PHOTO*CREDIT: NATALIE MARIA MARINO D'ALLESSIO
BOOK:8
" PUR*PLE*/-..-/*SHIT*/-..-*HITS*/-
..-THA'*FAN(!) "?
47..poems 9*..etchings
Philip Lawrence Sherrod ©1986:
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dedication:
-mus*ing..
his*dedication:
to yours:
&*the*loss-..(?)
of his-..*muses(!?)
..
mr. c
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thr 0 ws -a*no th er..(!?)
*ball*-
str- a -ig ht..thr- ou gh-..
the-..
*AMER* I*-*CAN(!)?-..ID*I*-*OM(!)?
LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:
Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07,1986.
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, 1986
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Inti*mate*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/-..
Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?
" PUR*PLE*/-..-/*SHIT*/-..-*HITS*/-
..-THA'*FAN(!) "?
..(contents)
1. well..
2. flower
3. what's this?
4. fly 'n cork
5. idols
6. linda
7. man no. (III)
8. intellectuals
9. man no. (II)
10. 4 views of
11. 10 trip ticket?
12. pigeon
13. the purse
14. uh,
15. you spoke?
16. a
17. frozen
.18. girl
19. they're
20. past
21. 3rd mo. birds
22. you(for Steve Kent Sherrod-Christmas'76)
23. chance to dream..
24. squinteyed
25. 1980 election
26. i' m
27. allwet
28. revolutionary?
29. to natalie..
30.(imaginatively a cast..
31. paper
32. out this window..file
33. this
34. hoboken terminal employee
35. nancy's castle(a charcoal drawing Jan.'77)
36. Marino..
37. a blue questionmark?
38. Women to
39. in harlem
40. homo
41. black
42. hard as bricks
43. night
44. my
45. oh yeah?
46. just 'a-47. up
1. -well..
-wasn't right? ..
-*Oil.. -*oozlng..- from.. -
Newark*bed-?
*rock*-.. blued*black to *bluer?.. -
his*..
-leather*mind*tethered'/-..
-like pinth'..*tail*ona-..*donkey?
this- pigeon*toed.. *bird- *tied- by
*genius!?
stut*tered- not- a*word..
but fluttered*..flew*-the *coop!?
head*on 'n *hit!!
-pin*headed-.. & red*eyed
the-.. Erie*...-L
A C K A W A N N A..
from.. -Hoboken..(!)?
&*and *-fel1-..
-likea..
(paper*cut*out/-..(!?)
he's art's/-..*up/-..
)
up/-.. one two three...
*splns*-
*then*down*again
-well..
without- a -grin
-to.. the tidewater.
2
flower
1st flakes?of Feb.? "
snow-falllng,
t
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r
n'-..-ear(?)
..-n'..-earnest(?)
.
pls 0 w 1 e:numbers:spades?
1st 2nd 3rd*snow- *flower?
virgin* *whites
flakes*fa11'
a lngat random
bump*ing..gent*ly
*edges*/-..of/-.. *white-*flakes?
"
a lng like "
t
t
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1
k
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*shot!(?)
"like*some
flaky*-*girl?..-l___k fa11-
ing(!)?-..Fu-*_king*petals/-?
or-..*lacy-what**nots?
*turn*-ing-*
'n their*.-.. deli*-cate*skirts-
..in*to-
*dream*?"
t
In 0-.. melt*ing..
*centers *or/-
*corner of fantasys?
inter*laces.. inter*-*woven -&
in*ter
we-" "
t
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?
*avlng..In_er-*Images. *rubbing-
carrots*/-..noses*coal*/-..*eyes-
& hot visions; of
snowwomen..snowgirls?
as flowers scented
as' white-silver..silhouettes? as French Foxes Foxy 'n..
Amer*i*-*can A*-*mours?
Sil_-ver-**Foxes'/-n'/-..*Sil*ver
..*boxes?
-..fall*ing. .
petals*/-.. of
deli*cate..snow*noses:?
*spades!-
black*- as -*white!
*cards! *stacked/-.. &/-.. re*stacked! "
1
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gravl' a' lon'e - 1-eso
of/-.. pure* *stuff..
-white!
11
f
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a world* covered* W_ h*white*-*roses! !
(
or/-.. one*-black*-*hand!
-stuck*-*in!!
as-*Ace*-or-*Swan*
of..*** SPADES!! .
f__ck*n'-..
in earn*est/-..-'r *ear-
*shot! hOt
w 1 e'n'-..war*ty..or *flower!?
2-..1/2
danc*ing/-..the*/-..*dance
of white*-eu*phoric/..-*life! *minds*
f
11
" .
1
,
along* ln-.. *Love.
a world-covered-in..*white-Emp*-
eror's/-..
-cloth*es? .
a world* covered*-..*whlte
on-crystal* *fingers?
t
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1
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ning*-..-*Ing..-
& sharp & clear-ringing?
ld
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O
or/-..Fl_*ower(!)?
"1st part of 2nd mystery?
r"One White
Rose..
meets her PAPER*WHITE*NARCISSUS!!
'n..leap yr."
a frog. "
Jump*ing..
-*roses/-..(?)
with-white-stems?
white/-*..*leaves-white *petals?
white*-scent*ed/-..white*upon*white?
of *bed:..(?)
the knife *bled:..(?)
faint.
(watch_ng/-..the *shad*ow-*fall..)?
*SHRIVEL*
DES*ENTE*GRATE/-..TO- EARTH*SYMBOL AS *LOVE*-?
..*DIRT!?
"from *dust*/-..*shall* *ye-/*re*turn"?
so- *busy*- *moving..
"TO EAT/-.. THE SMELL/-.. &*LIVE
TO*-
*TELL"?
(the- for*-bid*den -*fruit)
..*crawling "
17x2(VERMIN_VILE w_th JUICES)inches
(GREEN-*EYED/-..&/-..*EATING?)
(EYES*/-..-*RED-*RED/-..*as ..ALBERT*DURER'S*/-..LU*CRETIA?)
&*to/-..the point:
3
what's this?
-crawling*to/-..*the
core*/-..*rotten*meat(!?)
(one bite out)..
-craw*ling...?
all-over th_s(world/-..*LARGE *BLACK*
/-..*FLIES!!)
right* where*.. she/-..-left*(*it)?
EVE'S*-*APPLE/-....HARD**CORE!
(-pale?)
porno*graph*ed/-..*purple*meat
me*tal*lic/-?..-backs*black/-..*Legs/-..*Stuck*
n'-..(*it)?
1
" crawL* _ng
b
4
fly 'n cork
green*bottled flY*like/-..'n child*hood.
,
buzz1n* *round?
Red*eyed &*amp;
me*tall*ic
blue*eyed &*sticky*-*feet-*sticky*
foot-ed* fix*at-ed- from*juices*: rotten*smells*of
de*caying
hum*our? human*/-decaying*matter?
b , , '
gar- *bage.. n’..GoD* IS *GOOD/..-*THANK-*GOD!?
"for all the *birds & *bees?
'n fly..
's-FLYING ROUND!!" ,
this
facet*
ed*images? Craw*ling/-..buz*zin'*round?/..-if *he* *were..
5Oft.?-*LARGE* &-
*SHINY* 'N..
BRIGHT'N GREEN??
b
t
/h
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e ween I’S
-*ears?
"who ever heard..
of*a green-eyed*/-..*fly *sing?
Who*/-.. ever-/..*heard.."?
Of*/-..*Dip*tera's
A/-.. REAL*/-.. *BUG*GER!!
(dipp'in*..N’*-&'..
HIST*ORY/?-..-oN'Tha’/-..'*FLY*)?-..h-
..aVin’/-.. "*SEX* *ON/-.. *BLUE
*JEANS/-.. OR *LEVI'S..&
*CRoSS*-STICH*IN/-..'N-'
..!”?
' c ean n
his SAW*LEGS..
RAS*PIN'/-..ES'Vo*CALS(?)
(THE So*NG/-..HE'D *SING?)
'f
i/-.. HIS*/-.. Vo*CAL*/-..*CHoRD*S
(WERE'NT*- BULL*HoRNED(!)
..*BY/-.. TH'VIS*IoN):
f
0 so*/-..*many?
5.
idol-‘s
-/crump*led/-
wax*/-..* woven-* -*red..
but/-*.. fa*mous*/-..un-_*ble
?
to*Give*(!?)-..(*idols*
*fold*ed/-....
intro*verted*&*un*abl/-..e *to *Live?
You-..(golden* *calf) °
Call*(lt*/-..*lit*ter)?
*bugs*
Pall* *Mall/-.. tha’/-.. *paper*.. -ciga*rettes
Pell* *mell/-.. like*..vert*-ical?
5!
-to *walk/-.. us*/-.. phys*ical
through*/-.. *their*/-.. *house:(?)
in ad*mo*ni*tion..*purple*? -to the* *moon
d’
og’ s-../? -god*dess's
d
on’
t
r’ye*/-.. ound'cyc*/-..lind*ri*cal-as*love? Er’*lust/-*..*four* *inches..
-forward-
like*/-..*liz*ards?
Their*/-.. tong*ues/-.. *flick!
The* clicked*-*on(!)
*Sick*..-..ty*rant/-
Of*/-.. *true*/-.. vowel*ls?
"where*ever..
particular*- *people/-..
con*gre*gate.(?)
*IN* *HOC*/-.. SIG*NO/-..
-VIN*CES*(!?)
tha’..-dream(!)?
n'-To/-..*sum*/-.. phal*lic *sky*wize:
you*/-..para*chute*/-..(tha’-
*pink*-.. *clouds?):
(!?-..)-in/-.. *short*
*strokes
to*- *forget
\tha’*Phys*/..-I*/-..*Cal(!?)
?
e smo es ac .
but wait:
6
(hole)
of their/-.. *sex:
&*pitting/-.. *skin*/-.. to- *skin?
Lind*a/-
I*/-.. for* -*one
Should* *be/-.. the* *least
-to*/-.. *care?
Or*/-.. should* *complain/-.. on* how/-*.. it/-..* goes..
