PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S WEBOOK.COM BLOGS: BOOK: 24 “*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRACTICA(!)”? philip lawrence sherrod, poet(C) “When*Nothing*/-(?)..-((-*Else*/-?..*Works*/-?))..-*One*Can/-..(?)..-*Find*Lar*Gesse'-..(?) (N'-One’s/-(?)-..*Self*/-*Less(!?)-..*Under*/-*..*Stand*ing*/-..*Later(/-?..(!?))..-&*-N’*Time/-?.. Why*One's*/-..*Fate’s(!?)-..&*-Poetical**Will*!)?)-..-Had*A/-..*Way*/-(!?)../-..-Uv’*Knowing/-..*Still(!)”?

BOOK: 24
“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRACTICA(!)”?

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FIRST EDITION

“When*Nothing*/-(?)..-((-*Else*/-?..*Works*/-?))..-*One*Can/-..(?)..-*Find*Lar*Gesse'-..(?)

(N'-One’s/-(?)-..*Self*/-*Less(!?)-..*Under*/-*..*Stand*ing*/-..*Later(/-?..(!?))..-&*-N’*Time/-?..

Why*One's*/-..*Fate’s(!?)-..&*-Poetical**Will*!)?)-..-Had*A/-..*Way*/-(!?)../-..-Uv’*Knowing/-..*Still(!)”?

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:

Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07, 2001.

All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!../-?-

&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?

*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?

..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)

-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)

Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..

To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!

JANUARY 07, 2001

ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?

..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?

..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..

-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-For*These*LIVING*..-

*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)

(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)

Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is writ

ten/-..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(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

“When*Nothing/-(?)..-(*Else*/-?..*Works*/-?)..-*One*Can/-..(?)..-*Find*-Lar*Gesse'..(?)

(N'-One’s/-..*Self*/-*Less(!?)-..*Under*/-*..*Stand*ing/-**Later/-..(!?))-..-N’*Time/-?..

&*Why*One's*/-..*Fate’s(!?)-..&*..Poetical*-*Will*!)?)-..-Had*A/-..*Way*/-(!?)../-..-Uv’*Knowing(!)”?
..-*Still(!)"?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

-Abstract*/-..*Religion(!)?

-Iv’e*Been*/-..*Through*(!)?..-So*Many(?)…-(*Black*Moods*!)?

-*Pretty*Girls(!)?..-(-Safe*Guarding*/-....&*Dang*erous(!))?

I’ve*Walked(?)-/..*To*/-..(-So*Many*Pavements(?)..-Of*Death(!)?

-That*Rocks(?)-/..*Fall*..(-From*Mye../-*Feet!)?

I’ve*Waited/-..(-*At*?)-..-So*Many*(!)?-..(-Stop*Signs/-..For*Lights(!)?

-To*Change/-..(!?)..-*From*..(!?)../-(*Green*/-..*To*Red!)?

That*I’m/-..(-Be*ginning*/-(?)-..(To*Write(?)-..As*If*/-..*I(?)-Had*To(!)?

Much*Of*/-..(Mye*Life/-(!?)-../-*Tis*Written(!)?-..-Which*Will(?)-(!?)??

..N’ver*/-..*Be/-*The*Case!)?..-The*Answer/-(?)..-Might*Always/..(-Be*-

..*Held(?))..-(Off*Key!)?.. -Making*Me/-(?)..-A*(Fugitive*/-..*Performer(!))?

-On*A../-(Giant*../-Pink*/-..*Piano!)?

-The*Chord/-..(Tells*Me(!)?..-*Maybe*(?)..-The*Men(?)..-In*The/-?..(Hard*Hats!)?

-Are*Right(!)?..-“Pipes*Are’nt..(?)/-..-*Always*..-(Made*Out/-..(?)-Of*/-..*Lead(!)”?

-But*..(Mye*/-..*Stomach*/-..(Tells*Me!?))?_

-The*Tunes/-(?)..(?)-Of*The*Moon/-..(?)..-Are*Predictable(!)?

As*If(?)-..-*This*Bus/-(?)..(-I*Ride/(?)../-..*On*/-..*Wednesday(!?)?-

-*Might*/-?..(Run*Over(!!)?..(?)-*Mye*../-

..Ex*-tinct..(?)/-..*Ash*Bones(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-(After*The*)-..(?)-(Blue*Bike/-(?))..-*Shop*ping*(!?))-..(-*Ambling*/.. -On*/-..*Up!(?))

-The*Avenue/-..*Of..(-6^th!)-?..To*Be*Exact(!)?-..N’*Manhattan(?)..-

(Last*..*Sunday!)?

-Past*(?)-..(The*Endless!)?-/..(Antique*Booths!)?-..Set*Up(?)-/..N’..(Sh-

ort*Order!)?

-Towards*(?)-..(Macy’s?)-at(34thSt.?)-..&*Across*From/-(?)-..De*part-

ment*Store-(A&S?)

We*Turned(?)-..(Arm*N*Arm!)?..-Laughing*(?)-..&*Your..(-Blond*

Hair/-..(-Was*Caught!))?

-In*The..-(Early*April*Sun!)?..*Your*Eyes(!?)?..-(High*/-*Keyed(!?))?

..-Into*/-(*Tizzy*/-..*Green!))?

We*..(-Took*A*Chance!)?..-That*Your*Mother(?)..-Had*Given*You(?)

..-(A*Gift*Certificate!)??

-Worth*($13.81?)?-..An*Over*/-*E*value*Ment/-..(For*Love!)?-..&*..

(-Perm*-anent*/..-Loving*Souls!)?

-Not*Worth(!?)?-..(The*Time/-*Spent/..-Bye*Subway(!))?..-To*Get*/-..

*There(!)?-..-Or*(-Sum*/-..*Rat*Stress!)?

We*Took*..(The*Escalator/-(?)..-Up*Hill(!?)?-..(To*6^th*Floor!))?..Searching*

..(-For*/-..-Colored*Towels!)?

