POETRY*BOOK:26
-”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?
POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
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Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-
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&*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(!)-..
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POETRY*BOOK: 26
-”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?
POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
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1. “*slurpin’/-..-*coffee(!)?
-“*SLURPIN’/-..-*COFFEE(!)”?-..-at*-*O*DES*SA(!)”?
Where-..(Doin’*Greek’s?)-..-Never*Hurt*/-..*No*One(!)?
-But-..(The*Squirrels/-..-N’/-
..(-Yonder*Tree(!))?
-R”*SCURRIN’/-..(-From*Limb*/-
..-To*Limb(!)?
-*Proves*/-..(Gittin’*Up’s(!)/-?..(*Damn*Hard*/-..on*Sunday!!))?
-But*Some*Where’s(?)-..-*Andrea’s*/-..-*Wonder*in/’-?(!??)
What*Wuld*Cause*Her*/-?
..-(From*Boston!)?
(To*Panic?)_..-(*Bolt*Out*Right!)?-
..-From*Elevator*(!)?
-On*Third*Floor(!?)-..-&*Saying*Which*Ways*Exit(!)?
Con*Struck*tion*Crew/-
..-Raising*Eye*Lids(!)?
Like*Whose*Gonna*Know(!?)-
..-Which*Way’s*Exit(!)?
-(Like*Waitress*Asking*/-..*Grin*nin*’/-
..-You*Want*/-..*More*Cof*fee(!)?
-Black*Cof*fee*/-..*Basking*N’/-(Mina*ture*Half/&/Half*Cream*Cups!)?
-Tid*Bits/-..-To*O’Holiyer*Hands(!)?-(Dark*Eyes*Guilty*../-as*She*-*Devil(!)?
-From*-(Last*Nights*Drinkin’*/-..-(&*Happy*Hour’s*/-..-*De*ba*cle*(!)?
-Saying*Which*Ways/-..-14th*Street/-? ..
-*Hearin’s*Geese*Cacklin’*/-..*Over*Head’(?)
-*Hearin’*Ukraine*/-*Julia*Waitress*Say/-
“DO*YOU*(!)?..-*WANT*..-*Another*HOT*Cup/-?
..-Uv*..*JAVA*/-..-*BLACK*(??)?
Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
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2. -“*waking*Up(!)”?
-From*Sleeping*/-..(-Two*Hours(!)?-..-wf’/-..*MYE*-*EVER*READY’S(!?)-
(100*HOURS*-..-LED*DEL?)-..-(SUPER*HEAVY/-..-*FLOATING*LANTERN!)?
-GIVEN*or*LOANED/-..-*TO*ME/-..(BYE*DE*-CON*STRUCT*ION*OWNER*-*ALI!?)
-TO*(HELP*ME/-..-*HAVE*CLEARER*VISION!)?-..-&*SEPERATE*DREAM*FROM*RE*AL*ITY!)?
-FROM*PAK*I*STAN/-..(&*HIRING*GUATE*MALANS/-*MEXICANS/-*DOMINI*CAN’S!?)
TO*REPLACE/-..(the*STOLEN*OBJECTS?-..(AT*THIS*POINT*/-..*R’/-*NUMBER*ING?-(!?)
-13*/-..-*PRIVATE*&*PERSONAL*LOVES(!?)-..&*I*/-..-*WON’T*GO/-..-*NOW*INTO*IT(!)?
-ABOUT*MYE*CONCEPTS/-..(-UV’/-..THIRD*WORLD*POVERTY!?..-&*DE*PRIVATION*(!?))
-ABOUT*HOW*LUCKY/-..(I*WAS*/-..-TO*HAVE?_..-*BEEN*BORN/-?..-N’/-..*STATE*/-..-UV*
*OK*-LA*/-..*HOMA!)?-..-&*(YELLIN”*JAIME!)?-..(ON*THE*PHONE/-..-”WHERE*AVE’*/?..-*YOU-BEEN*ALL*DAY/-(!?)..-WHEN*I*CAN”T*SEE/-..-(LEFT*or*RIGHT?)-..-BUT*DIA*BET* -E’S*!? -**DOU BLE(!?)-..-MAKES*ME*WONDER/-..(WHY*I*CARE/-..-SO*MUCH/-..-ABOUT*/
-MY*79TH/-*BIRTH*DAY(!))?-(SINCE*ALL*MYE*CHICK*/-CUCK*RA*CH’AS/*-DIN’T*CALL?
-)DEAD*or-*DYING(!?)(-(From*Some*Disease?-CANCER*AID’S*SYS*PHILLIS-or*EBOLLA*?
-TRIGGER’S*OFF/-..(MYE*Dis*Trust/-..-Uv’/-..-*MYE*PAST*RE*LATIONSHIPS)-..GONE*NIL(!)