*you*/-..(?)
slip*ping/-.. out* *of/-.. grace*or/-.. *slip*/-?..in*to/-..beized*-*out/-.. *skin:
(?)-*no
Linda*/-.. *Love*lace/-
..slip*ping/-.. out* or *in:
of* *mye/-.. -*love*..
(a/-.. fal*len*/-.. *angel)
..-fal*ling..(!?)
from grace/-(?) or/-.. *lace*/-..but*/-.. *never*- *face?
for in/-
the*/-..*** passion/-
of/-.. the* *pit..?
all*/-.. *snakes/-.. will*-*crawl(!?)
(to*-.. *the/-?
-of*- *your..
-high* *priest*ess(!?)
far/-*..above*: *with/-..* pub*lic
/-..*needs(!?)
&to/-.. *low*er’-/*tastes*/-(!?)
(a *newer/-.. gen*er’*ation)/-..*loving*..?
in*/-.. *or/-.. *out/-
of* *love? for*/-.. all*that/ -..*matters*:(?)
sub*-miss*-*ive..
sex*-*pot(!?)
a/-.. *por*no/-..
princ/-..*ess giv*ing/-.. *favor?
With*/-.. *paint*
*pots/-?
The* *size/-.. of*/-.. *gloves?
You*/-..*plop*/-..-it*-in*..
To*/-..amp; *paint*ed /-i*mages*(?).. -un*til/-.. *your e*namel*ed/-..*eyes*/-.. *see/- *Red!?)
6 1/2
as the physical goes? in or out..
(of favour-out of plot?)
a private visionwithout revision (one-sided)& far..
11
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a lng
to that final
(MENTAL MOMENT OF YOUR SCREAM)!
for Art:
trophies of
CLIMATIC LOOKLIKES Barhoods on your wall:? MODIGLIANNI'S/SHERRDD'S
lf
' se
POOR
NO-PORTRAITS N"PLASTIC BOXES?
PHOTOGRAPHS?
(lives that turn
dust-free)
no face
looking
beyond
face?
(MIND OVER MATTER..
MATTER OVER ALL 3 NEUTERS).
i falling..
(for the ideal?of your gender?)
like a three-sided coinMale Female Neuter
a MATERIALISTIC*LADYICARUS!
f
it's celluloid..
7
man no.(III)
head out
like(introduction to book)
of snakes-hooded? like cobra
or king snake?
peeing into a box:
(man out of mind)!
alcohol in eye
"the guts..
it-takes to-become
unconscious"?
even in (urban
subconscious or selfconscious)(streetlights highlight the
n'*stoplightsred-eyed*pie-eyed
eye
vision)?
(man-like-poster
of "Baby Snakes")?
-he her
tongue quivering.. stuck-out
to
trembling
(young & moist)&he
so evil..
with intent of some such purpose?
a Phallic God
'n Phallic Act
puttin'the firehouse
out
Fire-Water out! Fire-God out.. ..hosing(it)out!
like an ole
Fire-Chief unconcerned..
of Customs/Costumes/Red Shirts
con
cerned only
with taking-a leak! controling the juice!? watching the suds!!?
filling
the recti-linear
box sq.?
t
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1ns e1n on
Pie-r-sq. or
pr2
secret
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u a or equation of human? sq. of destructionwalking towards..
wavering...
d
"
see1ng a 1me
the head
of Franklin D.
the subway
Roosevelt staring..
from silver-lidded lids/eyes
h
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like
E
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7 1/2
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ea s n
tails"
over all th1S
Reconstruction Period of Life?
Lie/like some C.C.C.
cop-out
not coping
with real-alities or a Civil Conservation Corps'
d
t
rop-ou. .
tak1ng a p1SS
like a Con-Artist
(of 1932}or..
a VERBAL PISSER..
from a
MENTAL PISSERY?
form
of Rassmatazz Rascality
Dixieland Revival
of Radio
ed Attitudes. The '70s
from the '2Bs/'36s:
Louie Armstrong
never so strong
as in life, so alive
FIGGER SWIGGER
ing BIGGER
THAN HIS CDNTEMPDRARYS!
than SOCIAL-CONSCIOUS BLACKS!
proves-that-TALENT! & HARD-WORK!!
still prevails. West
End Blues or Tiger
Rag BSoP Sunday
after-noon Jazz Program then to Big Spider BeckBider Beckin 'n
B
intellectuals
Yankees trying bring back
that ole swingtime
guilt?
then(it's)"ALL HAWK" MASTERPIEC'N(IT)in
from the BIG BAND
"DIFFERENT
GEM"
5 selections
of featured soloist
from RCA'S UP&COMING
VIRGINIANS.
with much reluctance to..Art
Tatum, Teddy Wilson
& "ROSETTA"..
Earl Hines Composition; (worked over-played over) easy over..WNYC's Phil
Cornet & ColemanHawkins hawk'n(it) "BODY & SOUL"
1939
8 1/2
Schaff
with you. Harvey.. Good Day!
Paul
Schaff-with you. play
(it)again Earl: Earl
Garner's 1935 & Art
Tatum's Tiger the way..from
Rag:allToledo, Ohio.
Columbia's
Label's Play(it-again)worked over.. played over
WYNC's Phil
2.Title:"Bona-Fide Death at U-Haul-University!" ..
America!
man no.(II)
folded at right angle
human T-sq..
ln sub-degree
zero weather? below
bloated like a toad
or weather cock.
9
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poln lng ln
vain:
veins vane
on top of(it)all..
icon of past or present bum
d
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lsa-ppear-lng..
in
propped up
eyelids half-shut
h a 1 f -0 pen fly
eye & dreams wet from the fly(salsa)fired on Fri. (salsa)fried by wife on Tues. (salsa)on Sat.(salsa)
f
or making-a-pass
at chochoi__? passed out on
Sun.(salsa)!
God! A Spanish Rican!
Retrospected In Dreams In Rice 'n
diffinitely a Puerto
(
. I
anlma de
musico)at the Port!! Puerto Rican
at Puerto or Puerto or Puerto
de la Tristeza! del Rastro!
del Maniatico! .
t
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wal lng
..for a good line
..or good lay
or Garcia Lorca's BLACK HORSES!!
BLACK HOOFS!!(HOOVES!) BLACK SOLDIERS!!
d
hoode
in extincted poem? dream(death) black(death)
b
danced..Flamenco full-blooded the (now)the dance
of life
may e once
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de Gypsy? veins
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if i woke him..
of the MOTHER ISLE.. SPEAKING the MOTHER TONGUE..
SPANISHcutting the last(syllables)
off the real song.
(
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collasped cohol's(4 2 fingers
of Al
Roses! )U.S.A.
frozen(now)
by the 5th line.. of this poem angrY
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black white grooves? earth grooves.. snow groovesbehooves
you? I
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those tracking tires!
trackless now
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snow-lines? to infinity? scratching the
horizon
d
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4 views of
tire tracks..
scratch marks like etching?
black white grooves?
too scratchy..
to scratched out th?
snow-ear "to earth &
snow? to you know & lithographers lie?
to hairline lip? hair-lip
or beautiful place to kiss?
_n the groove..
edges of border.
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rom _g a ar . hair-line grooves? line black grooves
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surroun e y
white black.. tracks? white tires
b
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lac _res..
white liers?
scratching fibbs?
dl
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a _ _ng
etching devices
of lies?
making lines
on the white plates?
t
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e _ng white lies?
black lies? lying in track. grooving liers
. I
or s_re rsblack
groove groove
scratches? black plates? whites..
blacks.
th
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gut issue of groove lies?
lying to tell ..the truth..dying a
10 1/2
1
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snow lp
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10 trip ticket?
one ticket one train7 f t
cars up ron 17B6 Pull
man
11
standard train"passengers must keep off?
the plat-form" until brain stops?
"no smoking".. 0
&obvlous & no one is?
nights what?
black as stars
or this window pane?
oriental & slant-eyed Christs?
yellow crit
ical punch!
punchmarks. .
k
f
0 o?
In tlC et by lexlng wrlsts.
forearm punches
like punchdrunk Irush
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pieces?well maybe 799
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sprinkled a£I£__ black void
Brick Church Lane
no ticky no tripy?
passengers..
.
- rlppe up.
this trips
costs more than it's
worth? 9 moreblack thoughts 0
cracks or wlndows lost? to never catch'n
this night's reflection? lights hang heavy..
black as thoughts
h
t
o
?
W a l s e les.
after all this..
or is dead without her knowing?
we will all
kneel down & pray..
to Ceramic God Goddesses
of Transportation?
of Temptation?.well maybethey won't know?
11 1/2
36 & slighty
letting her guard down?
lost like-Moses
in the Wilderness? breaking tatalies?
l
"
- les like Mama-Doll-Italina??
tyranny..
of temporary eaters?
to losing molars quicker yet
to hollow hole?
G
dd
0 ess of
the sunken eye? one more
trip should do it.
12
pigeon
belonging to the club
but not really
hobbling on all
twoes!
one clubbed one natural
both feet far from birth
hatched cracked from egg
silly-winged & serious!
human angel?
crippled
by human suffering?
this
bird
knows his difference! always at edge
of a pigeon-toed society?
yet
grooving for the grain!
this time Italian
Dinner pasta & linguine
wf'th' Romano?
in Brooklyn(4th Ave. & 7thSt.) right in front of
V.SavinoTrucks!!
scratching out! his pen name(a sure loser?)
to
hopscotching
n'between the cracks!
of women & sidewalks.. bound for pigeon heaven?
one season after this one..
hobbnobbing
with his pen-featheredpals?
picking up
the details..
of his clubfooted
nature-all the way
to childhood..or birdhood? or-criminal squabhood?
sure-footed
12 1/2
& clubbed!!
BEAUTY..
tongue
BLACKBOOMB!
Shell! grabs her
purse..
& exits the exit!
13 1/2
13
tigress
the coat
spotted instead of striped!
nostrils flared!
happens to be Spanish-Black!
blackkinky
oils
the
hair even
kinkier
her asleep?
no sunlite
over her shoulder?
the purse
the con
ductor looking? for tickets?
to
take-yells!
out MAPLEWOOO!!
my ticket
my no./20
window open-yells!
out
MILLBURN! !
shadows fly past
my window..
kinda-racy to watch!
her eyes open? innocent stare.. of the physical?
unconsciously
her handsgo up to place
one
b
bb
0 yO?
pIn.
down
over her
darkest
f
o
?