-Wf’*Nobled*/-..Mono*grams(!)?..Wf*(-Sacred*/-..*Heir*archey/-*Stamped!)?..-“NEVERS!”(?)_*Emblazoned(!)?

Next*To-..“SHERROD!”(??)_-(Broken*Down?)-..(Bye*Time!)?../-Like*An*-

..(-Ole*Penny../*Opera!)?..-Or*

-*Horse(!?)-?..(About*/-..To*Be(?)../-..*Sold*(!!))?-From*-..(Stripped*Down/-? (?)..*Carr*ousel!)?..&*Got*Lost-?

On*(?)-.. (The*Money/-..($?)_!)?-*Floor(!?)..-Wf’..*&*Among*(?)-..*Bi*kinni’s

(?)-..(Scanty*Clad/-....&-/..*Neon*-ed!)?

You*/-..Trying*On(!?)?-/..*Orange*(!?)../-White*Skirt(!?)?-..-(Wf’*Italian(!?)..-

..(?)..-*Botti*..-celli*!/-..*Flowers(!!)?

-(Reminding*Me!)?..-Uv’-..(-First*Time!)?..-We*Went*To(?)-..Your*Home*-

*Town(!)?..-&*Man*-asquan*/-..NJ*Shore(!)?

-&*..(tha’/-..*Waves*/-..wer’/-..*Break*ing!)?..-Like*/-n'a..(Winslow*Homer!)?

-On*tha’/-(?)..Hor*i*..-zontal*Plane(!)..-*Uv’..(-*Your*/-..*Laugh/..-(?)

../*Mind*-lessly!)?

To: Miss*Peaches(?)-..&*Cream*(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-And*Th’/-..(-*High*/-..*Lights!)?-

-On*..(The*/-..*Cello*phaned*/..-(?)-../-*Wrapper*Bag*!)?

-Were*/-..*For*..(*Free!)?..-*Full*(?)-../-(Of*-..-*Oranges!)?

-Slightly*Green(!)?-..&*Are*(*Ripe*!)?..-*That*Way/-..(She*(?)

-*Said!)?..-&*Un*be*knownst(?)-..&*Above*The*House/-?..-Can*-

nadian*/-..*-Honkers*(!)?..-O*bliged*/-..(Bye*/-..*Honking!)?-..In*/-..*cess*-..antly*

-*Over*Head(!)?-..&*../-*Were*Headed../-*South(!)?

&*(You*Looked/-(?)..-..At*Me(!)?

-In-(*Question!)?-..Whe*ther(?)-..-I*Wanted-/..(?)..-Mye*Toast(!)?

*With*/-..(Peanut**Butter!)?..-or’-*Jelly*(?)-..Or*/-..Some*Such/-..*Con*serve(!)?

-*Ras*berry(!)?..-Or*/-(*Black*Berry!)?..-(*!)?..&*Tha’/-..*Bruises(!!)?

-Along*/-..(Your*Neck!)?-..After*(3*Hours/-..(?)-Uv’*/-…*Autumn*/-..*Kissing!)?

-But*Then(?)-..*The*(Blue*/-..-*Spruce!)?-..*Looked*Good(!)?-.. ..On*The/-(!?)..*Fair*Leigh-(?)

-Dick*i*-nson*(!?)?../-*Campus(!)?..as-(!?)-..Just*Behind/-(?)-..The*Library(!)?..-You*Wanted(?)-(!?)-..?

-(To*Kiss!)?..-*Instead*(?)-.&*/-(?)..-*Played*/-..(*Beethoven’s*/-..*Elise!)?-..With*(?)-Your*..(*Sure*Fingered-(!?)-..

*Chords!)?-/..-On*The/-(?)-..(-Student*Union!)?..(-Out*Of*Tune?)-..*Grand*Piano/-(!?)..
-*Stein*way(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Be*ginning..(-To*Look*Like?)-/-*Wooly*/-..*Mammoth(?)-Coming(-Out*/-..of*Hibernation?)-..&*Frozen*..(-*Like..-Pilt*Down*/-..*Man?)?..-Pet*rified*/-..*Bye*/-..*Bou’darc(?)..*Tree/-

-*Wood/-..(Old*Man*Ringed?)-..Yet*Years/-..*Beyond/-?

-*Ex*-planation(?)-..Uv'*”I-..Didn’t*Think(?)..-I”d*Make*It(?)(?)

-The*Other*Day/-..(*Mac*Said..(!?)-"*Sh…..(!)?-..You’ve*Made/-..

-*It(!)”?)-..What..(I*Said?)?..-Tis*/-....*Making*It(?)-..-The*Answer/-?

-*Forms*/-..*Tran*cends/-..-The*Question(?)-But*Then/-..”The*Mem-

-ory”(?)..-Of*Auden/-..*Saying*/-(?)-..”I've*Written..*Reams*/-..Of*Un*Ed-

-ifying*Verse”(?)..-So*Be*It(!)?..As*an..-Un*Explanable’s/-..(Mor’Like*It!)

-”No*Holds*/-..*Barred!”(?)..-She*Said(?)-..-Wonder*What/-..*Made-

-*Her*/-..(Come*Up*/-..*With/-*That(!)?)..-Fe*male*Wrestler/-..*Going*..

-For/-*....*The*Belt(!)?..-Real*Estate*/-..*Monster(!)?..-Pin*ning/-?..(Me*Down?)

-Like*..(Soft*Winged/-..**Moth?)-..*De*sign/-..N’(-*Mye*..*Elytra/-'S..-A*Fake?)

