went*N’..To*Get/-..His*BB*Gun!)?-..-*Course*..*That/-*..Was*Be-
for’..-*They/*-*Made*/-..(-Pump*Models!)”?..-*Com*menting..-On*-.."How*Beautiful/-..She*W-as(!)"?..-*That’s*..(A*Lie!-..-*Nope*(!)-..*Twasn’t(!))?..&*-Re*/-..*Adjusted/-..*His*Glass
-es/-..&(*Ran*Out!)?..-To*/-..Some*wher’/-..(Near
*Mul-berry*Tree!)?/-..&*Ole*..(Connelly*Place!)?-&*Memory/-*..(Tells*It/-..Like*It/-..*Is(!)?
*Tells*/-..(-No*Lie!)?..&*I..-Usta*..(-Walk*A..
-*Round/-..Stone*Ledge/-..To(-Prove*It!)?..-Wf’..
*Mye/-(-Kid*Sister/-..*Close*on(-..Mye**Heels!)?
..As*-*Always..?-(Close*On/-..Mye*Heels(!)?
S*Like/-..’S*Hearin’..(-Those/-..-Damn*Locusts!)?..-*Singing* ..N’(-..Giant*/-..*Elm*Trees!)?..-&*Then*/-Tha'..(-*Japan*-
-Ese*Boring/-..*Beetles/-*..*Were*Huge(!)?..Wf'-*Long*Antennaes/-?..*Wavin’..(-N’..*Wind!)?..-&
*Poor-*..-David*/-..Wain*wright/-(?)..-*Had(TV!)?..-Befor’*Us(!)?-..Somewher’..(N’1943?)..-N’*House
!/-..*Bey-..-ond*..tha’..(-Apple*..*Orchard!)?..-That*Was*Fore’/-..*They*..(*Shot*/-..-Th’*Wolve-
s/-..&*Posioned/-..Th’Co-Yotes(!)?)..-A lot*..Has*
(-Gone*On/-*..-Gone*Down?)-As*..(People*Die/-..&*People*Are*Born?)..-Bu(?)-T*Memory(!)?..-*Seems*to/-..Stay..(-Th’*Same!)?..-Watta*
*Shame/-..-D.Simpson’s/-..(-Doc*Now!)-?
-Collecting*Images/-..Like*-(Pack*Rat!)?..-From*Child*hood/-?-To*..-Adult*hood(?)-..&a*-Keepin’*Em!..(?)!
-(”Free*Spam*Mobile/-?..-Just*Like*Elvis!)”?-&/-..*Being*Sighted(!)?..(-*Blind!)?
-*See-Back/-*..For*Details(!)?


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-Oh(!)?..Look*/-..(-At*/-..That*One!)?..-Like*A..
(-Broken*..*Nag!)?..-Uv’..-S’*Curves(!)?..&*-(Unulating*/-..*..*
Like*/-..***Snake-?


-*Curveature(!?))?..&-Without*/-..A*Clue(?)-&-*..*Writhing*/-..N’..(*Serious*/-*Sensual/-*..*Un
du -?-*   
lation(!))?..-&*(Her*..*Cowgirl*Boots!)?..-Run*
Over/-(?)-..Like*Dead(?)-..*Cars/-(?)..N’**Lizards
(!)?
-Of*-(Too*Much*Living!)?..-For*(-Whom*/-..*
*Should/-..We*
*Say-?)
..-Has(The*Collared*/-..The*Right*/-..*Lizard/-..*..th'*Right*/-..*Market?)??
-Like*..(To*Dictate!)?-..”To*Our(-*Moraled..*Statist*ical/-*Ideals’?)-..&*But/-?..(the*Lover’s/-..Uv’*Escaped..-*I*d*-*ent*ities!?)..-&*..(-*Local*/-..*Has*Beens/-..wuld*Be's..
(-Has*
Been*/-Left*/-..Fer*Tha'/-..*Songsters!)?)..-Ah(!)?
-For*..(*The*Good*Days!)?/-....-Uv’(?)../-*Ind-..-*
ian*Summers/-(?)
-&*Rains(?) /-&*Rains(!?)-&*Your..(-*American**Accents?)?..-*Cicadas*&-*Crick-ets*
(?)
-&*(-Mutual*/-..*Meli*terious../-..*Mal(i)functions?)/-..(Uv’*Song!)?-..*Pertaining*To/-..(?)-&*Not/-..*
Ex-..(X)-..-cluded*From*/-....(-Mye*Love/-?..*Uv’
..-*Singing*Beyond!)?..-Any*One’s*/-..*Interest(?)/-..&*If*
I*..-*Was/-..(*Born..(To*-..-Mea*sure/-..the-..Uni*Verse..(*Im*maculate../-..*Infinities!)?-To*
Touch/-(?)..To*Rhythm(?)..-To*Speak/-..(N’*Subtl
e?)'S/-..&*--*Inclinations(?)..-&*She*..(was**Un-
aware?)?-Uv’..(Mye*Intentions../-or**Feelings*?)-
..-May*be..(-8*Ro-ses?)..-*On*-..-*Corner/..-Uv'A*(-”Stand/-..-Uv’..Honor*ed/-*..***Petals!”)-
-Can*Nothing(!?)-..(-Convince*..*Her!)?..-Or*..
*To*Be
-Left*Under/-..(*Her*../-*Windshield*Wipers/..-N’*A(-?)-..*Full/-*..*Moon?)-..*With*..(-Dews*- *Soft*..*High*lites?))?