Inger. touch her..
gold/black/gold- .
rIngs..
hang-like
circles_
captured by civilizations? earrings tit-u-lated?
again.
by that fInger?
her nailsPINNK!!like her..BLAACK!
14
within the female
order of? order?
as silly birds?
or angels wingin-it-'N
from Heaven 'R
Hell only knows..
what man's been through
kneeing.. praying ev'r minute?
t' Goddesses Ecclesiastical
t' makeup to be sure..
th'O'se (halos--circl,e_s'
)of woman'sorder?
could make
one
dizzy
or look seductive? subjective..& wet?
always
uh,
click clack
click clack
click-clack
high-heels
er
rattic
descending the marble stairs..
no Michelangelo or T.5.
Eliot
or figur-ines left over from 5istinecould Chapel 'er
descend more miles..
making
man..
look silly &
'n a tizzy
'r kinda-stupid?
from trying to understand
er' shilly-shally..
er' reason?
there is no reason??
with 'nth'
staccatoed kiss 'n
tell? season..
it wouldn't
look well?
sure to get onels..share?
14 1/2
going to work-It make it work..
having tried the(true Angels of Earth)!!
female
earthy repeaters of the flesh.. of the highest order
& patable
click
clacks..
chicks wf'sharpheels?
shinning one out..
of order/kicking..
as emphasis underth_
table
15
you spoke?
dying
from
blue faces
blue smoke
you drew circles
'round them?
people kept callingthemselves models?
lack
ing all conviction of ideal.. society?
you drew
bodies..
lack
ing spirit? withered like cigarettes?
absent with faces?
no faces
to speak of?
hung
like maskes?
like fur collars?
hanging from necks
without
pretenses?
dying withoutmouth to mouth.. resuscitation?
you took them to
heart?
they complainedlittle?
the dogs had.. eaten..
their hearts..
out?
society
had to go!
you hooked up with yourself?
to your pastel lungs? images?
coughing'n sputtering complaining of glassy-eyed pers
pectives? the joker.. drank the tearsfrom your mouth?
15 1/2
aces of spades?
was kissing the smoke
rings? sticking
In his tongue 'nthe holes?
one smoke
ring falling..
over the 3rd finger of your left-hand?
the
models winced?
& said nothing..
they pretended
not to care to out to lunch:
or smoking the
inhaling burning
the paper..
until the (weed
be misdrawn?
purple-smoke?
stunk)!
ashes dyingof life! dropping to
death!
you huff
ing & puffing?
lieing as if you were artist? artifact..or extinct mag'na
cum
laude?
..or
psychic beautyblowing
the pigs-house.. down.
"time
had run..
out of images"?
16
a
rise..
few bubbles
Lawrence Welk
then
Thank you Thank
you!
smile..
Teddy
Kennedy!
Chappaquiddick! !
treacherous
swollen
torrent..
of a river?
that night..
a few bubbles rise?
"we'd all have
that night of
drowned herour lovin!"?
Scot Scot
drunk
free
Coward unable to make the Blonde.. the Butterfly-crawl
work..
"Encased in Cowardice
the badge of our Courage"?
dog-paddlindog-crawlin
the lie or
die?
spoiled rotten
she went down..
like the Titantic
franctic
-all hands on board? crying out-from Spring.. rains?
New England
Tragedy!?
traversin in..
sittin in..
Blimpie's Burger
New York City4'oclock
a.m.
half moon out window..'gainst a Utrillo Bldg.?
or sky..
plastered
in Grief-some Relief.. discussin' the Pros
the Cons
with Peter Schwarzburg
Painter Poet PHD.
16 1/2
or Ruth Chai
Vodicka?
Peter..a few bubbles pop! I
:,5:R.errod you got to..
come..
to Grips
with..the Bloody Thing!
in Vienna among the GoodFamilies!?
the Psychosis or Neurosisof
Man
for what ails me?
what's more real? Peter..
in this year of election?
what's
more real?
Carl Jung?
Woman
In
troverted in
Thinking..
Feeling..
Sensation from Archetypal Image?
of
IntrovertedMan..
The Beast
"we'd all have drowned her
that night of our lovin"?
Guil t
brought before In
troverted God..
She-God
what
a farce!
CHAPPAQUIDDICKI !
"to think/we paid for this/to see/if we still got it"
3.Title:"The Nixo-Gene(War)!" ..
17
frozen
mouse in mouse
trap_£
between brass-jaws?
wire
good trapstill holdin' bad
mouse
stiff 'n
rigor-mortis
mouse
deep freeze-fried? stiffer than stiff
or
mouse stiffer than mouse? grew or stiff lousestaring into space?
the grin
on his face?
or grimace?
or snarl-the smile?
is not
the look of baby Jesus?
theblank look?
empty look?
dead look.. quit-looking?
but the the
boy if..
cat could findbird?
stuffed like astiff
mouse
dryed up
in wet January?
well anyway if a fake?
you couldn't proveif by me..
no better mount? (mountEd by any taxi
dermist mousing if?)
or stiff
sex fiend?
his mouth opengrinning at death?
17 1/2
or cat god
or Cat-God?
got domesticatedreal quick
snap
E_£ right out of
li fe?
like snapping..
your finger.. what a way to go? into a
mouse
hole?
looking
for the mouse god
..for the Mouse-God!!?
mousing aroundwith cheese 'n'esmouth..
before
the (final) snap!
snapping his medullaoblongata..
& base of skull?
better keep..
my..
mouse shut?
or mouth shut
or trap-shut
SNAP!!
a wriggle
a wriggle '0
warm mouse breath..
atrickle-atrickle
, 0
red..
life?
(at corner of Wooster & Prince St.)
slug
metric
syst
em'
twiceg as murky?
as Oke
fenokee or ok
la-homan
underfoot
step-2._d on? uni-_g goingfor the last
t
sys
em' . bi2._g
fed up!
alcohol in eye! on ryesnake-eyed In
puffy as cotton..
as cottonmouth? as cottontrees?
soft
as silver
these cottonwood trees? leaves..
tremblingwind blowing
thru..
your(?) your blond your white
18yr.old
girl
grapefruit gin
sour
as floating ice in
pyrex
tum
bler soused by crawling? this
hair.. convolutions?
the flower?
your lips..
blown up twiced the
size?
as BIG AS MY.. IMAGINATION! !big asBLOOD or PAINTED PICTURE..
PASSIoN
blowing my..
VEINS out- like an old ROMANTIC..
18 1/2
gone for out
of style..
twic££ over you looked at me..
the rebel
of the wo_!£ lot? taking a chance..
(my sister
behind the mentalBLACKBALL_!3..)
19
they're
pushing
people
off
the track-like flys
7yr. old boy to 59yr.
old boy?
in front of..trains
?Subway Mortality Rates?
..the social vogue
in this Hostile-Society? -we go nowhere?
without looking
over your shoulder?
self
conscious as Enviromental Ecology?-424"students with wings.."
taught-likerats..in a(cage}.. to fly..
defend
their-(territoral-rights}?
by pushing..
or eating
each other as in..
PORNOGRAPHIC
EXPOSURES
(4 souls to a..
minute?
4 rats to a..
human being - being
pushed..beyond
his tolerance? his
Human Ratocology?
"state of an insecure soul"within steps 1 to 5.. settles
defends his Virgin
Rights?
or-Fly Constitution?
or Territoral Stance- in N.Y.
to overthrowing his brother?
pushing-like
a 6 footed
19 1/2
fly
open
t' showing his goodies?
roots
of an animal-begining?
& no training
for the flyingevolution?
-walking..like
human-fly?
on human ceiling? with empty-expression?
the perpetrator said? "they
just got in my way
&
i'm going(to mash themlike potatoes)?" because..
"i wouldn't-hurt a humanor rat or fly.."
eh,
Alfred
Hitchcock?
20
past
bodies in
space
projectilin'-n'perspective-floatin'.. like-human geometry?
spaced out
to inner realities.. treadmillin'-'n
the cosmic flow
to
talking
salutin'-statue?
'w cig
'w singin'
"STAR SPANGLE BANNER"?
't noddin'.. recogin' inALTER EGO-IO
't
singin'
crazy-pop
-u-Iar tunes 't
lost to life?
I unconscious
strikes me funny? 't Transit Authority Strike?
5 days
old
this strikes
only been 5..days
& half-of my life?
to no
future-in it?
for me-this girl?
walk in I I w-tongue
out
dark-eyed
& limpin 'like
seductive frog
in a fog
lookin' for male..
flys
to open
to takin' a quick?
20 1/2
"Hell of
a..lickin'-this chick-'r
-this sick bic"
"Tits swingin' un
der 'r skin to tee'n
off't shirt-tee-in I..
on-'r
voice?"
"When i get
'ta
Brd'wy
..they'll see me as 6thAve.
..Broad"?
the space between 'er..
legs?
liberal -the span
between 'er ankle..
length skirt(cerebral)
reminds
me of caves
i-usta' crawl
into
big & deep &.. treacherous lookin'
for
lips pulled back
t' snarlin' t' smilin'..
on 'er back-wavin'er'wings..
to Private Blippin'(it)Ahead of the Race?
COCK-EYED 'n
RATTY really BATTY
over you-my Desmoda*Baby..
"SUCKIN'
THE LIFE..OUTA'MY..
female
bats throats suckers(singular) w' long
tongues & sundown attitudes?
Chiropteralaced-winged
& rubbery..
constantly
chattering'.. t'showin'er..
teeth
t' Ki-Ki-Ki?
BIG BROTHER EUROPINO!! MARBLE HEADED &..
LIFE-IN-DEATH SUCKS?
"THE OVER-ALL SUPERWOMAN..
'R SPECTREWOMAN 'R..
DEATHMATE..
SUCKIN' THE LIFE
OUTA..ME?"