-What*If..(I*Had/-Been(!?)-..Mor’/-*Generous?)?..-*Pulling*Out/-..*Like*A-

-(Reverse*/-..*Hammar*Lock?)-..&*Spin*ning/-..Lik'-..N’*Space(?)-..An*All*Col-

-*Legiate..(-NWC*/-..*College*Champ?)-..*Flexing*..(-Mye*Ribcage?)-..Rip*-

-P*ling/-(!?)-..Wf’..(Not*An*Ounce/-..Uv’*Butterfat?)..-*Butt*/-..(No*/-..Mor’*Like*It)?

thn'..-*Black*Hole/-..*Suck*ing/-..*N’*Gravity(?)..-Space*Winked/-?..-Er’*Hooded(?)- Like*..(Out*N’*Street?)..-*Me*Hearin’/-..*Tha'*-..(La*Chicas*Sing?)-*Song(!)?-..”They*..Call*-*Me/-(!?)-....*Super*man/-..I’ve*Come(?)-

*Duh*/-*..(?)..-To*/-..
(*Res*cue*/-..*You?)-”(?)

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Besides*..(The/-..*Post*Oak!)?

(Leaves*/-..*Blowing!)?..&*The(?)-..(-Blue*/-..*Jeep*Aligns!)?-?

-(*It’s*Self!)?..-*With*(?)-..The*/-..(-*Blue*/-..*Bubble*Gum!)???

-*Stuck*(?)-..On*/-..*Side*walk(!)?-..(&-Much*To*/-..(-*Our*Pleasure!))?

-*Bye*/-..Some*/-..*Teen*Ager/-..(Half*Our*Size!)?..-Wf’(Lips*/..-*Twice*

?)-/..Mye*Size(!)?..&*-Maybe*(?)..-She*/-..*Shouldn’t*//-..*Have*Argued(!)?

So*Ada*-mantly*(?)..-Wf’-(One*Foot../-..*Stuck*!)?..-/N’*Heaven(!))?

The*..-(*Other*/-..(Hell*Bound!))?..-But*/-..&*(I*/-Am!)*-*Sure!)/-..As*(Blue*-

-/*Gum*Spots!)?..R’..-*Dotted*(!)?-..To*/-..*Infinity(!)?-&*Are*Drawn*..*Straight*/-..

-To*..(Double*/-..*Trouble!)?-..&*The(?)../-(Black*Crow?)..that*/-..*Has*Invaded(?)

-(The*City!)?-..&*He*/-..*Scav*enges/-(?)..-for/-..-The*Small/-..(Rodent*Up*Take!)?

-But(?)-..The*..(-Post*Oak!)?-/..-*Leaves*/-*../*Con*tinue(!?)?../-To*..(-*Fall*!!)?

-&*To*Turn/-(?)..-*Into*/-..(-Some*/-..After*Thought!)?..-Of*Natures/-..(-*Betrayal*!)?

-&*(Dogs*Bark!)?-..A*long*(?)-..-The*(-Hor*i*zon/-..(?)-Of*tha’/-..*Mind(!))?..-/*Un*/-..*Attended(!)?

-&*Autumn*/-(?)-../-*Announces*(!)?-..(It’s*Decision!)?-..Like*/-(Words*Stuck!)?..-? To*..(!?)-?

(Mye*Palate!)?-..&*When(?)..-*This*(?)..-(Kinky*Haired*/-..*Chick!)?../-

(..Dressed*N’..Mini*-..?

-*Skirt(!))?..(Wf’..(?)-..(-Roller*Blading/-?..*Legs!)?..-(Rolled*Up!)?..&*Said*..-*Hello(!)?

-I*Knew/-..-“The/-..*Game/-*../-Was*Ovur(!)”?-..&*The*Poem/-?..
/-was*Finished(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Cait & Abbey’s™?-..*Bakery(!?)-“Daily*Bread(!!)”?..-(All*Kosher*Baking!)?

-(Quality*Goods/-(?)-..Made*Wf’/-..*Love!?)?..-South*Orange(!)?..-Jessica*&/..*I-

*Staring(!?)

-At*(Her*..-Mechanical*Eyes/-..-*Shining!)?-..As*An/-*Un*Defeatable..(-Sagittarian*Woman!)?

-Married*To..(-Another*Fire/-*Sagittarian!)?/..-Husband*David/-(?)-On*Bivouac(!)?-After*Expl-

oding(!)?..-In*The..(-Dog*House/-*Now!)?..-Proves*That/*Tha’(!?)?-..Romance*Ain’t*Over(!!)?

-Two*Darts(!?)?-Sent*..Er’..Arrowed*Archers(!?)?-Shooting*(?)-..(The*Hell/-..Outta*/-(Mye*-(?)

/-..*Stability!?))?-..Over*Business(!?)?-..(&*Not*As/-..Usual*!?)?-(Empathy*/-*Greed/-&*Lust!)?

-Sophardic*Daughter/-..(Of*Lot!)?-Bound*(?)..(-Head*&*Foot!)?-Bye*Tragic(*18../-Of*Her*Birth?)

-*Number(!)?..-Reducing*..(To*Nine!)?..-(Inner*Strength!)?-..&*(5,000yrs!?)..-OfWandering*No-..

-*Mad(!)?-*Woe*man..-“Cutting*It/-(?)-On*Right*(?)..To*Close/..-While*Driving(!?”)..(?)-Like*Inc-

hes-(?)-(From*(Mye*Nose!?)-..&*Other*Cars!?)..(In*Her-?)..(-Little*Red*-*Toyota!)?..-Poo*Fawing(!)?

-Mye*Taking..*Notice(!!)?-/..(?-As*There*Of..(!)?-&*Stealing(!?)?..-A*Few..(-Moments/-?..For*Art!?)?

-BR..(?)(-With*Another*..(60lbBag/-..Of(-Whole*Foods/-N’*Concept!/?-&*Reality)-What*Would/-Soc-

Artes(!?)-..*Think(!)?-..Or*Plato(!)?..-Mouthing*..(All*These*Pebbles!)?..-To*Cure/-(?)Mye-Tongue*(?)

-Tied*/-*Fear(!?)?-..It’s(-Just*A..(?)-(*Philo*sophical*Lispe!)?-Me*Trying*To-(*Finish/-(?)..-Mye-?..

*-(Poppy*Seeded/-..*Tart!)?..-One*Of/-(?)..The-(Best*I’ve..(Ever*Eaten/..-Wet*N’*Moist!)?-&*Tend-

er(!)?..-*Breaded(!)?-With*SEEDS/-..(Black*Mediterranean*/-(?)-*Galaxy(!)?..-Uv’..Malcom*X(!)?