-&*A*Sense/-..(Uv’*Art!)?-..As*Arrangement/-..(N’*Pairs(!))?-Uv-”One*/-..Plus*One/-?..-*Roses?(=..*Two!)?
-A*Handoffered*Tribute(?)-..To*Love..(Without*/-
a-...*Potential*/-ed..Repe*tition/-..Uv’..-Th’*Dove?
)-An*..(Salultetations*/-*Ring!)?..-&*A*Promise*/-..On*Finality*(?)
-&..(-Continual*Pledge/-..Uv’Dom*estic*/-..*Boredom!)?
-&-”How*Is*it(?)-..That*It*/-(?)..-All*Measured*Up..(?)-To..(-Two*/-..Blue*Berry*Lips(?)-..*Stuck(?)-..On*Da*/-..*Mulberry*Tree?
-”Or*Like..(That/-..*Two*Pronged/-..*Buck!)?..-&
*..-White*tailed*/-..*Deer/-'s..
*Antler(?)/-..That*I*Found/-..-*Upstate*NY
(?)-Town*..Uv’*Athens/-..was*Gnawed*-..(Bye*
*Squirrel/-..Uv'/-..-Lessor*Intent(!)?
Or*..-Field*Rat/-..Or*/-..Some*thin’..*Else?)?-I*
-Couldn’t*Hold/-..(A*Candle/-..*To*/-Piece..Uv’/-..*Cake!)?-..”I*Told*Him(?)..*Nothing/-..Uv’*
What../-?-I*Was..*Suffering*/-..*From/-*Being/-**..Like*A*..-..(Bull*Moose-(?) /..-*Locked*N*/-..(*Love's-../-De*light!?)-../-&*(Hung*Up!)?-..-N'-
?..&*Hung*Up!/-..N’/-(Battles'/-Bloodied*Horned*/-..*Rutting*Sea-..*son(!)?



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-On*Phone/-Yu..*(-Tellin’*Me?)-


If*I..(-Came*Tu?)..-Yur*House(?)
-I’d*..(-Hav’t*Tu*Walk?)_*Barefoot(?)
-Take*Off..(Mye*Shoes!?)?..-Me*Tellin’
-*Yu..(That*I..Haven’t*Changed..?)-
(..Mye*Socks!?)?-N’..(-3*Weeks?)

N’..(-Respect*..Tu..*Hygiene?)-
-N’..*Michelangelo’s..(-Rotten*Foot?)-
-*Memory(?)-Me*Tellin’*Yu..(-That*I..-
-(*Think?)..-I’d..Rather*)(-Walk*On*Water?)?
-Like..*Jesus(?))

-Thn’(Yu*..Unloadin’*Idea?)?-”If*I..*Get-
-(*Tickets?)-N’*Take*Yu..*To/-(*Opera?)”?
-Every..Yr.(N’*January?)-N*Yu*Repeat/-(This*
-Same..*Scenario?)?-It’s..(-Like*Yur..*N’Yrs.(?)
-(*Resolution!?)?)

-Tu*Become..(Uppity*Uppity/..R’*Sophisticated-
-ly/-..*Happy?)-What..(-Makes..*Yu*Think?)?
-Sound*Has..*Th’(-Upper*Hand?-Tu*(In/-*ti/-*llect)(?)
-It’s..(Like../-That*Time?)-Whn’..(-Th’*Jeep?)
-UpEnded(?)..-N’*Gas*Wuz*../-(-Spillin/-Outta*..

-..Gas*Tank?)?-N*(-I*Said..”(Don’t..*Move?)?
-N’Yu..*Sprang(?)-*Hysterial..(?)-No*Such..*Word(?)
-N’Tu-..*Action(?)-Crawling*..(-Over*Mye*Dead*Body?)-
-Tu*..(Save*Yur*Self?)-Leaving*Me/-(Totterin’../-at*Edge?)
-Uv’(-Road/-*Culvert?)-Blaming*Me/-For*Tryin’/-To*Kill*Yu?)

-N’(-Din’t*Talk..Tu*Me../-For..(Three*Days?)-N’(-Th’Soft*Snows?)?
-Upstate..*New*York(?)-Near..(Yur*Sisters..*House??)?
-But..(Layin’(All*Kiddin’?)-*Aside?)-N’*Watchin..’(Notre*Dame?)?
-Wf’..(-5*Teams/-*Deep?)-(Crushin’*N’*Protectin’)(?)-Each*Other’s-
-(Tight*Ends?)?

-N*Yu(-Din’t..*Listen?)?&*Said..”Well..(That’s..-*Football?)?
-&*(-ThanksGivin’..Turkey?)-Walked*(Off*Table?)-Onto(Mye*Plate?)
-Yu*Crammin’..(-FoodStuffs/-*Beyond*Love?)-Tryin*..(Tu*Kill*Me?)
-Makin’*Me..(Die/-*Twice(?)..-Uv’(-Over..*Loaded/-*Bowels?)?)
-N’(-Anal..*Retention?)?-Shoulda’*Known(?)..-Somewher’-Between(?)-
(Ambition-N*Desire..(*Lies?)-(Do*Gooders*/-*Missionaries/-&*Florence-*N(?))?


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-One*Way(!)


-Riding*/-..With*..(So*Many/..?-Fits*..&*Starts!)?
I*Could*Have/-(?)..*Driven(?)-..Any*Bus*Mad/-(?)
-Except*For/-(?)..-The*-..(Big*Trips!)?

It*Takes*A(?)..-(Steady*Hand!)?..-But*-Around/-?
-The(?)-(*Moon(?))-..I*Could(?)-Get*..*Nervous(!)?
-Thinking(?)-..Of*All*/..-(The*Condition*..*InHuman!)?
-(Crowds*Waiting/-..On*Earth(!)?)-Calling*Me(?)-
-Bye*My*First*Name(!)?

-Where*Woodpeckers(?)..-Round*Out/..-The(Stupid*Stump!)?

Trees*Fall/-(?)-Just*Half(The*Size/-(?)..Of*(Small*Complaints/-?)
-To*A..(-Lunar’s*Demeanor!)?..-(Insects*Stand/-Erect*&*Serious!)(?)
-To*Tell..(The*Time*/-..Of*Day?)-You*Have*To/..-Take*A/-..?
-(Tee*Sq?)-..Into*..(The*Forest!)?

Yet*Some*Say(?)-..“Perspective(?)-../-Tis*Lost(?)..-In*The*Apple/-(?)
-Of*../-(Mye*Eye!)?
Or*The*Core/-..Of*..(-Arthritic*Tunnels!)?
The(-*Billboards?/-..Seem*To*Me(?)-..(The*Answer!)?
As*Hollywood*Smokes/-(?)..-The*Cigarette(?)..-(In*General!)?