20 3/4
3rd mo. birds
ready to mateagain dancin'
as game
cock or con
crete chicken?
huffin' & puffin'
21
& cooin'
as if 1 st time? struttin'
blown-up
like
balloons
Walt Disney's looklikes-Iooksliketh' blood's 'n
'es toes
feet head 'oer
red
'oer heels
her
-talkin' to circles
round 'er
'n March Malady?
crooked like Cobrahooked to the physical? ready to strike..
kinky-bird..
wf'crazy pin
feathers is(it)'er sheen?
that's got dozed over
this bullhis shadow?
try'n to make mate'er sunlit face..
progyes
without th' letter 0
'es not af' 't 'er..
egg?
wf'ruffled feathers?
mites..
fallin' 'n 'er
shadowed psyche thinkin'eggshells? eggshells? (pipp'n-chickes? or..squabs
'r)..'im thinkin'
21 1/2
'es aprairie 'I' boom
chicken..
cock(then suddenly the whole herd
of turtles vanish'es)
(like explodin'
flock 'a-pigeons)?
flyin'
A TALL LONGLEGGED WOMAN WALKS UP
WITH HIGH
HEELS
sayin'
"these pigeons- get my.. goat
wf'
ther' ££.2.!.-body shadows"??
22
you(for Steve Kent Sherrod-Christmas'76)
in search of me
you
in lipstick/redlips/blond-hair..
feet of FredAstaire..
maske
in Juvenile-sex?
maybe feminine
head-on-woman always-was bigger.. than you..footon?
you
playing-footsies
with the..footloosecamera?
Now footied
to Falconery to taking..
flight?
"As(happy)? hawking(it)
no concern..of my (imagination)?"
between loves-/but love-lip..
-stick & open
hearts?
Then(the surgery)the
Big Handshake of ManAs(1emporary Temporal?)..
after
28yrs. in bliss
in social attitudes?
give or miss..
(A True Self)rings true..
as the Story Goes?
"Blue Darters..
fly only on Blue Daysgive or miss a Social Sun"?
but Dad
Gave Us Poetry!!
Nature..&
a Yardstick-for..
Measuring-Out. .
"Each Orifice
to check-out..
(The Handwriting)on
the wall!!"
22 1/2
His Illusion
each story-touched up
with Subconscious Facts..
With The Word!!
Facts..
and Physical Statisticsbut
nothing can compare.. to Art of..
Box of Pecans on..
Christmas
arranged in rows;
by sizes by meats..
whether Paper-Shelled
Natives..know(it)or not
to take measure(of life)?
Of every limb(with pleasure) does not give us
life
from a real tree..of
de la Chaumettes?
or Shumate?
Sherrad or
Sherrod
are all-hard nutsto crack..?
23
chance to dream..
from pink-plastic
nights to neon?
facts old-as cityscapes!
what know
does the scissortail..
of masochistic leanings?
cutrate citybald as eaglebad between stop
signs
old wings
feather..the ghost-rider!? youth joggs on..
in-discrim-in-ately
of cinn-amonhearts?-..
we die-lit_up??
a face of hotflashes!!
yet lightning
striking twice
faceless..
as faithless skulls?
deadpanned as bills..
Mr. Dollar Arrives!!
..the crowd jeers? ..empty streets-blownup..like balloons!?
reality
pops off..
the mirrors edge?
(narcissistic & naughty)
whose was..tormented here?
hare to tortoise
to time..
(what about tommorrow's
hat?)
old men go..
to shake it off? faithful as bar
signs..
staulking-the hodgepodgethe ecclectic?
-run rampant..as innocents?
23 1/2
flat-chested? metallic & man-made
women.. wedge-shaped?like geese!
with clayfeet?
to trap-shoot in formation!
flying pigeons..
clayfooted fly.. Northw£rd as lesbian
Bombs!
circle..
like cyclops
flymouths??
flayed-out. .
pushed-in?? carcasses casting.. from bonelit eyes?
50uthword
mediocre..
liberal libreal militia women!? ready
as carbonated sodadrinkers
adlibbing. .
feminists
have fizzled-out!
to final
headon-headout
visual toys!!
of..2_ RAG*PAPER*HEART5..
neuterized.. (people)with no sex
lined-up as chessmen Q_I_£__
ready to move CHECKMATE
but
no-one makes it!!
24
squinteyed
like our?
keen-eyed
brothers the Eskimos
looking
for
a(bone to pick)
looking..
for 1st ivory?
to carve..
fidgeting fran£tic
unnerved by time
some sealskin.. overboard?
walking the wordedplank..
slanteyed-& silly
&snowblinded &
(chewling the fat)?
teeth-worn!
tooth-worn!
gum-worm?
well-down..
to gum-level word.. to split-level tomouthing?
the blubber bluer..
(it)than Sperm-Whale?
chew-ing the gums..
like Monica Gumbs?
phone 212
(young girl-waiting)
for theteething?
young-girlsweet-toothed & asking?
which Eskimois ours? which bone do
you want?
sweet-meated
& sucked clean?
24 1/2
namescratched.. sig-na-ture diffi-cult
to
decipher..
in lipstick.. on(notepad-bad)-&
all the way from _ _ £ _ i s con sin
i n e,
OPEN*EYED &
DARK*MOUTHED
& slightbuild &..
straight dericks
hanging
over(the)water?
like Narwhale'sivory! !
of-her-skeleton.. CLOSED*EYED & yet-out WEST:
they
say"MEAT IS SWEETER
THE NEARER THE BONE"?
"THE CLOSER THE BONE
THE SWEETER THE MEAT"?
delite..
if one's own canni-balis-tic
own
red lips
leave prints like missles?
like newsprint
but'n..
no way th'(muscles is..) better than the misprintedword?
one word or missle
shot..
thru the shadows!
of sunlight..
of Grove St.
Oval Park Fieldhouse? fall..quitelyacross(Newport-Swiggers)Cigarette Sign?
24 3/4
then hee-hawing..
laughing
slapping
leg-in East Orange?
to "LETS PEEL-AN ORANGE"?
black
woman sayin'"Cancer..nev'r hurtnowhone"?
who.."smoke"?
look
at that Whitey!
olver theer!! doesn't he..LooK
COOL?
"HE'S HEAD LooKS
LIKE AN IGLoo
OR POLAR BEAR"?
lookin'
"FOR FIRE
OR DINOSAUR BONE"?
4.Title:"Federer's 12Gauge 6-1/2Shot-Lemoa!" ..
25
1980 election
yr. in panic
the baby-the cock
roach marijuana..
ran ahead..
by rule of thumb?
dic
tators putting
their thumb down!
jus thlsame..
i wouldn't want
to wrestle
my cock
fed fears? piers caught up..in fu kamotion? freaksbut..wait a minute?
30 seconds
'n one could get fed up! (a spirit provoking..
the flesh-heaDS?)
locked up
In communQo-lglioQ?
baby-tongues
tog young chicks? to young chickens.. or skin-flick_s?
could get Jimmy Carter's.. VOICE UP?
PRESIDENT! "AL
going..
pubic or public?
DENT! "
1st Gov.enor to nlver.. make(it)-for peanuts!
on 42nd St. wf'(HARD*CoRE)1 HIGH PITCHED!(VICE)
or VOICE
so soft..
as COCK
ROACH SMOKING..
OVER HEAD OF SCANTY*CLAD GIRL?
on RIALTo
II's SHOW FACADE..
(A REAL BUG BURNING IN HELL!)
crawling.. SMOKING across her.. REO*UPS!
25 1/2
or La Cucaracha
or Blattidae?
FIREY IN TRANSIENT!!
i'm
JESUS CHRIST!
"THE DEVIL MADE ME-DD(IT)!"
26
from Crown Heightssection
Alfonso Paco28yr. old carrying Bible..
Betty Anne
Paco 32yrs. old..
(with)
machete protruding
-from chest!
"(IT'S)ALL..HERE!"
her stabbed!
setting
her AFIRE!!
while(his children)watched!
machete protruding
-from chest! "LoVE*DIRECTED(INWARD)!!
"ERoS..IN another"DEATH OF broad
MANIAC DEPRESSION!!"
SARDANAPAULoUS!"
or bitch..charcoaledin bloody bed?
or Bloody Mary!?
or Bloody Betty!?
machete protruding
,...from chest!
all-burned-up!?
setting..her AFIRE!? while(her)children
watched!?
poor-girl? poor Mother?
poorer
children?
what a
deranged creep?
over moral issues?
or barbecue on Sunday?
to think..
26 1/2
he thinks..
HE'S DEVIL CHRIST?? OR JESUS CHRIST??
over..moral issues? or barbecue
on Sunday?
27
allwet
"from we're
curb to curb
takin-it-in stride"?
Ruffles Potato Chipswrapper..floatin'by?
after rain
'n concrete puzzle? reflectin'Sky
scrapers silhouetted
tensionedto breakin'
surface..
th sound barrier!
like some(jet minded)
audience?
or conscience..insistin' on
(the Garbage Avant'garde)?
but with..love? the(jogger)joggin' by
casting..his angel
his shadow?
over-the(arrangement)?
my..Man Mothernature
Post-oa£k leaves?
to paper(NEW YORK POST).. Wed. April 2
1980 to page 6
"Have a(Greek
Easter)"to
"Poles say-an
failed in
the Crash"to
Orthodox..
Engine..
"RAG BIZ FEARS
..LOSS OF RICHES"is..
far cry
from WORDSWORTH'S
"DAFFODILS"
-or is it? ManWomans need..of Nicotine
cigs with
27 1/2
filters
to Chock-full-'o
Nuts(paper cups)?
lids to corrugated..
cardboard
proppin'up
(his need of..Wrigley's"stickystuff"
tinfoiled 'n..
(stashed 'n..sidewalk)
gum of GOD'S
"CHEWING
THE WORD..
INTO EMPERICAL LITTER"?
all this
( , n
2' to 4' puddle?)
2B
revolutionary?
Grue'nwald Gallatin? Mice in twos?
slither on backs blue-green as blotches..
slither on sacks pale-white as crotches..
blood teeth soaked to hilt! in Lady-Christ!
man romp like rats in love(paint-prosedy)
_urder is no make-up for
Mickey Mouse!
_illing no time for a wrist-watch!!
Self-Denial..hands ticking Truth for masses..
hired killer rubbing images?
to glands?