But*..(-Putting*All/-(?)-Peoples*Together!)?..-For*..(Their*Sake/-Uv’Preservation/-(?))-I’ve*Run-(??)

-(Some*Extremes!?)-..Scientifically*Speaking(!)?-Collecting*(People/-(?)..-Like*Insects/-(?)-Under*(?)

-*Glass(!?)?..-&Studying*-..(Their*Purpose../-*Orrindi!)?..-&*Classifying..-(*Genus/-(?)..&-*Species!)?

*Yet(-Come*Up/..-Wf’(-Saitisfying*Results!)?-..&*Why*I/-End*Up(!)?-Wf’..the*Most/-(Generous*/-..*Women!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Digging*..*-Out)?)

-I*Keep/-..*Thinking*(?)-..If-*Learn*..*-Enough(!?)?

-Keep*Willing/-*Myself-..*Keep*(?)-(Writing*../-To*Myself!)?

-*Learning*..(-*Mye*Lesson/-../-Like*A-(?)..-(*Mole!?)?

-That*Something(?)-..*Will*Happen(!)?

(But*Somehow/-..*This*/-..(-*Dark*/-../-*Person*-age!?))?

..-Considers*Me(!?)?..-*Boring*(!?).. -If*Not*To/-..*Say/-?

..*Tunnel*(!?)..-Into*/-..*Light*(!!?)?

It’s*Too*Late/-(?)..*To..(-*Arrest/-../-*The*Circle(!)?

I’m*Too*.. (-Well*Fed!)?-..Yet*I*Keep/-?..(Both*Feet/-..*Scrat*ching!)?

Like*A/-..(Ko*ala*Bear(?)-/..*Or*-..(Three*Toed*../-*Sloth(!))?

Onto*Their(?)-..(First*/-..*Branch(?)-../-With*..-(Green*Eyes!)?-

-..(Of*/-..*Envy(!)?

-..Labor*ing*Under/-(?)..(-Mye*Pluto?)-..*Birth*Pressure(!)?

-I*Watch/-?..(Each*/-..*Molecule*/-..Of*Light*/-..*Passing/-?

-*Under*(?)-/..(Mye*/-..*Eye*lids!)?..-As*If(?)..-I*Were*/-..*Dream*ing(!)?

..-N’..(Rim*/-..*Sleep!)??

-..*Study*ing*..(Each*/-..*Word?)-../-To*See/-(?)..If*/-It’s*..*De*scriptive(!)?

-In*specting*(?)-../-*The*Commas(?)..-&..*Co*lons(?)-

-For*-../-*Good*Digestion(!!)?

-Watching*Over/-(?)..-Mye*..(-Under*Worked*(?)..-*Images*!)?

-But*As*You/-(!?)..-Can*See(?)..-How*Many*Stripes/-..or*On*A/-..*Zebra(!)?

-Mye*Adjectives/-(!?)-.-.Are*On(!?)-/..-*The*..(-Wrong*End!)?

-Ob*/-..scene*ly*..-*Staring*(?)-..At*You/-r../-(Poor*Taste!)?

You*Must*/-*Forgive/-(?)..-The*(-Adjutant*Stork!)?-As*On*..(-Two*Legs!!)?

-With*Only(!?)-..(One*Foot/-..-*Lifted!)?

-For*What*/-../-*He*Finds(!?)-?..To*Be/-(!?)-..(*Tierra*/-..*Firma!)?

&*I*Keep*..(-*Watch*ing!)?-..The*Crowds(?)..Of*You*/-..(Mill*/-..*Around/-(?)-

-Each*Para*graph(!))?-../-..*Lik’/-..*Some*What(!?)-..(*Fas/-..ci*nated/-(?)

-*Bye*..(-Moon/-*..(*Shots!(?)-..&*/-..*Black*Holes/(?))

-&*Watching*Me(?)..-*Comb*/-?../-(Mye*/-?..-*Inner/-*?
..-*Re*cesses!?)(?)

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Extinct*Vulgas(!)?

-Active*/-..*Again(!)?

-Spewing*Out(?)-..Hot*/-Love*-*Lauve(!)?

-Concerned*Of..(?)-..(-Ruins*&*Edges!)?

-Flowing*Over/(?)-..A*..(-Verbal*Disgrace!)?

-Volcanoed*../-Bye*Face(!)?

-Spitting*Out(?)-..The*..(-Profile*/-..Of*Life!)?

-Drowning(??)..-Wet*(?)..-Buried*Alive(!!)?

-Words*Rocking(!)?

_Hot*Rock(!)?../-?

-In*(Constant*/-..(?)-Flood*Of/-(?)../-(Mye*Feeling!)?

(Dormant*Captain(!)?-..Of*-..(Black*Liquid!))?

-Anthropologist*(!)?-..Digging*Deep!(?)

-Of*Mye..(?)-*Boned..*Meanings(!)?

_Heaped*Up*&..(?)-Piled*..*High(!)?

-Over*Con*Fident(!)?-..&*Aggressive(!)?

-In*Lawful../-(*Supposition(!))?

(Dead*Dropped!/-..Dare*Devil(!)?-..Volent*Virgin(!))?

-Unable*To..(?)-Contain*Mye*Self(!)?

-Hallucinating*/-..(Bye*Ear!)?

-With*Earmarks(!!)?..-Of*An(?)-..*Artist(!)?

(When*Talking/-..Tis*Not../-*Enough!)?

-Sick(?)..-Sic!(..-Fast*To*Mye/-(?)-..*Stomach!(?)

-(ManKind*In/..(?)-*Verbal*../(?)-*Masturbation(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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-Hot*Birth(!)?

-Violent*Virgin/-..(?)-Before*../(?)-The*Crime(!!)?

-(You*Look*So*..(?)-/..*Comfortable(!)?)

-(Wrapped*In*?../-Bed*Sheets/-(?)-..Like*Love(!))?