-*Castration*(!?)-..Tis*Not*..Mye*Concern(!)?
-But*..(?)-When*You*Walk/-..(?)..In*(One*Way../-*Streets!)?
-The*Only*Way/-..Tis*…(Non*Stop!)?


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-Over*Pop-(*U-*Lation..An*Estimate?)-


-&..(One*Thousand/-..Black*Bears?)?
-N’*Number/..-(Tu’*Be/-..*Reduced?)-
-Tu*(-Three..*Hundred?)?-(Bye*Vote)/..-This*Summer(?)
-N’..(New*Jersey/-It’s..(A*Shame?))-I*Got*Out-
-Uv’..(WildLife..*Conservation?)?

-Human*Beings/..-Demanding..*Retribution(?)                                   copyright(C)
-Over(*Pop..U’)-Lating!(?)-The*Earth’S*Surface(!)?
-I*Say/..-Th’(-Human*Beings?)..-Should*Go(!?)?
-Every*Crevice..(-Poked*Out?)..Plundered*-

-Like*Those..(-40’Pits*/..-Dug..(N’*Sand?)
-Island*..(Uv’..*Mad-(I*)*Gascar(?)-Blue..*Sapphires(!?)
-Mostly..(Size*Uv’..*Matcheads?)?-As*Photo-
-Graphed(?)..-Bye*Life(?)..-*Magazine(?)
-March(-2000?)-*Issue(?)-”Corundum*Media!-

-*Hype(!?)”-But..(-Blue*Sapphires?)..-Hard..
-As(-..*Rocks!?)?-”Nature’s..(Gone..*Extreme?)?
-Yet..(-We..Are*Told?)-”Moderations..*Best!?”..
-&*N’-All*Things..(Th’..*Do’Do/..-Bird?)-(Didus*Ineptus?)

-*Still..*Exists(?)?-Still..*Lives(?)-Not*To*Mention..
-Mye..(-WildLife*Collecting..*Sabbaticals?)?-
-Whin*After..(-Ding*Bats?)-We*Caught..(Desmodontidae/-
-*Vampires?)..-(Blood*Suckin’..(-Lil’*Rascals?)-Dracula’s..
-On..(Th’*Loose!?))?-&*Sucked..(-Lily*White..*Necks!)?

-(2*Red*Marks?)?-(Batting..(Eyelashes..Like-*Aunt*Ophelia?)?)
-Or..(Boy’s..On*/-Pabst*..(Blue*?)..-*Ribbon?)-*Hallucinatng(?)
-Like(-*Bats..(That*Flew?))..-At*(-TwiLight?)?-Skyin’..(Ole*Conn-
-elly..*Family*Mansion?)-Near(-Bethany*..Putnam..*City?)?-

-But..(Blue*Sapphires?)?-Just*Th’..(Stone..*Tu*Seduce(??)-Th’-
-Blue*Muse!)?Uv’-..*Poetry(?)-Scintilllating..(Like*Pebble..*Across-
-Country*Pond?)?-Blue*Sapphires!!(?)-Just..(Tha’..Dream/..Tha’ ll-
-Do*Ya!!)?-But..(To*Reduce?)-(Black*Bears!?)-When..(They*Were-
-Here..*First!)?-(Ursus..*Americanus!)?-Black*Bears/-Brown*Bears/-

-Off(-Color..*Phase?)-Black*Bears(!?)-(BLUE*SAPPHIRES..FOR-
-EYES?)-FOR..(-700*BEARS..*-ELIMINATED)?..-BYE*VOTE(?)-
-NEXT*SUMMER(!)?-BLUE*SAPPHIRES(!?)-FOR(-EACH*PAW/-CLAW?)
-SCRATCHED..(FRUM*GOD’S/-BEAR*HEAVEN!!)?-Shades..Uv’(1929?)-

-CRASH(!!)??-DOWJONES*UP(?)-($11,119.36)?-
-Th’*(BULLS/-..(ARE*RUNNIN/-..’*SCARED!!!!!)?)?


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--Receiving..(Orange/-..*Card?)



..(Happy*Birth..*Day!)-..mye*..(Brown/-*Buttons?)?


-in..*October’s(?)..
-Like(-Soaping*Up?)-
-with(-Your*..Chamomile*/-..Glycerin*Gift?)..
-of..Writing*..(-*Spiritually?)-


-from*Your..(-Narcissistic../-*Nature?)
-on*Mirror..(?)-in..*Bath*Room(?)
..with(*Red..*LipStick?)?


..or(-Men(U?)..-Stru-ation/-..*Blood?)-
-of(-..The*Month?)..
-in..(-Blood*Red..*Celebration?)?


-Was..Like*..(-A*Suit/..-of*All/-..*Eyes?)
-or..(All*Seeing?)..-or..*Philanthropist*Tailor(?)
-Measuring..(Out*/-..*Reality?)
-you..(34yrs.old?)-&*I
-as..(58/-..years..*Old?)?


“HAPPY..*BIRTH-(?)../-..*DAY(?)..(*MYE?)-
-..(BROWN..(?)-*BUTTONS!!)?”



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-Somewhere..Between..(3rd..Grade?)