£eath Eale-£lack staged on every face..
false mask on true face of Minnie Mouse?
"pleading guilty you took the 5th straight Vodka" "pleading guilty you took the 1st wrong commandment" "pleading guilty you took Walt Disney's(thats all folks but God! Donald Duck $7.69 for a gallon!
14thst. A.A.A.!!!..
Spirits Squirt, listen, Alcohol-Brain!?
"i!J._Y. ££!l_i _!l£_ wh_i i!J._Y. do"?
drowned like Drosophila in Burgella?
sober, rebos, up, pu
Latin for what ails you!
I_!l!l____ Ii_!or Te_Ei_ii£!l £f _i_ _!li!J.£!lY.!
£_i £f lif_, £_i lif_, £_i !J.£___, £I ti!l*_!J.ii!!
_Iii_, £I g_i £ff i!J._ E£i. £I lif_! !..
lif_I_ th£_g!J. __ __(l£___f£I_lif_)i_ lif_!
the fruit gets into eye, 1st gear to open-fly..
even if a (mouse in your house) gI_!J.__ !l£i ££_£_!
could blow your fears to a bad kidney..
but Grue'nwald Yes! tl_gi!l£ li__ _ _£I£tu_!!
hair on II_i!J. for Christians, _eal fhrist!
gl__£ing li__ gI__£ for a Ihousand _eal frimes!
each drop alive pulsing like Alcohol in-v_in
Art makes us afraid to cry!?
but to sob for self gets _i!l£
_ £I££lY.?
to whimper Art out without Resurrection?
g_Ili£_ __g_i__, _£__Ii __g_i__,
gI_!J.__ __g_i__, __ll_ii!l __g_i__,
but to sob for others-but to sob for others..
yes i hear you blue-white star-fright, Redneckyour're not on trial, JESUS I FDRGIVE YOU!
EMOTION IS DANGEROUS EVEN from man.
"when Rednecks..say theyrE through theyrE!"
since words _iQ't enough..
___ignment!
propped up without propps
professor no student,
no teacher.tightlippedtightlegged lesson
to tonguing it?
like Queen Nefretiti
no arc type covenant
but pastel-(S)
nudes hung-over &
sexed!
as sexed-over
left-overs
with
no skinned
out Egyptian Angels?
with hands
hard-scaled &
stinking!
thinking..
"DARK EYES
DON'T DARK
MAKE US"..
glands(one-eyed &blinking!)
EYES..
still-Italian.
"MASCARI VICARI"-little
Italian(fig)leaves..
Pubicicized by Public
CircumScribed/
CircumCized by Author
ity of
Glass Eyes?
as Italians? Glassy-Eyed &.. Still-Perspectives
29
to natalie..
Gl__ Glass
hearts!
£9.11ars!
No Studio-Babes!
with rabies..
No Studio-Studs!
with duds..
but(Life)*like/Adam
Eve kicked..
29 1/2
out of Eden!
by Author
ity Bullys..
Bullish at the Top
(Mt. Summit)?
like N.J. Gods!
without
GODHEAD!! ART-GOD
LESS techniques like..
BEELZEBUB!!
O
t
w l e
round as the letter 0
h! the 1st feminist
with kinky hair & facelessplayful-red-dress?
way-out for spies! like J. Edgar Hoover
communists emulating way-ahead
of the group..l'k 0 d'
lee lPUS Rex!
or modern trans
lations or Greek
Columnists..
pounding out-the gossip! typing out..the word the song!!
1
a ways saying hssst!
to her
dog Sandy..
30
(imaginatively a cast..but not a play?)
upon meeting Ernesto Puntar & others & Suicide? (acon-versation in(a one-way street of poetry) with my compliments to Cummings..to save Whitman& face.
faces! faces! faeces! face
whell! hi! Punjab where's Puntar..
is he with Daddy
Warbucks or Little Orphan
Annie? You know two frames-short
of being framed(with'n Comic Character?
that-little-girl
with saucer eyes?
blue-white
like porcelain socketsfrom Tin Pan Alley?
h
always hustling
shadows In glass & broken images.. like dreams?
f
t
ragmen S
(
f
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0 narClSSlS lC pro l es, proud on 48st.Spinelli.. Jeweler with jewel-eyes!!
30 1/2
selling- ,
out hls soul..for T-2's
like Creon/Jocasta or Natalie
stripping(the flesh off)..
th
1
e p ay of Life!
the fun..
(DEATH OF THE SUN)on the PoetsTongue. . assaul ting the eyes! ,
h
Wlt images
sex or pain?
OR THE GOLDEN CALF?
images..
faces..faces..faeces!
to HUMAN FACES! HUMAN KISSES!
OR ASS-KICKS!?
(or self) ,
Judas-asklng about
the Golden Pins??
STUCK IN IMAGE!STUCK IN BRAIN!
STUCK IN EYE!(like Moses,like Oedipus)?
k
'
as lng..
"Which Christ..is ours?"
Rex*(image out of mind)?TRUTH
BLOWING FACES TO FACES TO FACES..
BLOWING ACROSS TRANSPARENT FUSES!!DYNAMITE FACES!!
FACESFROM(MENTAL BLACKOUT)?
or Con Edison Flunk-out!
or Electrical Blow-out!
or Education Thrown-out!
more FACES..
IMAGES/PAIN! HALLUCINATION..
or(one Individual-Indivisible)?
& ALL FOR ONE'SCOUNTRY-ALLEGIANCE?
'FACES!
FACES!
FACES! FAECES!
FACIAL ILLUSIONS!or
City Cop-Outs?POLICEMEN ON DUTY!WITHOUT FACES..
BUT BADGES-NUMBERS..
FACE!!
STAND THERE!!(and let(it)happen)? you a Cancer..in a Cancerian Country? As_trologically/without Cancer!/Bad
Diseaseocology!(at y_ur..leisure)
- you
30 3/4
1n a sea..
of his nature?
as
as
asKING-PIN*PIN-BALL..
ANGEL.. MR. LUST!
COULD GIVE ME A DAMN!?
One Stanza/3 Beats/4to2-"i'11 see you
(In the Comic Strip-Stripping for Sex)?
or
On Broadway(LIVING(IT)UP..
THE(SEX)ACT!?
or-
(A LIVE ACT FOR SEX)?or(SEXXING THE ACT UP!)or(on 1ST PAGE OF REALITY?) (ACTING(IT)UP??
d
covere up
N"BOUNDARIES
OR PASTEL(IMAGES)OR ACTS??" (like a Suburban Wife)
f
rozento the gills(A FISH)? "DROWNING IN NEWSPRINT" (AN ARTIST)N' (images)?
PAIN/FACES/FACES "FROWNING ON LOVE
FOR THE(LOVE)OF MONEY;
al
1.
1
n
g
WHITE(the rose-dries up)?
(petals-falling)
While the Poet Dives Down Deep(In*Images)? (dieing of pain-dies
while the painter drives(down-deep)in stroke?
-of image dies)? .
fall1ng.
t
(h
.
)f
.
1
t
1n a 1S 1na -as_cen
to his glorious,*Ever-gloriousAngel-
Trodden Hea v en!
f
al
1.
1
n
g from(face)?
a fallen angel?
with wax-wings
falling.
t
30 4/4
EATING ANGEL*CAKE!
ANGEL*DUST OR ANGEL*FDOD.. ANGELICALLY LIKE AN ANGEL*FISHEATING..HIS HEART OUT!!
LAUGHING
till.. he died.
'
t
us a e
b
f
1
shockin')or
ema es with hard? -exteriors?
to females..
(with soft interiors)?
lips"highlighted & wet?
Roman Spirits Roman!!
with..the physical-hook_oses-to"somethin's
31
paper
DAILY NEWS!
SPORTS FINAL:IT'S ALABAMA!"
In the polls:
USC, OKLAHOMA 2-3! with football booted..
now over"to 2
black
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It
1
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alre a lan
h
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b
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h
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t
h
d
w lean
in'(it)?
pullin' hair pinkfingers
fl
h
d
'
th
. ,
us e Wl maglc
(like Roman Life)
t
urns me
on!
those tender?
white pink
fingers?
...(with Brings)?
of Italian(delicious decadence!!) Hourglass-masters
10
f
'
on lngers
of (passion)?
f
"
one lnger..
without(one*ring.. of time)?
t
k
s uc -up
denouncing the Worldof Arts & Letters?
f
10
f
'
f
lngers 0 .. Roman Anarchy(with-one-finger)
o 0' '
t
to givin'(me)
the finger!!
(not Cosmopolitan-at your(age)
lngerln l..
(
or mine..
31 1/2
not right?
..in the nose of things?"
class-,
1
lca "thingsor little...know it alls"?
Italian femalesfl h"
us lng pinkfaces
fingers-neck& no thumbs??
nervous
psycho
logical splot-ches?makin..
the male more aggressive
crazYthe
the
way..
little sluts?
have got
in the rut?
to makin'..the explicitor private-parts(more)
illicit?with her
v'open-fly.. -formation of jeans
l
egg
blue
opento suggesti£_ to
"somethinls not right
-in the smell..
of things?" (crotch)it..or
not
V
I?
no co er up '
but
exposed
(
btl
" . "
su les-lngenlous
insidious..)?of
promoting the flower?
makes me-want tal
drop la nickel-into the slot? (& rider..erlrealityl)
I
t
1
n erna Express.. Subway
or someway/somedaY?
h
ere
i go again..
WILD AGAIN I ! PLACING. .
THE MENTAL FOOT-BALL IN BETWEEN THE WINNING
POSTS?(if physical?)
GOAL
out this window.. file
checking out
the checker-board tile
b
'
32
d
rl ge signs..
Cocco Malt M-T Fine
Pudding!
Ads caught up in Sunlight!
th
'
b
'
ht
'
lS rlg ,
December Morn.
once-aver-again!
heading on down the rails.
rlght-on-down-the-track! more mindless now-than.. pink!clouds!
1
k'
h
It'
b ac ,asp a '
roads winding up..
between smokestacks
spewing smoke!!(dark purples! to purple-pinks!
to yellow-greens!)
this picture..