-Fat*Chance/-..(?)_To*Be*Chained/-(?)

-Or*..(Snuffed*Out(!)?-..(-Looking*For*../-Last*(?)

-(Piece*?../-Of*..*Dream(!)?)

(-Struggling*Alongside/-?..*Me(!?)?-..-For*Milk*Sweat!)?

-Your*..*Parasitic(?)../-*Pearl(!)?

-With*Each*Bead(?)-..(Of*Nacre(?)../-*Naked!)?

-Has*Sucked*Out(?)../-Your*(?)-../Last*Breath(!)?

-Your*Throat*..Stuck*(?)-../-(In*Voice!)?

-Your*Warm*Shells(?)-/..Pulsing*..*From(?)-/..

-Your*..(Budded*Venus!)?

-Like*Waves(!!)?-..(Of*Truth(!)?..-Rolling*In/-(?)

…-Horizontal*Horror(!)?

In(-White*Fixation?/-..Your*Skin../-*Bleeds(!!)?)

-*True(!)?-..Like*(-Cold*Slabs/..-Of*Concrete!)?

-You*Had/-..(?)-..A*Hard*Notion(!)?..

-Of*Life(!?)?../-Struggling*..(?)-/With*(?)-..

-The*-/..(-Cord*Of?)..
/-(Mye*Sex!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

I*Flip(?)-..The*Switch(!)-?

-*Clockwise(!)?-..on*The-..(*Racine*..De*Bardane-*Lamp!)?

-Bought*For-(?)..-Forty*Dollars(?)-..-Less*Ten(!)?

-How(?)..-That*Antique*Dealer/-(?)-..Worked*?..(-The*Crowd!)?

-Flippantly*..Showing*Up(!)?.-When*(?)..(-Prospective*Bite!)?

-But*(?)..(-At*Nights!)?-..(The*Lights/-..Come*On/-..(?)-As*If..

-To*Be*Expected(!)?-(37Years/..-Is*Long*Time/..-To*Live*(?)-N’..

-(Man*Hattan!))?..-One*Bye/-*One(!)?..-They*Show*Up/?-As*If(?)..

-(Bye*Pairs!)?..-I*Don’t*Know(!)?..-Who*Has/-Been*..*Appointed(!)?

-Eternal*Switch*Man(!)?-As*I..(*Gaze/-(?)..*Across/..-The*Skyline!)?

-They*(!?)?-..(Pop*Off/-..(?)-&*On!?)?..-It’s(-Like*Living?)..-N’Trailer*-

..*Park(!?)-Without*(?)../-Any*Control!?)?..-Over*Your..(Fellow*Man!)?

-Maybe*Some*One(!?)-..Should*Tell*(?)..-(Con*Ed!)?..-But*Let’s*Not-(?)

-*Panic(!)?-..We’ve*(?)-Been*Here*Before(!)?..-Bye*Grace/-?../-Of*God(!)??

-Or*Happen*Stance(!)?-..(Beyond*-Our*Reasoning!)?..-Flickers*/-Some*Hope(!)?

-That*All*Metropolis’es(?)-..(Won’t*End*Up!)?..-/(Without*Nights!)?..-*Lights(!?)?

-So*Sophisticated(As-..*Queens*Necklace!)?-Or*Like..Ur’sa*Major(!?)?-I*Shud-..

der(!?)-..&*Shiver*/-..(-To*Think!?)-Of*../-(Our*/-..*Execution/-
..N’*Iron*Dolly!?)?

Dedication: To*Nature/..-vs. *Man’s(-Artifical*..*Existence!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-N’*Humidity(?)..-(Thick*As*Grapes!)?-N’*August/..-(?)-&*Un*(Beknownst*(?)..-To*Me(!))?

N’*Desperation/-..(One*Day!)?-..You*..*Insisted(!?)?

We(-*Strike*Out!)?-..-*Together(!!)?..-You*Driving(!)?

-N’Yur(?)-..(White*Honda!)?-..&*..(-Lickety*Split!)?

-Down*(-Highway/-No.9!)?-..For*(?)..-(Mye*1^st/&-Last*Visit?)

-To*Shore/-(?)-..(-*Up*Beach!)?-..Beach*Of../-..Sandy*Hook!)?

-National*Reservation(!)?-..(Once-*Ole/-(?)-*Navy..*Out*Post!)?

-I*Was*Tired(!)?-Of*..(Your*Complaints(?)-..&*Us/-*Faltering(!?))

-In*(Our*..Relationship!)?-..&*I(?)-(*Tried(?)-..To*Humor**You!)(?)

&*..(-Your*Blond*Hair!)?-..Bye*Blowing*Off(!)..(Sum*-Verbal*Steam!)?

But*Those/-(?)-“Black*Mosquitoes(!!)?-..(-The*Size/-..*Of*Trucks!)?”

-Attacked*Us(!)?-..Down*(Asphalt*Roads!)?-..Connecting*Civilizations(!)?

With*(-Hairy*Proboscis’s(!))?-..(Stuck*In*Deep!)?-..&*Raised*/-Venomed*Whelps(!)?

The(-Size*..Of*Marbles!)(?)-..&*(*Itched*Like*Insanity!)?-Us*..Scratching*Seriously(!)-(Not*At*Random!)?-But*Focused(!)?-..Not*Even-(In*Idaho?)-..(Such*Boogers/-Turn* Up)(!)?-N’*Nature(!)?-..Before*We(?)..-Found*The*Beach(!)?..(You*Had/-(?)..-Talked*About(!)?

We*Played(?)-..In*..(-Each*Others/-(?)..-
*Arms(?)-..(-Like*Children(!))?
N’..(Four*Foot*Waves!)?-/
*Crashing*Down(?)..-Upon*Us!)?

N’..(Lay*Down/-..*Exhausted!)?-..&
*I..
(-*Wrapped/(?)..-(Mye*Legs!)?

-Around*You(!)?..as*You(?)-..*Sung*/-To*Taunt*Me?-..?