-&*Highschool(?)-It*Began(??)-
 To..(-Soak*In?)?
-That..(*Things?)-At*Face*Value??..
-Weren’t..(Necessarily*/-*Talked*About(?)-
/*In?-..
-*Con*cern(?)...(&-Aren’t..*Just?)-
-*Literally?/ -*Black..&*White(!?)             
 -Uncle*Ches..(?)-Said*..
-..(Looking*Up?)-
-From..His..(*NewsPaper?)?
-”Well..-He..(Never*Said?)/-..
-*That/-..(-I*Did?)?”       
-But..(Big*Billy/-Er’../-William*English?)?                                                 
-In..Junior*High(?)-Reeling*..-(IT..*Out..?
-TO..*ALL*/-..16*INCHES?)
-(Startled*Me!!(?)-Me*?-*Half..*Asleep(?)
-In*Reality(??)..-Me*Thinking(??)-
-(Of..(MYE*ENGLISH..*HOMEWORK?))
-&(-Trying..(Not*To*Look?)..-Was*Startled(?)
-(IN*JOHN?)?-&*Said*../-”What..Can/-..You*Do..
-With..(-THAT*FIRE*HOSE?)?”
 -HE*SAID..”(Tis*No*Use?)-?
-(Ca’nt..Get*It?..-*Up?)-/*SOMETIMES(??)?..
-&(-MOST*GIRLS..CAN’T?)..-TAKE*IT*IN(!)?..
-&*I..(-Get*No/-*Satisfaction?_?)..
-(Doesn’t..(Stay*Hard?))”
-Me*Thinking(???)
-of(-Mye*Father’s*Instruction?)?
-Pertaining..TO*WORK/-(-OR*ATTEMPT*TO”CRAFT)(!?)-
-&*PUT..*THE(-TOOLS..BACK..
-WHERE..(YOU*GOT*THEM?)../-Son(?))
-&..-WHEN*..(-YOU*TAKE..*SOMETHING..OUT*or-*APART?)-
-TO*REPAIR*IT..(IT*..-GOES..BACK/-..(EXACTLY..?)*(?)
-WHERE(*YOU..*FOUND*IT(?)..-(LEAVE*/-..(NO*PART..*OUT?)?)-                                                                              -WHAT..(GOES*IN?)..-*MUST/-..                                                                          
-(-(--CUM*E*OUT)?..-52years*Later-..-Especially..(WF’..*VIAGRA!?)?


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-The*Eart- h..*Bleeds(?)-*Near..(Newark’s*/-..*Broad?)-/..*Street(?)



-(*Train..*Station?)?..-&*Tha'-Tractored..
*Cats(?)-
*Battle*../-*Concrete*Slabs(?)..-Uv’*Human..-
*Re--morse(?)-N’(-Th’*Black*&/-*White?)-*
Snows*A*Struggle/-..For*Th’/-..(-*Earths*Suprem-
acy?)
-Uv’..We’Are(?)-..All*Bigots..&*Self*Righteous(?)-*Cats*Here/-..*Accounted*For/..&*Tha'-..*Present?
-”Men*Yellin’..To(-..The*Groan..Uv’*Machines?)”
-&*Progress*..Once*Again(?)..-Has*Arrived/-..(?)

-With*Out..(-Jesus’s*Consciousness?)(?)-”Holy*-
*Hanna(!)..-&*(-Praise..Th’*Lord/-..I*Wuldn’t-
-Go*There/-..Wf’*Out(*Him?)-On..Dis*(-Dark*/-
*Day?)-..AsDey*AreStandin’..N’*Station(?)..-Wf’-
(Stooped*Knees?)_..*Herion..(No*Doubt?)-Or*/-
*Some..(-*Dream/-’Bout/-*Come..(?)-To*M-e(?)-...On(-*Bended*Knee?)-&*I..Will*Forgive*Thee(!)?-As*No*One/-..*Sees*/-..(Th’Little*Man?)-

-(”Staggerin’..To*Work/-On*A*Dream!”)-(?)(-&* ..*I*Am/-..*Equal!-((&*It’s..A*Free*Democracy(?))..-*Equal*Rights(!)?  ..That*I’-/*m..*After!)?-*Every*Man..(-Deserves..*A*Woe*man?)?-Thick*..(As*McDonalds*Ha-M*Burger!!)?-&*Twice..(As*Stupid?)?-..But..(-er*Pink*Lips?)-*Floored*Me(?)/-Juicy*/-(!?)-..As-..
-A*(-PorterHouse*Steak!)?-Where’s*My*E?..-Lea*&*Perrins..(-Worcester-shire/-..*Sauce?)?

-So*Much/-..*For..*That(!)?..-(Fat*Cat?)-?&..Yo*..Should*Talk(!?)?..-Well*..SomeOne*Has*
-*To?
-”Maybe..Nex’*March(?)-..Will*Come*N/-(Like*
*Lion?)-..*&*Out/-*..*Like(?)-..(Black*Leopard?)-
-At*Least/-..Wf’..(*Spots?)”?-N’(-Dis*Humidity?)-*Da’..Blue*Collar*/-*Workers/-..Don’t*Kno--w(?) -*From*Shit(!)-..Er’..*Naught(!)?-Draggin’*Tail(?)-Like*..(Possum*/-..*Eatin’../-*Persimmons?)

-Yet*..(Old*Glory?)-*Waves(!!)?..-From*Steeple/-To*Steeple/-..Like*Sum-(Mother*World!)?..&*”Make*America**Proud”(!?)---*Bye*World*/-..*Terroist(!)?..
-Trade*Towers/..-Gone*Down(!)?-&*Guilt/-&*Lord’s*Prayer/-..*ReInstilled?..-&*Its*On..-
(Cold*Psyc..?                                                                                                        
-hological*Days?)..-Like*This(?)-&(Gray*Skies!)?..-Like*God’s*November(?)-Wf’(-*Barren*../-*Chinese*Elms?)..
-Which*Means/-..(Dis*Death's/-..Black*Turtle?)-Es’..-Goin’/-..*Home*/..-N’*Eat(?)..-
(-Jack*Rabbit*/-..*Barley)(?)


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-This..Has*Been/..-A*..(-Hell*Uv’*../-A*Year?)?-


-(Highbrow*../-*Sunk*..To*Lowbrow?)?
-&*One..(Never*Knows?)/-Which..(End*Is*Up?)
-Me*..(-Being*Accused/-..of..Sexual*/-..*Harrassment?)?
-Uv’*Coarse/..-History*..(-*Repeats/-*Itself?)