In general the gap
of Newark-River seething
sludges & quickpoolsof quickwhirls & whirlpools
treacherous
d
t
un er ow
seagulls..
spreading wings!
(tilting back & forthgetting(me)riversick
like a child)of 44. Tugboats ATC
490-then telephone
poles lined out
in mental perspective
(Yellow-Christs hung out!
PERSECUTED PROSECUTED-XEROXED COPIES!)
-of the real thing!
paperDuplicate of MathiasGRUNEWALD'S DECAYING FLESH? ROTTEN IMAGES
f
S
th
t
B
11
a au wes ern e
"Ringing the life out
of-.it's employ
ees-in rep
etition..24 CRUXCIFICATIONS!!" (CRUCIFIXATION OF THE CRUX
..or Fux of matter)?
exactly-strungout
or hUngout(by images)-sacrilegious?
-symbol-idigenous!? -emphatically diagnostic!!
who wants religion
riding? .
ral.ls or rack
of physical sack?
t
t
no 0 saypsycho-logically sick
BICENTENNIAL YEAR.. OF OUR LORD.(1976)
32 1/2
33
this
tuft round pudenda of
n'greennature
f
o
_rm & new..
vast world in pubic(public)
micro-cosim..(shadows)cross.. the spriggin'hairs?
selfconscious..
& vestial vestig_alvertical clump?
ht
- caug
up-,
d
.,
?
n grassy-eye vlslons, as Whitman..as child"fetching(it)to me
with..full(hands)"(look
Papa!.
what world
we lave contrived..
"nature vs. mechanical man"? 0
look_ng
for way out..
back to primal-self?
"Around the Town"? like..this dirtynewspaper in print-?
..with figures & hype?
half
alive..&
caught'gainst
foot..
Sun gone outa'
this minute? to
300ft. shadow?
engulp..engulfing
this page,
b
o
ld
'
?
th_s sky-scraper-
u_ _ng,
a war'gainst-the Sun
God Amen-Ra?(local deity of Thebes?)
Ram-Headed of Life/vs. FlatIron Bldg'?20thC
(Architectonic)?
man looking..
for his..primordial-shadow? Chlorophylled 'n..Jaded like
Emerald(Green)"Verde Verde"
as
Park?
memorYor small voice..
saying-("do you
33 1/2
want to jump'n & outa.. anyone's bed"?)
34
hoboken terminal employee
hard hatted
yellow &
ratty
scrawnyItalianlooking
rather
batty?
flyweight type
would'nt weigh-n'?
115lbs.(dripping-wet)?
scraggly
mustache
with mouseface?
not like-Tony..
Galento or Tito or Hirohito? (how did he get here?)
that Jap
&..some concernof Pearl Harbour?
but Hoboken?
has such..degenerates!
moosefaced as cow-?
(i scared in Idaho)
-near beaver dam!'n
between St. Maries & st. Joe?
-Forest?(S)"can't see th'forest..
for the trees?
you bet!crashing thru.
the(brush)like Bullmoose?R'Italian(bound to..tradition)?
Even with Switchblade/or ChainsawLogging to his Makehood!?
(Malehood in
Urbanity)?
-certainly bowlegged& vulnerable..pickinghis teeth?
( Strong
'tween
..'A New York Times!
to Hoboken Tribune?
to..Panty-Girdle?to-Bra..
& Straight/SwitchBlade'n'&..
the Grooves?Bowleggin'
'n'W'Sack?)
34 1/2
left?
on Conrail Express!(dining car)by some-flaked-out-Chick?
or Transvestite? or Heterosexual?
with
quick-hand!?
anyway-the Questionmark??
on his..face?(carefully examing(IT)??
then
quick-re-composure!! Red-Faced &..Assuming
as Costra-Nostran!!
walking
by..
taking(swig)
of Jack Daniels?
like Irish-Con
ductor?
"no hard-hatted Italians?. easy..to digest
this early..for breakfast"!!
35
nancy's castle(a charcoal drawing Jan.'??)
even if Sir Gall(i)had
i should not wish
to go there!
-there between
(those turrets)
some dragon/has got
to(lurk)there!?
a Gila Monster
with one foot
inside the Arch!will not bend..
that(Shadow)over if-Amphibian?
or-Tiger Salamandercould..
SCARE TH'STRIPESOFF ST. ANNE!!
or St.
George! !Two faces
like children..(MUTE) BEHIND THOSE DEAF WAllS
cannot hear..
their Mother'sCall! In such.. (silent-scapes)?
Not to mention the tongueSound, Reality, like yours..
like mine..
(The Center Arch
The Focal Center
A Polar Coloroid Fixed
in charcoal
bk. & wh.,-rigidll)
-If You Please:
"This GingerBread's Fence-
Needs Doing!"
No Goya's(BUll OR BUllRING)
will push..his weightaround the Bully!?
I
(for-one)know
you didn't(Mean(it))?
trees-like those.. aren't(like..Mrs. Cathcart's)?
35 1/2
Making a..Chinese Wall..
Around her Moat!I would not Gloat!
Life's in..(The Darks! or
some Murder Here!)
yet
On the Brighter-Side:someFigure Walking(Anonymous)! Like some Vertical Halfmanwith..Castlesectomy!!
looking
in-(to the arched)void! Half a Torso??
Then the window("The Upper Room")?
done by-Dad!
or Religious-Fana£tic!
done by-Bracque? a
"Daily Bread"-picture...(Picasso's
Daughter?)
(A Cubist Picture_
-in Cubist Plan)but
not Religious!!(The Bite
of this Castle-)
scape is..the E
scape!!(No FM Radio-Tran
sistor, going FULL BLASTNo RCA Vic -trola- Phono graph!)RECORDING VOICE..
could-get(THIS
DOG BARKING..INTO A TIN-HORN)with yet(A TIN-NER_EAR)!!butsilence..
cut
(from a cookie-sheet)
of Tappan Range..MICROWAVES..
ON THE SOFT_RDLL(DOUGHEY LIKEDEATH)..HEATED
like death:& next
the CHRISTIAN CROSSES!! on your..(Castle)!?
's Towers..5 &3/4inches
from the top
of the printed-blank page.?
No Pip-Squeek
could caremore(about this
Artist!
brother)
artist)un-less
35 3/4
he be an or..(big than
"DEATH"?
no one..wins(in the end..)
eh, Nancy?
(For sis-& the Christmas
-before..the poem).
5.Title:"Cat Woman Of Houston St.!" ..
36
Marino..
no female
but penny-pinchin' broaduses liquid correction?
paper
fluid-for fingernails! toe-nails takes..
the cake!
to be without
taste?'tallian tightwad!
hung up 'n Phallic Narcissistic Convention: a
female stallion..
con
stantly pawing it.. the flaws 'n the(it)! of Human Nature?
in theclause..of(your)Human-Nature)? No Sec
retary
on lunch..break!
coffee break!
or Phallic Break?
of Female..
Horus the Hawk:
(Sex Idol Intention)?
-is not your's
to mention?(No Nefretitiwould(use)Horsepaint?for Housepaint?
-for
lashes!
Eyes
being the quest-??) tion? Not Horsing(it)in? or Secretary or Artist?
..dustin'it in'
si tting
on desk phoning(it)in'..
your vision(not my revision)? without decision
you droppin'(it)
in'? one dime
at a time..(telescopin'(it)in'? like Galileo?
telephonin'(it)in?(The Star)!? or long distancin'(it)in'?
& to your (Pastel)Stars:
purple
or draughtsman(Drawin(it)in')to your pubertyout..in..
pulling your(hair-back)?
Hyp-notic Viper!! Hyper-Hyping(it)! !
in..
pink
your lies/lie like.. roller-rink?
(of sex-teenyr. old
daughter..)
361/2
like a female snake?
coiling..uncoilingwrapping..around the
Final Tree..of Knowledge!!of Life!(To Carnal Know-how?)
to
droppin'
the lower jaw
to the(Seat Of Appetites..)
Sexual Goddess!
Gettin'your Act!together
about to go..
(Downtown
for the Apple)!
ready..to Exit
from Eden!
In the Whirlpoolof Blue Smoke!! (Going(Up)in a Puff
of Smoke!?
blue sky..or
Orange Slice..
of Life!
or Skybound Upward! riding the back.. (of your Creative
Mate)
moving your Cancerianfingers..
in EcclesiasticalCircles..
36 3/4
or Hair-Do?
drawing on back of..of canineNATASH'S PRINCE KOYAK' wings-flappin'the inter
National Dog Girl
with a..Doggy-Do?
going pubic(public)with feeling..
in love(as for whom..
Sherrod)
Earulo or Echo died.
"2nd part of 1st mystery?" "one white rose-deserves a..
black rose",(black-mailing) or black-mal_ng(it), or_.!I'__i_ing(it), in'."
37
a blue questionmark?
atheist i think
Postman of Rauen Cathedral?
or Con
Rail Con
Ductor yellin'"Hold(it)! i got a Brake
stuck!"
right-aver-bridge? -of Newark's Lincoln's Motel(Short-Stay)
Abe $15.00
for_ quickie you.. youshould talk.. like-that!!? (after givin'..the Gettysburgh
Address?)
No male orfemale caught-up ( , n)?
Sex..with(the)Roof Off!
Blown Off! Shot Off!
By Climatic Bomb!Some Climax
..me you(exposed)
without grabbin'.. some sheet.. (shit)
or being
embarassed/betweentwo balls..rotatin' like yellow(globes)"worlds watchin'
lights-turnin'blinkin'.." like(two policmen..dressedin Black Leather)?
glued
to-gether?
by fear..men walkinlike Siamesed Cats?
or..Siamesed Twins? joined together
at the hip..
where the
guns..are?
Double-Balling(it)! -on the quick-draw! -like Billy the Kid!!
without..Fetished Flaw!
in Leather-like..
Fertility-Rights! of Death & Law!(lookin' for trouble)?
37 1/2
- &. the Rain.. Drippin'
off-their-Caps..Did you see 'em??
(2 BLACKS STOLE_..
BLACK CAR &..&
HIT & RUN..?HIT & RUN (mind-lapse?) OVER(a white)LADY?
DOWNTOWN-?
NEAR CENTER ST..