(The*Horrible..*Ditties/-(?)-../
Of*..-(Rod*McKuen!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-(It*Was?)-Either*/-(?)-Or*

../(?)-(Long*Branch?)-..?

..Ap*plachian*Trail(?)-..Or*(?)-..(-*Delaware!!!)?-..?..?..?

(Water*Gap!)?-..That(-You*Had*To?)-..Come*-(Up*With?)-

To*Appear?-..(As*Ideal!)?..That*Day/(?)-..(-To*Be*Interesting!)?

So-..You*Chose/-(?)-..As*Symbol(?)-..Lake*Mohawk(!!)?-Where*-

-Your*(-*Father/-*Mother/-*Brother?)-..Were*..(-Still*Together!)?

-(-Happily*Married!)-Surprisingly*Quaint(!)?-&*N’-this*small*(German*-

Community(!))?-Couple*Of*Pubs/-?..*Resturant/-?..-&*..(Grocery*Store!)?

-Where(Your*Mom/-..Told*You/..-How*To*Steal/..(?)-Forks*/-&*Knives!?

-Teaching(You*Kids!)?..-How*To(?)-(*Get!?)..-Your*(Culinary*Share!)?

-That’s*Why/-(?)..-When*We*Saw(!)?..The*Yellow/?..-Mud*Cat*Floating(!)?

-In*Lake*Froth(!)?-..(Thick/-As*A..*Cold*/-*Cola!)?..-Hit*(-Bye*Propeller!)

/-Of*..(-95*Horse/-Powered*MotorBoat!))?..-Or*..(-Some*Snapping..*Turtle!)?

-Coulda*Bit/-(?)-Tha’*(Gash!)?..-(Fresh*..As*Him?/-*Him/-(?)..-(Half*..*Floating!)?

-Stinking*(?)..-(/Lilting*To*Left(!))?..-Like*../-That*..You*Said/-“Poetry*At*Best!?-

/-Is*…/-A*Rather…(*Promiscuous/-(?)…*DisCourse!)?...-With(?)-...(-Tha’..*Self!)?”

-Me*Thinking?)?-..”How*Can/?..-A*Man(!)?..-Get*In/-(?)..-A*Word../-*Edgewize(!)”?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-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!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-Original*(-/..Rain*!)?
Mye*(-Striped*Shirt!)?-..Is*(-With*Sleeves!)?..-Rolled*Up(!)-As*Cuffs(!)?..&*(-Maybe*Wet!)?

-In*This(-Midnight*Rain/-?..I*Should*Have/-?..(-Stayed*Home(!)))?

The*City(!)?..-Badgers*(?)..-The(Bull*Flowers!/..-Outta*Me(!))?

-(Talking*Again!)?-About*To/-..Go*(-Outta*Style(!)?

The*Alliterations(?)-..Are*Always(?)-..(Gone*Underground(!))?

But*(No*Difference!)?-../A*Mole(!?)?-..(Has*Some..*Enchantment!)?

With*Loves/-(?)..)-(&*Dirt/-So*Fresh/-(?))-../-(On*His../-*Nose!)?

-Between*The*Roots(!)?..-So*Fresh(?)-Of*..*Practice(!)?

-So*Sperm-(?)-..(-Makes*Tracks(!)?..In*-Mye)-..*Hand(!)?

-Hand*Of*The..*Unpredictable/..-Hand*Of(?)-..*Time(!)?

-Hand*Handsome*..(-In*Horrors!)?

-Could(-Each*..Black*Swan(?)-..(Melt*Only/-..(?)-In*Water/-As*(Eyelids!))?

-Could*Each/-(?)-..(Black*Baby!)?-..In*His..(Bamboo*Diaper/-..*Disappear!)?

The*Needle(!)/-..Of*Stairways/-..Is*(The*../-Tapeworm/-..Of*Answer!)?

-A*Syringe*Of..(-Silver*Struggle/-..Dies*On*Mye!)?-..(*-Mouthparts!)?

So*Private(!)?-..So*In*Effective(!)?..In*(*Sputterings!)?

-Yet(-Bugs*So*Insistent..-(?)..On(-Dropping*..(?)-/Their(*Elytras!))?

-(Coleopterans*(?)-..With*..(Hard*Shells!)?-Have*Dropped(!)?

-(Black*Valentines/-(?)-..InConSistent*(-In*Arrows!)?

-Like*..(One*Way*/-Rain*Drops!)?-..(Beating*Like*An/-..(?)-*EggBeater(!))?

-(The*Yolk/-(?)..-To*Muscular*Distraction(!))?

&*In..(-Midnight*Rambles/..-We*Have..(No*True*Hearts!)?

-Like*An*..(?)-/*Armadillo(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-Party*(!)?
-Sangria(!)?-..The*Fruit/..(?)-Tis*..-/Every*Where(!)?(On*Tha’../-*Dance*Floor/-(?)-..N’Tha’../-*Bucket(!!))?

-(*Fucket*_(?)_..Like*..(-Adam*N’*Eve!))?

“We*Hang*Out(!)?-..For*Car*cas*ses(!)?-For*The*Hanging(!)”?

-(Massiaco*../-Was*Right!)?-To*Be-(AASt*-..*Out*Of’*Eden!)?

-The*Forbidden*Fruit/-(?)..-With*An../-*F(!)?

--(Dark*Pears!(?)-..With*Yet/-..A*..(Darker*Background!)?

(-Cherries*Black(!)?-..Like*Paintings/-(?)-Like*Bosch’s*God(!))?

-We*Figures(!?)-..(Stand..For*/-..(The*Joining!)?)-

In*3’s(!)?-..We*Hold*Hands()/-..Around*(The*Witch!)?

-Her*Birthday(!?)?-..On*(-Upper*West*Side!)?

-A*Pie*ces(!)?-Lilliana*Morales(!)?-What*Good(!)?

-Will*..-(It*Do?)-..To*Mention/-..(Your*Name!)?

-“The*Only*Fruit/-(Left*)?-..For(The*Picking!)?-

-Tis*Outta*../-Your*Reach(!!!)”?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-Seriously*Yes(!)?