-I*Told..(-*Her?)-Look..(At*Titian/-(?)-&*..She*Said..
-Whose..(*Titian?)?-”If*You*Don’t(-*Know/..-What*Nude’s ..*Come-(?)
-Before*You(?)-Or*/-Been/-*Done?)..-Before*You..(?)-Your’e/-(Bound*/-?
*To*Re-peat/-*It*Again?)”-The*1st*Time/..-She*Was*Model/..-Frum*Lenin-..(?)

-grad?)?..-Full*Bodied*/..-Russian(?)-After*..*Assumption(?)-(Uv’/..-S*&*H)?
-Ate*(-Lunch*/..-With*Me)-N’*Hallway../-(N’..*
Summit?)?-&’..Then*(-One*Day..
-*Told*Me..*We/-..Couldn’t*Hav’*Sex?)-That*She..(Wuz..*2/-&*1/2*(?)-Mos./*Preg*
-nant?)  
-&*Lived/-..Wf’*Husband/..-At(-..*Lake..*
Mohawk?)-&*Then*N’*Ang*stiety..*She/..-*Jump
ed*/-..*Off*-..-Th’*Model’s*Podium(?)..-?&*Had..(A*Miscarriage?)?-Now*..(Th’*Latest?)-*
Stud*-ent..(!?)..-
-N’*Frum*..(Paris*France)(?)—Wf’*Initials..(CD)?
-After..(-3*Weeks?)..-Uv’*IM-*PLICIT/-
*INSTRUCTION(?)..-(At*Famous-ASL?)-N’..NYC(?)-&*Said..*I--(TOUCHED*HER!!)?-
-Well..Let’s*..Hope*So(!)?..-Readin’*Palms/-Tis*A
*Serious*..-*Issue(!?)-Then*/-..Th’..(-Con*..

-vers-ational*Twist?)?-..Yu*Get*Me(!)?..”I*AM..*CONFUSED(!)-I*Mean..(You*-*CONFUSE..*ME(?) ”?
..-I*Should/-(?)..-Have*Known/-..*Being*..An*(-Independent*..*Contractor?)..-That*Sum*Silly&/-..
(-Psycho-(?)-*logical*Snare/..-Wuz*..(Being*Set?)-Like*Imagery/-..(-Run*Rampant?)?
-Even..In*France/-..&*The*Impressionists/-..Or*/-*Cezzane/-..Wuz’-*..(Outta*..Es’*Head!!)?-

-Sic*&/-..*Roualt?(..*-A*-Bit*/-..*Daffy!!)?-Wf’*Es’-..(Pig*Thick*/-..*Line?)..-*Running..*(-?-..*Round*/-..*Prosti-tute?)..-&*a-*Pope(?)-N*Passion(!?)?..N'*Fashion(!?)..-Er’/-..*Judge(?)-But*..Then*..--I*Did*Say?).."*That(-..-(!?)-..*All*Great*-..*Art((!?))-..Tis*/-*Sexual?)?-&*Taken/-..Outta*Context/-..N'to..(-*Carpet/-?..-LikeJesse*/-..*Helms/..?-Wulda-.. *Liked/That!?) -
-But*..(-Let’s*Git/-..*Real?)-Elizabeth*..”(Mye*Love?/-..Tis*A(-Two*Headed*Dove?)?

..-&-Not*A*Plastic*..*DNA-..(Testube?)..-Uv’(-Ethic*al(!)?/-..&*Moral*/-..*Concerns!)?-Es*pecially/-..*Pertaining*/-..To*ART!
..And*/-..(-You*Can..*Quote*Me?)”-*Corrine*Doll/-Yu*Are..A*Real*..-*Li-ve(?)-
-Livin’*..*Doll!!)?)))E”


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-Tuesday..-AfterNoon(?)


-Surprise*Me(?)-You*Did(?)
-&*Said?/-“*Please......
-Take*Us?”/-(“To*Show*Me”?)
-“Where”..’’Your*Mom?”
-Usta..
(“Take*You”?)-(“With-Your*Brother?)”

-&”(*Collect..The*Goods?)?”
‘’1st*Thing..in*/-Ole*Morning(?)
-At(-*Bottom..Of*Swimming*-
-*Pool?)
              -Before(*EveryBody..
*Got-
-*Up’’?)-
              Like*’’Before*The(-Life*Guards?)-
               -(Showed*Up/-..-To*Clean?)

-The*Pool”(?).



-&*Below..The*..(-Autumn*Trees?)?                          
..(No*Longer/-..There?)
..even*N’*Memory(!)?

-Next..In*Line/was-(-The*Pumpkin*/-Stand?)..
-&..(-Dead*End/-..*Road?)?
-&..(Country*..*Restaurant?)?
-With..(-No*Name?)?

-&..”Little*Johnny..&*Lorraine(?)-
Were..Taken-(To*Meet..Their*Dad”?)?
N’*Memory(!)?
..Just-(“*Before..(The*Divorce”?)?)
-Your*Mother..(Insisted*On?)..-Be*cause..
-of..(The*PentHouse(?)..-*Girls*?.........
-Your(.......-Father*Liked!?)-?                                               

-&*Me..(*Twenty-Five?-*Years?)-Your-
-Senior(?)-&*Kelly*/-..Re*produced*/-..N’1994*Issue..
...of(-*PENT*HOUSE!)?..Receiving..(Orange*Card?)?-From*You(?)
..”(Happy*BirthDay!!..-Brown*Buttons!!?)”


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-*Uranus..(N’*Mye*10th*House?)-*Means(?)
                                         
-*I*Shock(?)-Th’(-World..&/*It*Shocks*Me?)?-*Drop-
 *ping..-tha'-..
-*Ketchup(?)-..Frum*His/-..(Gorton’s../-*Fish*Stick!)?
-N’..Between*/-..Th’*Keys(?)-Uv’His..*Brother(?)-..*C*
 o--*rrec..tronic*50?)?..-Means*/-I*.. -(I*Should*Have/-..*Gone-)..
-Tu’*Down*sville..(-UpState*New*York?)..-As(-April*15th)

-*Opens..(-Fishing*Season(!))?..-But..Th’(-..*Big*Ones*Are/-?
-Now*..(?)-*Only*Caught?)/..-N’(-*Photo*/-..Fish*Shoots?)?..-Wf’..
-Glassey*Eyed/-..*Natives(?)-..*Sportin’/(?)-(Braggidocio*/-..*Principles?)
-Uv’..(Yu-*Wishin’(?)..-Yu-*Wer'/-..*Here?)-Er’-/-..(Yur’..*Mother..*Wears-
-A*(?)..-Royal*/-..Coach*Man?)..-But-..(Tu*Try/..-N’*Fight?)..-Th’-(Cold..*H20?)