OF THE ORANGES!!_THEN HIGHTAILED(IT)?.THIS WAY)!?(tell(it)..to the Conductor!
Conrail-Cars-Jump!
JOLT AHEAD..
one cop drops
OUT OF SIGHT!(sliced by dirtywindow)?grime sleet & rain..
frozen
on windowpane!
the other cop grabbin'..
the handrail?his
boots
black &..SHINNY SHINY UP! (HIGHTLIGHTS & STEPS..&
(tell(it)..to the conductor?)
"The Brake Stuck-&
(I)we didn't see nobody".."
lights stream..passmy consciousness..?
-like-stars?-of the Milky Way??
boxes of truck
crates-carefully..stacked
up..reminds me(of)meta-physical?
-abstractions or-terror?-of-con.. -victed convicts??
if caught?-with the goods! (li_sense-plates)?
44370B-N.J.
of meta-physical Corpses!
of meta-physical Aushchwitz? Souls..be (it)one or twenty
blood of this(old wo
mans)?
of..thousands of plate no.'s
-till blue in the face?
-till black in the face? ..blue?black?(any questions)?
no?
37 3/4
written onmetaphysical arm?
6.Title:"Fuck's F'rnak Hera-Sinndydromme!" ..
38
women to
Romeo
chef
slicing thru the meat? cutting(it)thin..
Italian Sau£e-(age)? hot
like..
Smut!
from P.O. Box 225 Spring
field strung-out
to
Porno-Limer
icks?
gimicks..
of the crotch! lovin' you..got(the
acorns!!)
Man
(standin'on
corner of..)
Rex..-all Drugstore no whoreno pimp!!
but g_iQtin' pantin'
puttin'
the public picture
pubic. .
"n'grasp of the asp?ask..ing(whi£k)___?
is ours?"
"URBAN Turban..
GENI OF OBSCENI"sing..ing(Por_ationalAnthemn?)
"What a pair of Acorns""WHAT A PAIR OF ACORNS"? Sailor singing..
all the -out of
way..from Tennessee! drug-_£I_ of i__g__?
_____. .
(buying Ace Condomns?
Supers to smalls..
to no Condomns at aIls?
Middleclassed 'n
38 1/2
middle____El instructors buying.. Condomns for the Animalcl___ of no feeling? &
we don't..feel
a thing & ___-king?
& ___-king?
more questionsthqn answers
me_t the eye?
hung-out carc____ 'N
to girls
hoofing(it)in. . wolfing(it)over.. being mauled in the
clover..
Whoopeee!
& What?.
a pair of Balls!
Acorns! & you aught to see.. What I got for Christmas!?
Christ!
-& he
..with no Condomn
winging(it)in on a Prayer?
Like a one-eyed Tiger?
(In Garden of Geth____Qee?)
spli t ting sacri
hairs..
f.l_.9.il_.9.nous
semen-spray ing.
into brain..
"MentalFuckin'"n'
this Time's..
Sq.'s more Roman thanCaesar or Cicero!?
ta'
"Hey
Man, wannta'
Go Out?"
ta'
"Are you,
Going..
Out,Big
Boy"?
tal "Hey Baldie,
wannt'a
..have some Fun!
with the "Virgin of Times Sq?(& be a piggy)"??
38 3/4
39
in harlem
25yr. old
Patricia Abraham
Mother rantin'
chantin' .. burnin'
her baby..
in oven at midnight!
exorcis-ing
talkin' to smoke?
"get out!!
we don't want you??
around here..anymore?"fannin' . .
with a broom-door open..
nude?
with Byr. old son
you could smell..
his flesh!!
yelled..the
super! !
she stood therenaked.. it's(crazy)!(it's)just crazy!!
She
came out..yellin'
(Get Out! Get Out!!
Get the Devil..out
of Here!!)?
he was scalded!! roasted..
2omo. old..
son Leon Justin
lying
on bed burn't out!! 2nd & 3rd degree.. burns
(all over-3/4 of 95% ofbody)?
Ancient Rite
of the Torch.. "torture by fire"?
setting him ablaze!
with a
39 1/2
bible?
Damn Feminist!!
Emulating Abraham!! ..sacrificing Isaac?
but no story..
Bible-bound
Fables?
or knife..but Modern Myth..
of (the witches)burning babies?
..as steak!!?
with no apple
in mouth..
or last word?
of human rites?or pig?
but
LAST RITE OF EXORCISIM!? BY ARCHDIOCESE! CATHOLIC!
"you..could smell..his (demonic-possession)? "you..could smell..his (demonic-possession)?
flesh!"
flesh!"
"the trance..of the..ritual)?
40
homo
open-splayed on sidewalk
between
curb & crack?
male center
spread
from "Man" mag
i
in leather pants
open..at* the crotch!
with(the goodies?)
hang
ing half-hard?
(LOOKING BIG! !)..as
AMERICA! !?
line with sick?
look of-"here(it)is..
girls"?
paper flappin'(pages-ail-glossy!)?
& shiny..private
parts
from
the gutter?
made me studder..
start
shocked from the jocklike-pants?
like-panty-girdle? fetished
'n Maso-Sado-QuasoSextatic(underground
tactics)?
"for what
ails you..girls"? in front of.. Fashion Institute
on 24thst.7thAve. U.S.A.
trendsetter
in New York City
that their no. 1
pacesetters
of litteral pornography &(what we
don't have?)we can get(it)
dirty-ole-man)
lookin' like(the bum)he was lookin' at? witha..label
(on his
for you..
girls"?
"LAW what the world.. needs
(instead of sexAC-OC) is a littlelovin' !
then
(the
OF SUPPLY & OEMANO"
hat!) "STREET
CLEANER"
stuck
the homo.. right where(he'd)like it!?
40 1/2
grinin' & winked!! (get the point-girls)?
41
black
jig
a
boos jiggin
on skates down 6th Ave.
head..
phones!
playin' jive!
back-ass-ward & alive?
easy come toeasy go-music easy..
at least!
for the physical?
cooridinated blacks!!
gliding by(like images)
'gainst..
yellow-taxi's
cuttin'out
black
figures..
figurines on the move(Art on the Go!)
&..coon..psyches
faGin'
traffic/eyes
shinin'face-forward
but..black/jigs?
ass-back-ward?
shiftin'
long legs to'wind/ball-dick? -bearing?(children with white.. & no(black)teeth?
& shit-eatinggrins!!?
black..like possums?suffern's(bout-over)?(i-hope)? olde Tennessee predjudices..
or Virgi!lY
thank god! Thank God!!
THANK GOO!!!
all that's
41 1/2
stupid-ityJJ free..blacks(i hope)? Suffern's bout over..
Slavery?
sin of souls(whiter)
than history??
no apple
for poet fromBig Apple?
(even-if the worms..
in it?) bigotry
gnaws the root??
at mole-level?
with pin-ball eyes?
we see..the sky
(free our souls)
Yellow White Blue.. -as pagan ritual
or Beautiful Gulf..
sign
jiggin!
just jiggin!! ..in the wind?
if cleanliness..
is next to Godliness?
thEtJ Gods sitting..
at right-hand
of Man?
(not to mention
man on bench..)
benched out
to sitting on bench? a benchwarmer?
next
42
hard as bricks
with no nostalgia
towards the child
in auto
mation patriarchally possessed!
to Death..
Peach to good Mother?
-benchwarming for Mom
to man on bench?
wolfing it
to Village Voice? to papers-brown.. (tinfoil to Rye?
to
eye to mouth?)
bread to Peanut-butter?
extremely-welldressed & kinda kooky
wf' 16bags
"saying to
Ari
wanta' feed th'birdy"? finger-flickin' ta' fingers
ta'Rhythm ta'
gesture ta'
tossin'(the song)?
the Rye-myth-ical
bread! !
thrown in..mysticalpatterns..?
on sidewalk of Graffitti'
42 1/2
ed Heart?
with 5 pointed Star
(Jewish Holiday)?
eyes
droppin' to look
-tal silly birds
pigeons
"that one's silly &
female" says, my son
er'br-cycle from within..
the month?
clickin'
er'sprocket?
with locket
danglin'..
n'b'tween er'boobs(my picture..on(it)?)
young girl pushin'
& Pepsi Cola Can
rollin' by..?
.._£' £__ really movin'
ta'"Hey, Mother Wind!(lookaL.th'Juices)?
spinning..outa'(it)?"
evolv-ing civilization? canned ta'
spillng(out form
like)..
Mother Spidel' er'
(hooks ta'spinning..
the web)ta'eatin'
er'mate
ta'
well-dressed man?
in Park(takin'(it)out?
his shorts..)outa'
th'bag..(brown)?
to inspect?the weave?the images..likea
poem(well done)?
well
woven to..(BROWN IMAGES)?
(HARD AS BRICKS)?
ta"'Hey
Ari!"
ta' "Hey, Papa!
th_' Squirrels..
are grabbin' their
& going ta' their..
holes?"
like
good squirrely poets?. er' brown images.. (HARD AS BRICKS!)
nuts?
42 3/4
7.Title:"Mr. Lust's Offers..His(Breast)!" ..
43
night
nose forehead
pressed"gainst
plate window(black)
like..
glass
looking like Alice? or Lewis Carroll..
(at
o
t
Ar lS s
t
o
t
L
o
f
those that made it!)
seeing..
Classical Sadness? Melancholia.. Madness!
Masters..hard
pressed
by Life..TitianRembrandt DelacroixCourbet Van Gogh!
nobler
attitudes? of mind? from noblerattitudes? of
time?
Masterpieces!
from human.. committment ofMasters-baiting?
reducing?Life
(back to canvas).. back to Life!(Artistswith a Natural Talentfor Working!
t
?
ac lng-ou - l eo
every minute the Art.. of Life!
Art-ing
t
(F
t)
ou - ar
ing out!
towards-the-act of
Love? Drawing &-redrawing-out?
the Life with-out
Li fe?
-making(it)a Life's Style?
putting the animal down! d 0
re uclnghuman beings to
the piece fits!
(wear it):
out of mind(unstable)
..?-back to myself?(unstable) from(work)?-unable..
(-walking in
dream..