It’s..(Beauty*Vs.*Truth?)../-This*Time(!)?

-&*Time*..(*Again!)?

-*Personally*(?)/..-&*Who*Isn’t/..-A*(Little*Annoyed!)?

-(Bye*The*World!)?

-"Who*Continally*/-..Con*trives*(!)?..-/&*Over*Shoots(!)?

-(The*Mark!)?-&*Coming*Down/-..To*Myeself/-

..In*En*thusiam(!)?

-Could*It(?)-..Have*Been../-All*Different(!)"?

(Thinking*Out*Loud!/-)..In*Concrete*../-*Comparisons*&-

(!)?-*..(-Self*Righted../-*Rationalizations!)?..-*Dubbed*Over*Sighted(!)?

-Walking*..(The*../-Side*Walk!)?..-“Straight*Forward(!)?”

-Out*Of*Step/(?)-..With*John(!)?..-“&**Hopefully!”(?)

-The*Father(?)-..(“Incestuously*Related/-(?)..-With*The*Self!”)?

-(*In*Con..*Gruously/-..(?)-Belated*To*Other’s/-..On*The*Shelf(!)?

-What*Makes*You(?)/-..*Believe*(?)-..The*Differ*ence/-(?)..-Tis*Notable(!)?

-What*-..(Makes*You/-..(?)-*Show*(?)..-*Yourself*(?)-..To*Me(!)?

-Is*It*Ourselves(!)?..-On*Exhibition*(?)-/..*Tendency(!)?

&*..-(Hard*ening*../-*The*/-(?)-..*Eye*Ball!)?

*Switching*/-..(The*Fact!)?../-*Changing*..-(The*Clothes(?)..-Of/..-?

-(The*Lily!))?

-Your*Heart(!?)?..-(Mye*Tart/(?)-..Beats*Freely(?)-

-(On*Me!))?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

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

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

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

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

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

-*Home!)..-(Before*..21*Inches?)..Uv’(-Perpetuated*/-..*Snow!)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-*Will*/-..*Last/-../*Forever(!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-N’(-Our*Continuous?)../-

*Summer*(?)..-/(-Des*perate*..*Runs!)?

-On*Tuesdays(!)?-..After*..Instructing*..(Art*Classes!)?..-You*&*I(?)

-Grabbed*(Couple*/-?..Of*CheeseBurgers!)?-*Malt(!)?-At*(Burger*King!)?

-Arriving*..(At*Leisure!)?-You*Driving/-In*/-..Your*(?..)-(White*Honda(!))?

-To*(Beach*Head!)?-..(Your*Child*Hood/-*Memories!)?-*Up(!)?..-And*We(??)

_Belonging*(?)-To*(-The*Catwalk!)?-Of*Our/-(?)-Long*Branch(?)..-(NewJersey!)?

-Just*Above(?)-*Manasquan!)?..-From*&*N’/-Your*Past/-?(-Dysfunctional*Family!)?

Wf’(Two*Beach/-(?)-*Chairs!)(?..)-According*To/-..(Time*Warp*/-Worn*Patterns!!)?

-Had*(Given*Up!)?-..The*Seat/-(?)-(Or*/-*Ship!)?-..(More*Than(?)-..*Once(!!)?-We*-

*Tried/-(?)..-To*(-Fix*Them/-(?)..-Wf’(-*Velcro!)?-..&*Lots*Of-(-Super*Human*Tape!)?

-To(-Watch*Them/-(?)..-*Collapse(!!)?..-As*..(The*Giant/-(?)..-Waves*/-..(-Rolled*In!!)?

&*The(*Camera/-(?)..-That*(?)-You*Bought(?)..-To*Take..(-Under*Water*Relationships!)?

-Like*(?)..-(-Drowning*Pictures!)?..-Like*(-Captain*Costeau!)?..-Documenting*(-Our*Images!)?

- Of*..(-You*&*Me!)?..Fading*(?)..-(- In*&*Out!)?-..Of*/-..(-Watered*Down/-(?)..-*Pairing!)??

-The*Pictures*Proved/-(?)..-That*(-King*Poseidon/-..N*Lady*Neptune!!)?-..Had*-(Lathered*Up!)?

-Like*..(-Sea*Nymphs!)?-*Spawning(!)?..-Wf’(-Painted*Lips!!)?..-&*You*Left(?)..

-/Orange*Prints(!!)?

- (Burnt*Out/-..In*/-..*Reverse!)?-/..On*(Mye*Bald/-(?)-/*Pate(!))?..-So*Delight*Fully/..-*Per*verse(!!)?

Dedication: To..(-BabyCakes/..Riding..-The Waves!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-It’s*..(-No*Wonder/..-Diana*Was/-(!))?)..

The*?..(/-..*Fixation/(?)..-Uv’*..(-Roman*Gods!)?-As*..(-Wood*Temptress!)?

Or*Earlier/-..(*Known!?)..-As*Greek*Moon!../-(-*Goddess!!)?..-But*/-She*Lo-

Oked*(!)?-..No*Bettter(!)?-Than*(*You!)?..-Coming*Out*/-..Of*Showering(!)?

Wf’(Soap*Suds/-(?)..-(Gleaming*Across/-..(?)-Transparent*Orange(!)?-Pink*Skin

*(!)))?

-While*..(I*Waited/-(?)-..*Patiently(!)?-..Watching*..(?)-(Seattle*Lose!)?

-To*The(?)-?..(Cleveland*Indians!)?-..&*(-I*Don’t/-(?)..-*Know(?)-What*(?)-?

-UnNerved*Me(!)?-..The*News(?)-Of*..(?)-(The*../-Old*Skunks/-..*Death(!!)?

-Or*/..-The*-..(-*Fact!)?-You*Wouldn’t..(-Kiss*me/-(?))..-When*..(I*-So*Desired

!)?