-N’*Mye..(-White*Water*..*Challenger/..-Canoe*Kayak?)..-Wf’..(-2*Seep-
-*Holes?)?..-Gushin*Ovur/-..(?)-(Mye*Leggs(?))..-Like*..*Cheap*Skate(?)-
-”Why..Don’t*/-Yu’...?/-Buy..*Chest*High/-..*Waders?)”.."-Like*..(This*Bagel-?
-*Onion?)..-*Dude!)"..-&*(Chew*On?)?..-N’*Dip..(Th’/-*Whole*Trip/(?)..-N’*Mustard?)?
-(Da’*Reason(?)..-This*Ole*Boy’s..*To*Old/-(?)..To*Cut/..-Th’*Mustard(?)..-But*I’m..

-Sure*/-..(Jim*”Bone”(?)..-*Bayse?)-Braggin’*Bout/-?..(?)..-(Th*Old/-*Raft?)..-He*Sold..?
-(Last*Year?)..To*Me(!)?..-Fer’-*..($1,250.)&*..-*Manager*/-..(Old*Forge?)..-Fresh*Water-..*Crafts(?)
-N’..All*It’s..(-*Purple*../&*-Buff*White(?)..-*Blatant*/-..(-Super*Sonic/-(?)..-*Nudity(?))-?
-Is*..*Rotting/-..(?)..-”But/-..Th’(../-*Hand*Tied/-..*Flys?)?-I*Got/..-At/-..Ole*/-..*Indian*Lake?)”
-Wer’-(Sum..*Bargain?)..-(Dream*Boy?)..-N’
(-*Little/-*..*Restaurant?)..-*Cookin’-(Sunny*/

-Side*/-..Up*Eggs?)..-Whin*..*I(-..(?)-Walked*N’?)..-This*(..-Young*Kid?)-17/-?..-&Not*Old*-?
-*Enough/(?)..-Tu*(-Boil*/-*Water?)..-Butt*Sproutin’/..-(7*Whiskers?)..-N’*Gold/..-At*That(!)?
-Said*..(-I’ ll..Give*Yu*..*Bargain?)..-&*Dropped(-His*Price?)..-Uv’(-$2.97/(?)-..-Per*Fly?)?-
-Tu*..(-$1.25/-..-Per*Fly?)?-&*Thru/..-(??)-(Couple*More?/..-N’/..-For*Measure?)..-Which*Means-?
-”I*Got..-(Good*Deal?)-I*Thought?)”..-Wf’..(-*Throw*Away/-..*Hooks?)..-No*Barbs(?)-On*Em’..-

(?)-But*..Th’(..-Real*Reason/-..Uv’This?-(-Arm*Chair*/-..*Travel?)..-N’*Month(..-Uv’*Mye*Mother’s/-..
-*Birth(!?))?..&*-N’..(/-Second*Wife?)..-(Birthdays!)?..-*Writin’..(&-..Gettin*Daffy?)?..-Writin’*Seri*-..
-ous*Poetry(?)..-Tis*All*Important/-..*&-..An*Issue/-..Uv’*Mine(?)-But..(Tu’*Receive/-..*Corre*spondence?)?..
-Frum*..(-SPARROWGRASS/(?)..-POETRY*FORUM../(?)-SISTERSVILLE?)..-WF’DAFFY*..?

-DUCK*STAMP(?)..-Wf’..*GOOFY/(?)..-Er’../-HOLIER*-..(THAN*/-..*THOU?)..-EX*PRESSION/..-(?)-
-Uv’(..(?)-WHOSE*/..-*KIDDIN’/-?..*WHO?)..-&*-
(ON*/-
?-A*..SILLY/*..-*STAMP?)..*(Beats*ME?)?
  
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-*VIAGRA!..(* ON*LINE!)?


..- ARD..as*a*-*ROCK/-..(all the time?)
-If you are Serious*..about -*ENLARGING!(?)-
-.. *(Strengthening and*Developing?)-?
 -your..(* PENIS!?)-then.. you ‘ave-..TO(?)
-finally*found..(*What..You*..Are-*Looking(?)
 -*FOR(?)
-With over..*35 years..*of-(*RESEARCH!!)?
- *BEHIND..(OUR*PRODUCT?)?
-we*can.. guarantee*-results!(?)-Our*Priortary-
-*Exercises.. when used..( with the*DHG?)-
-*SUPPLEMENTS(?)-.. will give you..
-..*RESULTS!
-NO*PRESCRIPTION.. *NECESSARY!
-YOU*CAN*HAVE..*REALISTIC..(?)
-*GAINS.. IN *JUST A* FEW.. *WEEKS(?)-
-To*-be removed..(* go to?)-1953(?)-&..

-(BIG*PEARL?)-POPPIN’..(HER*TOWEL?)
-A*..*CROSS..(THE*TRACKS?)-
-in..(SHANTY*TOWN?)?
-in..(LAWTON,-OKLAHOMA?)?-
We..guarantee..( it!)?-TO*

-ENCREASE/-..YOUR*PENIS(?)-
-ONE..(QUARTER..(OF*AN*INCH?))-
-PER..(WEEK?)/-3*..-TIMES*..THREE*-*HUNDRED*(?)-
-&..(SIXTY*FIVE*DAYS?)/-..-A*YEAR(?)-

-(BE*A*SUPER*STUD)/-(!).. (*KEEP* *HER/-..*MOANING?)-
-.. (*ALL NIGHT!)?