43 1/2
people?
out of color..
out of form to form
flowing over-with-ample
human
kindness..
to beings being human
& never.. (short-selling)the soul!?
or being
short-changed-by (money)??
(out of the Picture)!
pure..
attempt at pure
ethics..
purer-yet to human
recognition!
(every-body
knows..'em!
your..Uncle Auntthe girl next doorboy on..the corner?)
feelings
male female
of life..
the livin'(cells)?
souls patient..
-givin' the brush
birth-rebirth..
Profiles of perfect?(People)or when words(Com_s to Words)..
piece by piece
(piecemealed into human..slot(fucking)! !
like some..GIANTPUZZLE!!?
if..
unstable)
catching a full(look)
at corner of
from face?(& spoon?).
43 3/4
roof..
pieces..f
al
1.
1
n
g..
. .the old man
in the moon..
completely
(FULL! )
44
my
foot just missed
snot
uhf green & blackthick..
splattered on sidewalk!
to
lally-gag
down a few-just like
the big boys..
literally
usta-say! in the park(dancin' )
Pr's to music
chug
lugging the mess
down!(after dark!)
like(raweggs)
i usta.. swallow at 17..
in broad-daylite!! (that guy's mouth's.. got style..)
like
Mex
i-can..Hat!!
(dancers)?
-makin'(love)ta'
losin'..to sidewalk?
(or Earth God or God!)(or Goddess
Con-Crete
"Don't Walk!")
-to touchin'-his -finger tips.. -or hat?
to con
lips?
crete dippin'
in (love ta'kissin')
tipplin' or topplin'
in..ritual maske
i-linity?
male out
of touch with reality? (doing the dance)-of Life?
44 1/2
or
..Cock's Comb!or..Cock's Crow at 9o'clock in morn
(Old as Nature!)ta'
ing
(Hallucinated in Black..
sleek'n
Red as Death!)
ta'young beforehis Time!ta'oldbefore his Age!?
(sputum)
without a poetsspit-level knowledgeable word.
45
oh yeah?
silver moth'n
plastic rain
coat(BLACK as SPADES)? well-black night
wf' silver
shades.. coat flowin' 'gainst the'
wind?
whippin'
like God ALL'MIGHTYI!
(Th' Father wf'..RedSMEAREDLIPS..)
of DIA*BOL*ICALof DIA*LET*ICALAngel
wf' sweet
feet
"FALLEN from GRACEI
GOODY OF 7thAVE."
past th'..
HUDSON GUILDPHARMACY(SHE*DEVILN'ALARMACYI)
plugged'n..to
ACDC
(DEAD or ALIVE?) wanted..
or PIGS? TAIL? or PIGS? THING? well..
PENIS!
by every
TOM DICK or HARRY
mostly alive?
real life
wigglin' twistin' th' torsoN'WILO*GYRATIONS! lik' CORKSCREW..
you asked for it?
(HIPS TO BREASTS POPPIN'!!) 'gainst
silver
plastic-rain
coat
45 1/2
SHINY as SILVER*FISH!! wf' symbol
of lips stuck out..
(SMACKIN' SQUEEZIN')LIPSTICKslippin' ..
FLESH*LIPS-together as(MISS*LUST?)
or bustsbigger..than(it)?
(CORNY TITS or CALIEQENY?)
an egglayin' Doll?
dolled up
lik' NoBooy'S BUSINESSor ANTICHRIST? N'Femaleform..
MRS. ANTICHRIST wf'
10 HoRNS
not-RINNY TINTIN? (butaoneWorldRuler)? to subdue
my 10 toes
me th' FalseCHRIST? The KING is A'CoMIN'N
as SPIRITUS UNITICUS?
SPARTICUS FUSCIAN? this
7thAve.
moth
could eat(it's)
way thru..
7men
&'T
flyn"t
-room?
-this Spring?
(season)?
this..
leaves a silverspot..
'n between
my-(2 hands)
CLAP!
46
just 'a
floatin' by
lik' dream on wheels
bike male nike
peddlin' (his
shirt open
at neck)..
abdomina Is hard..
defined lik' plaster
(cast) Greek!
to make a study..
of. . strength! !?
Mr. Youth- Mr. Controls moo t h
lookin'..
for clients! of smoke!!s m deception!d r
-'n Social-Dilemma?
sq. jaws set.. (eyes-lingerin'deepset)
0 key 0 u?
eamyou!!
-easy..rider? -smooth thighs
pISTONS??
like..
uneasy lookin' -for carcasses of
habit ?
(BODY BUILT LIKE AMERICAN
BILL?like-DOLLAR SNAKE?)
-eyes crossed out-of?
c 1 i m (out of
bin g
Eden?)
SODOM!
GDRMORROH! !
GOLLY PUERTO RICAN!! -you're good look'inby the standards
of folly..time?
spent..'n Narcissistic
Dreams 'n Illusion
th'FREE ARE FREE?
reachin'
below your belt
all the_way-to th'CROTCH
FOR THE BAG-CON-man hard?
46 1/2
In Reality
(PULLIN'(n) OUT
th' powder..th'(white)stuff?)..
th' VIRGIN DREAM!of Usury?
(Gone to
pot 11
Gone to smoke..)
pinfeathers
flying-at edge
of April Newark Bay or Love?
(Glued like a bruise
In blueblackcircles?)
his wings gotten
In less time(In takes tocough coo- or pin..
the head..
of a pigeonon a dime!)
the
whirling bird
stopped:
47
up
2 turns at a time
(head over heels)
In down..
his eye pin-red! flipped out..
like a derby_coin
rolling..
by the 7:47-
Er i e Lac k a wan n a
-(!?)?
about the author
Philip Lawrence Sherrod was born in 1935 in PaulsValley, Oklahoma. At the age of 3yrs. old began to
draw lions, watch clouds and spent an aimless child
hood dreaming. To awake-receiving his B.S.Degree in Zoology, 1957;B.A. Degree in Art, 1959; at Oklahoma
State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Then in 1960
was attending the Art Students League, New York,
New York-under a Federation of Arts & Letters-Scholarship. In 1967;1969;1974 received the Childe*Hassam*Purchase*Awards for Painting from the
American Acad
emy of Arts & Letters. His Paintings appear in Praeg
er Publishers"The New Humanism/Art in a Time ofChange",Barry Schwartz,1974. He has had numerous exhibitions of his paintings-and now shows at the Allan Stone Gallery,
New York City. He is listed in MarquisWho's Who in the East-1976-77;BO-B1 ;B2-83;84-85;
Amer
ican Biographical Institute,"Community-Leaders & Noteworth Americans",10,11 ,12thEd.,Raleigh,No. Carolina; Dictionary of InterNational Biography,Vol.XV,197B-79; Vol.XVI,1980-B1,Cambridge,England;InterNational Who'sWho of Intellectuals, InterNational Biographical Center, Cambridge, Eng.;Fellow with 1979-Gold-Medal,ACCADEMIAITALIA delleARTI e del LAVORO, Parma, Italy;Trends &Testimonies of Contemporary Art;ACCADEMIA-ITALIA, Salsmaggiore, Terme Parma, Italy. "HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ART", Published by ACCADEMIA ITALIA(& a Diploma ofMerit),Parma, Italy(19B1 );AMERICAN ARTISTS OF RENOWN", 1980Ed.,Gilmer, Texas;"PERSONALITIES OF AMERICA",lstED.,1980;American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, No.Carolina; & Awarded the Creative Artist Public Service
(Caps)Grant,1979-80. In 19BO-81 was Awarded the AdolpheEsther Gottlieb Foundation Grant. In 1981-82 was Awarded the National Endowment for the Arts-Grant. In 1986 was Awarded*(The-PRIX*/-de*ROMA! ..for-*Painting/-?)
)..from the
The American Academy
in Rome. In 1985.the HERBERT JOHNSON MUSEUM OF CORNELLUNIVERSITY,ITHACA,NEW YORK gave SHERROD/-..a one-month(RETROSPECTIVE). His paintings are in many private & public Collections of both- Museums & Corporations. He is.. sole*founder/-..of the "STREET PAINTERS" movement(feelism)-an AMERICAN EXPRESSIONIST painting group. In 1972 he began to write poetry,
and wrote for the next 14yrs.,between painting his paint_ ings/-..this manuscript eaked-out. Mr. Sherrod resides in New York at the age of 50yrs. /-old-is-still-drawing-*lines, watching *clouds- and spending a purpose*ful adulthood*dreamIng.
" PUR*PLE*/-..-/*SHIT*/-..-*HITS*/-
..-THA'*FAN(!) "?..is*a group
of *poems-written..-within
the timespan of 2-1/2yrs.(lets-say)..1979-1980/-2«on-the-spot!..-meaning
(from a*Notebook)..in the street!(It)is an attempt..to explain..
(the*BIG*o*TRIES)in all of us-(as they are found)?-
from childhood(as
-..PUR*PORTED-*MY*THS?)or*the- (SPOKEN*WORD).. found*floating..(WiTH*oUT
SUB*CoN*SCIoUS*CENSoR*SHIP)?-..*People*as they are want(To-*Do)in..
-(THE MEAN*ESS/-(!?)-..
&-..*FREE*DoM!)..of-*Life's/-..as*a../*FREE*COUNTRY!
-Except for 2poems..you*-(for S-K-S
-&
.. Chrismas'76)..&*nancy's*
**castle(charcoal *drawing'77).-were written-
respective*ly.. & in*serted! as*o-*PINoNS/- without -WIS*DoM..&*are dangerous(!)?
-but..(it)is *hoped..some(*JoY)*can be gotten*from the way*people*are?(& THE-
-
WAY*THEY**THINK)?-EX*PoSING/-..THE*DE*FICIT*of-(our*..modern*myth)of-
*EQUAL*ITY.(!?)
-Other*than*that-
(a DE*STRUCTION OF THE PRE*SENT MoN*ARCHY)of-*Force!(?)-..author)-
Philip Lawrence Sherrod(c)1986:
BOOK:8
" PUR*PLE*/-..-/*SHIT*/-..-*HITS*/-
..-THA'*FAN(!) "?
47..poems 9..etchings
Philip Lawrence Sherrod ©1986:
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