How*Could/-(?)-..Your*(?)-Grand*Pa(!)?..-(ALLOW*HIM/-(?)..-To*Be*TRAPPED(!)?-KILLED*N’(*TIME/-(?)-Of*(EARTH’S(?)-*AWARENESS(!!)?-OF*CONSERVAT-ION!)?The*Rats*Rabbits(!)?-(WILL*PROLIEFERATE?)..-AS*WAS(?)-Like*..(BIG*UNIT*BEING!)(?)-*ANNULIFIED(!)?..-OR*ULTIMATE../-(*SCORING!)?..-LEAVING*US/-(?)..

*LEFT(!)?
WITH*..(-TRIPLE*ZEROS!)?-LEFT*ME
*KIND
A(?)..
-(*FEELING!/-(?)..*LUNEY!)?

-SCATTERED*..(-LIKE*IN*CHILD-
*HOOD!)?..
(-PICKING*UP(?)/..-/..(*STICKS!))?

AS*IN(?)THE..(-*OLD*GAME!)?-RED/-
YEL-
LOW/-BLACK*..&*BLUE/-..

*HELP-

ERS!)?

-WEARING-(*LIPSTICK!)?-/WATER*
*BREAK-
*ING(?)
-/*ACROSS*..

(-YOUR*BODY?)

-N’*LUST!?

Dedication: To (-Living*Woman!)..as
(-Living*Myth!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-(Just*Finished/-(?)-..-/*McCutcheons(!))?-..?

-Sweet*..-(Home*Made!)?-..Orange*(?)-../(*Marmalade!)?

-Produced*..(Wf’../-*No*Preservatives!)?..-Bye*Historic*-..(?)

-(Frederick’s(?)../-Of*Maryland!)?..-(Near*State/..-Of*..*Delaware!!)?

Where*(?)-..(Janet*Englemann?)-..(Mye*(?)-..74yr./-..Old*Student!)?

-That*Draws*Life..(*Formally!)?-..From*A*/-..(Moral*Position!?)?

-She*Says/-(?)-..In*..(-New*Jersey!)?-..Wf’(?)-..(Deft*Touch!)?

-For*Instance(!)?-..(A*Nite*Club*Singer!)?-..(?)-As*A..-(Go*/-Go*..*Dancer!)?

-Rendered*(?)-..N’(*Pastel!)?-..Wf’(?)-..-(Puritan*Look!)?-..Uv’(-Who*Done*What!)?

-Or*I’ve(?)-..(Been*Around/-(?)-The*Block(!)?..-More*Than*Twice(!)?

-N’(?)-..(Never*Lost/-(?)-..Mye*Virginity(!)?..-..Er’*(Citizenship../-*Once(!))?

-(Write*BLUES(?)-..N’*Going(?)-..To*HEAVEN?)?-..On*A*-(Pulley*BONES/-Drum*STICK!)?

-But*Laying(?)-..(All*Kidding*Aside!)?-..Wf’..(Such*Kindness/-(?)../-Such*Tenderness!)?

-(Last*Tuesday/-..(?)-Without*(A*../-*Cause!)?..-Of*(?)-..(-Nature’s*..*Infidelities!)?

-I*-(Got*OFF/-(?)-To*A/-..(Slow*START!))?-..-She*Said(!)?-..-BECAUSE*(-IT’S*SO*HARD!)?

-To*DRAW(!)?-..Like*-(MICHAELANGELO!?)-../*RADIO/-..(PITCH*MAN!)?-CHARLIE*SAID(?)-

..&*Like(?)..OR*-(*POCAHONTAS*SAID!?)?-..(I*LIKE*MONEY!)?-&*AM*/-*STILL..(?)

..(KING*(!?)?_..-Uv’-(THE*HILL!?)??..-Me*Quitely(?)-..Flabber*Gasted(?)..-At*Statement(!)?

-&*Wonder(!?)-(To*This*Day!?)-..If*The*Boys(!?)_?-N’(?)-..(White*Coats/-Carted*Her/-..*Away!)?

“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-Logica*Impractica(?)

-as with/- a.. pointed*/-..*Finger(!)

-on the Eye*Level*/-../-of a*Child(!)?

No*Reprimanding/-..Can*be-/..*Taken*Serious(!)?

-or-To*../-*Joy*-(*at?)

A*First*/-..Con*sideration/-?../--Can*not*Enter(?)-

The*../-(Second*/-..*Picture!)?

-Painted*Bye/-(!?)-..Some*/-..*Serious*Mother(!)?

-or Father*/-..Con*demned*(?)-To*..*/-*Believing(!)?

-Behind*Convention/-?..-(?)-*Comes*/-..(The*Caller!)?

The*In/-..(-Ap*pro*piate*..*/-..*Dog(!)?

The-*One/-?*Accustomed/-..To*(-*Taking*..A*Lick*ing!)?

-for..(-His*Name!)?..&*-He’s/-..Not*To*Blame/..-For*The-

(-*Con*vict*ion/-..of*A/-*..(-Greater*/-..*Crime!)?

-Believing*(!)-..Which*Can/-..Be*come*/-..(*Both*Serious-?

..&*Deceiving(!))?..-Some*Cannot*/-(!?)-..*Alter*/-..A*Set..(?)-

-Of*..(-False*/-..*Pretensions?-/..(!?)--For*A*/-..*Freedom(!))?-*Which*..

-Tis*/-..*Merely/-(!?)-../-*Rational*/-and*../&*..-*Ri*diculous(!)?

To*Be..(-*Human*/-*..*Like*/-(!?)-..(-Some*Sphinx?)(!?)-..N’-..*Tha’(Desert!)?

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Pro*pisms(!)?..-or..(Short*/-..*Pencils!)?

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s-lation(!)?..-A*Winner(?)..-Both*Lost-(?)-..&..*Con*tra*-dicted(!?)?-

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in(?)

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tious!)? -The*/-..(Mistake*/-..(You*See!)?-.. Is..(*-Only*Made/-(?)..-/Of*..(!?)-

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“*LOGICA/-(!)?../-*IM*/-..*PRAC*-TICA(!)”?

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