-what..an..(Illusion*..to*com*mon*man?)
-&*"Who/-..-Should*/-..Want*To(!?)"?



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-Well..Marvin*K.*Meisels?/-..You*..(Have*Nothing*On?)



-Jesse*Lawrence*Sh.....?/-You*..(Both*Were/-..Killed*/-..*Over?)
-Sitting..(On*/-de la *Chaumette’s/-../-La*Toilett’e?)-Er’..”The”/-(La*Gabinett’e!!)?
-Pushing..*Out(?)-The..Brown*../-*Stuff(!)-”True*Heros!”-(Just*-Like*..(??)-/Jesse*James/-
-John*Wayne?)?-&*Just/-As*Concerned*..Wf’(-69..lbs.)?-Uv’*Fecal-(?)-Psycholocial*/-

-/*Matter(?)-Mye*Fear/-..(-Mor’/-*Heave(?)/-Than*Ho!)?-Or/-*Go/-?!..Than*..Male*Matter
-*Action(!?)-Like(-Who*..*Wants/-To(Sum*It*All*Up?)-N’Just*One/-..(Herculean*Grunt!)?
-Me*Suffering..(-At*Age/-67&1/2?)-Wf’(-Swelling*/-Of*/-..-Rightside*/-..*Diverticulitis?)?
-&*As*Child(?)-(Punished*Bye*Mom?)-&*Sis(?)-To*Watching(-Swan*Rug?)-&Reeds*

-On*Floor(?)..For..(-2to..3hrs.)?-Uv’*(Constipated*..*Buddah(?))-In(*Anal*/-*Retention(?)
-*Concentration?))?-The..(Stuff*/-That*Dreams..are
(-Made*Of?)-&*Just*..Last*Year..(?)
-At..(This*Time?)-Steve*Says..”Dad*..was(-On..Top*Uv’/-..It*All?)”?-Wf’*Jesus(?)-On-..
-Top(-Uv*Roof?)-..Repairing*Heaven..(?)-&*(?)-Fixing*..(This*/-Or*..*That)”-&*Gutters?-

-But..(This*Year?)?-”Depositing*..(Like*A*FemaleCockRoach?)?-Down..
-The*-/-..*Drain(?)-Artfull/-*Deposits”(?)-&..(The*Dreams?)-I*Had/-To-(?)
-(Show*You?)?-Maybe*-”That..(The*World/-Acccepts*Me?)?-On*Mye/*Own*../-
-*Terms”(!?)-”Dad!”..But(-”*Apprapoe!”/-&..Typically*Right!)(-You*Exiting..??)?-Just*..

-(When*..?)-I..Wuz*Getting..(-A*Grip!)?)-On*Reality(?)-Like..(Art*Book*Press?)
-From..(*Woodstock?)-Sending..(Me*Contract?)?-Saying..(Even*A*Gen(i)-ous(???)..
-Has(To*Pay?)-For..(-*Repros?)-Outta..(Woodstock*Press?)?-Or*Usual*Media-*Hype (!)
?-From*What/-*Street/-(-Or*Gutter?)-Do*I*Count/-The*Ways(?)........-/*OKLAHOMA(!)??



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-When..(You*Gave?)..-(*Me?)-

-Your..(Baby*Teeth?)
-(After..*Roman*Visits?)?-
-To*Install(?)..in(-*Mye..*New*York?)
-(Junk..*Boxes?)-
-I*Included?..(-Your*Ballet..*Blue..*Slippers!)?
-..On(-*Points?)
-I*Had(-*Obtained?)..?-From..
-*Ciccilina(?)..-On*View..(-One*Night?)?-                                        copyright(C)
-..Her..(-Spreading..(Her*Muff!)?)?-
-(*Admire-ing-ly)..(?)-On..(Roman..*T.V.)?
-After*Program(?)..-Called*..(-Car*Hops?)-Open*..
(To*Conjecture?)-Or..-(American(?) -
-*Academy..Of*Rome?)?-Intro--Jection(?)
-That..(Some*Things..*Escape?)-Us..*In..
-..Al*(..-Litteration?)?
-Some(-*Things..Aren’t..-As*Supposed!)??
-But..(-High*Hatted..*Attitudes(?)..(-Run*Ramp-
-ant!?)?..-American*..(*Puritanical..?/-vs..*Italian*-
-*Liberal..?/-*Conventions!)(?)?-Didn’t..Set*Well(?)-
--In..(Mye*Attempt?)..-To*(Learn*Italian?)-
..&-Put*Me/..-In*Near(?)-..(Well..Let’s*Say..
*Exile!)?

-Over..(An*Issue?..-Between..(-Fellow*Student?)?)
-&*Myself(?)..-Of..(-Higher..*Learning?)?-
-Like*Being..(-America’s..*Most*Wanted?)?
-..Criminal*(?)..-Posted*..Between../-(Bulletin*Board?)-
-(Mug*Shots..*Pushpinned)(?)-&..*Taped..-&*Stuck(!)..
-Bye*..(-Nefarious*Means?)
-Between/..-(*GumBall..*Machines?)-
-&-(Patriotic*Flags..*Waving!)?-
-In..(Post*Office?)-Or..(Grapes..Of*Wrath?)-
-Children/..-*(-California..*Bound!!?)?
-Yet*..(-Wait*..(A*Minute?)-
-I*Haven’t..(Checked*Mye/-..(Dark*Bruises?)..Or-
-Taken..(Mye*ATZ?))-Because..(-*Macy’s)?-
-Doesn’t*..*Want..-A*..(Santa*Claus..*Whose*(HIV)?-
-*Positive!!)??


Dedication:To..(-Lonley*Walks/-..*Along-.(Gianicolo*..*Passegiata?))


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-Yur’..(-Black..*Eyebrows?)..
-Carved*Out(/-?)..

-Like*Bernini(?)-..*Cuttin’/..-Thur-..*Marble(?)..-Like*(*Sea..*Shells
-/*Gulls)?..(-*Divin’/-..For*Crabs?)?..-*Poppin’/..-*(Th’*Hardshells)(?)
-Out*Uv’..(/-*Life!?)..-Like*..*I*Don’t*Know..(-Why?)-Th’..(Center*Axis?)?-..
-Uv’-(Th’*Head?/..-Must*Be..*Constructed..(-Like*That?)-?)..-But-

-..(-It*Does!?)..&-N’(-Perspectives*/..-At*Random?)..-To*Obtain(?)-
-Th’..(/-Master*Touch?)?..-But..*Darlin’/-..Any*Master/..-Worth*His-..
-*Salt(..?)-Cannot*Complain(?)..(-Du’*Less/-&..Who*Cares(?)..-Mor’..
(Than*I?))--She*Proclaimin’/-..(Tu*Be/-..Black*Sheep?)..-Uv’*..(Ortho-Dox)..

*Is-raeli*Family(?)..-Black*Eyes..Rivoted/-..*N’(*Dream??)?..-Wf’*Shades..
-Uv’(-Belly..*Dancer(?)?..-Morrocan*..*Jew(?)..-&..In*UnDated*..As*Dancer?)-
-N’..(Camel’s*Tent?)?-Uv’*Yu’..(Wf’*Devil’s/..-*Tongue?)?..-*Timein’N’-(Th’*Word?)
-Tu*..(Seductive*/-(?)*Reality?)?..-ReMindin’*Me..(Grass*/-Wuz’/-N’ver..*Greener?)?

-&*Buyin’*Moses(?)..-(Tuna*Fish/..-*Sandwich?)..-On..
(-57thSt.?)..-&*Oh-Yes(?)-..
-Wf’*Irish*..Creme*Coffee(?)..-Rage*Uv’..(-Ill*Bred*Romantics?)..-Bent*On/..-*Rebel-
-lion(?)..-*Yes*Darlin’..(-I*Agree?)..-Wf’*Yu(!?)..-Outside*..Uv’*Being/-(?)*Innocent(?)-Yur*Eyes..R’(Deeper*Than/..-*(Harvest*Moons?)-I*
Know/-..Yur-..(Moon*/..is*N’/-*Scorpio?))

-An*Aquarian..(-Needin’*DreamPlay?)..-Eyes*Set/-
*Open-(Like/..-Douanier*Rousseau*Lion-..
ess-?)-(-Tastin’..*Blood?)?..-Like..(Greenbacks?)?-A..(-Tigress*..(Tryin’..Tu*Talk?))?-Yur’*Way..
-To/-Green*Card(?)-&*Married*To/-..(*Survival?)?-But..(Yur*Beauty?)..Tis/-(?)..*Devistating(!?)
-Beauty*..(-Has*It’s*Cost?)?-Beauty*(?)..Takes*Our..(*Toll?)-AsAny*Virgin/Knows-&Self*Sucks/-

..-It’s/-..*Lips?)?..-I*(Am..*Sorry/-?..*Love/-TIs*Mor’)-?..Than*An/..-(*Indication?)-Uv’..(-Over*Bite
?)-Wf’ -Baby*Teeth(??)..-*Pulled..(Befor’..*Adulthood?)?..-For*..(Wf’*Out?/-..-Soft*Sounds(?)-Uv’
..-Heart*Beat(?))..-MYE*HEART?/-Tis..(?)-Flat*Linin’..
As/-N’*(Now?)..-Wf’-(..No*Feeling/-..Or-?..
 -I*Will*Return/..-Like*Death/..-*Goes..For*/(-Art’s-*..

(?)/-*Juggler?)..-MYE*/-
..LIL’..*SMOLLAH(!?)”



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-Even*Though..(I*Have..No*Proof?)?-


-Of*the..(*Unconscious(?))-Ill*Fated/-..*Wind(?)
-In..(-Equatorial/-..*Lull?)?
-..A*(-Crawling..*Intuitive?)..-Of..(*Uneasiness?)?
-(That*Borders/-..*On-..(-No*Face?))
-&..(-Speaks*In..*(No*Tongue?))-
-(Aloud..*or..*Softly?)?-&*Maybe..
-*Like..*God!(?)-&*Akin..
-To*Sound(!)?

-Then..*I*Heard..(Your*Voice?)..?-*Sug*gesting..?
-That*I..Should*..(-Pick*You*Up?)..
-From*Sidewalk..(-Pale*Jonquil?)?
-As..(Wind*..(-Blew*..(Mye*Umbrella?)-
..(-Downwind!?)?)))

-As*If..(-Bye*Nature?)-I*Had..(-Intended?
-On..Our/-*..Fatefull*Meeting!!(?))
-There*Was..(-Nothing*Known..(?)-
-Or..*Expected?)

-From-..(The*Event(?))-But..(-There*/-..*Continued-
-To*Be..A*Noticeable/-?..*Disturbance?)?
-&*That..(-Other*Options??)
-Were*..(-Plausible..As*..(-In*..a-*Mystery?))
-Or..In..(-SomeSuch*..-Happen*Stance??)?
-Trans*fixed..(-Bye*Some/-..Guiding*Hand?)?
-Of..(*Unknown/-..***Measure?)??

-Perhaps..(-A*Map?)..-*Lined*..In/(-*White/-*Red/-..&*Blue?)
-But..*Faintly..Like*-Drawn*..Like*-(Forever*/-..?-..&*Final?)-
-For*This..*Event(?)-”I*Couldn’t..(-Help*/-..Mye*self)?-                  
-Like..N’-A*Self*Portrait(?)..-Unfinished*-..?
-*I..(*-Transferred*/-..To*You/-..&*into..(Mye-Right*/-..*Hand)?
-&..*Took..(You*/-Home!?)?

-Got*..A*(-*Glass??/-..To*Shelter(??)-)                                       
-Your*Last*Days(?)..-&...*S P R E A D(?)?-
-**E A G L E D..(!!_?)..-Your..*Petals(!?)-..
-&..*(-Unattended/-..(?)..(-You..*Floated?)-
-to..(-*Death!!!!!!!)?



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