-AS*I’M*STAGGERING*UP*/-..(*AVENUE*A/-(?)..&*NOTICIN’*/-..-ALL*THA*GIRLS*THIGHS/-R’
*WIDER*THAN*MINE!)?-..-BUT*-2*SUNNY*SIDE*UP*EGGS/-..-&**2*OVER*EASY/-.BYE*UK*-
-RAINE*DUMMY*WAITRESS(!)”?-..(NOT*KNOWING/-ANY*THING/-..BEYOND*SURVIVAL?)
&*I*NOT*REM*BER*ING/-..(HOW*SHE*GOT*/-..-*ALL*UP*TIGHT!?)-..-&*(DE*FEN*SIVE*/*A-
RIVING*N’/-*A*MERICA/-..-*PLUMP*&*JUICY/-..-*FROM*TER*ROR*-IST'S/-..-*RUSSIA’S*PUTIN?)
-THINKING*SHE’D*COME/--A*LONG*WAY(!?)-(-TO*HOLLY*WOOD’S*SLIM-NIR*VANNA!)
(GOT*ALL*SKINNY/-..SO*I*WOULD’NT/-..-DESIRE*HER!)?)-..-BE*CAME*A*DISTINCT*PAL- OR(!)?-..(NO*LONGER*ROSIE*CHEEKED!)?-..(DE*CIDED*TO*NOT*GIVE*ME/-..HALF*N’/_..?
-HALF?-..-*MINU*TURE*CUPS/-..-*Uv’*MILK(!)?-..-*JUST*LIKE*UNCLE*ANNIS?_-*Dying*/-?
At*NINETY?_N’/-..(WYNNEWOOD'S*OKLA*HOMA!?)_-*AS*HIS*SECOND*WIFE?-..-AUNTIE*- -*MAUREEN?_..(STILL*COULD?_..*MAKE*/-..-THE*BEST*-(CHOCO*LATE/-..5*TIERED*?)-..-
-*CAKE*/-(WET*&*MOIST!)?-..-THAN*ALL*4*SISTERS/-..-EVEN*IF/-..CHESLEY*WOOD/-SHU*=
-*MATE*STOLE/-..(-*HIS*MOTHER’S*!)..-ER’-LIL*IAN*COCKRAN’S(!)?-..*(MONEY*!)..-(?) *SPENT*/-&*LOST*- -*HIS*SHIRT!?)-on*(SURE*FIR-E*WALL*STREET(!)?-..-&*ASKED*ME/-..a*PER*TI*NENT*/-..? -..*QUES*TION*(!)?-..-*WHY*DID*YOU*/-..- -*LEAVE*US(!?)-&*-.. (!?) _ -..*ME*BEING*TRUE*TO*MYE*/.. -*SELF*/-&*..(-BEING*BROUGHT*UP/--*SOUTH*UV’/-? ..(MASON* DIX*-ON*LINE!)?-..-LIKE*a-SOUTHERN*UP*BRING*ING/-..-*SAID*YO*MAN(!?)-
”-TOTE*THAT*BAR(!!)?-..(LIFT*THAT*BALE/-..-&*GETTA*a*LITTLE*DRUNK?-(???)-..-TO*FAIL*BAIL(!)?..-&*LAND*IN*JAIL*PALE(!?)-..-or-*BE*LIKE*a-/-..-*BAILED*OUT*FE*MALE(?)-..&*..-*JAILED*-n*SALE*/-*CHES*- LEY/-..-*******WOULD(!)?_>>(RE*MEMBER*wood*APPLE'S*/--or-(WHAT*EVER*Snake*FRUIT'S/-..-..-&*GOD’S*WILL*/-..-&*The*/-..-*ONLY*/-..-*EDEN’S*EXPLUSION!)?
Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
Painter/Composer.
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3. -takin’*LEAK(!)?-..N’*PREM*I*ER/-..-*BLUE*CHIP(!)?-
-*TOIL*ET(!)?-..-(TWIST*ED*TO*LEFT?)-?..(-BYe*STAR*CHILD?)-(ANGEL*Uv’*REVEL*ATION?)-?..-*GAB*I*ELLE*the*THIRD*(!)?
-SOME*ITALIAN*POLISH/-..-(BAND*GROUPIE*/-..-..-*WANNA*BE (!))?
-..(THAT*CRITIZED*MY*-..-..(ORIGINAL*PIANO*COMPOSITIONS!))?-..
(-DOWN*STROKE/-..-*PLUMBER*BREAKER!?)-..-(DESTRUCTION*ALI*CREW/-..-/-..*BOSS*(!?)--FROM*PAKISTAN*POLITE*/-&*GABRIEL*THE*/-
GREAT(!)?)-..-*THAT*CLAIMS*- ..-TO*HAVE*MADE(!)?-..-(!?)- ..-(HIS*OWN*BOX*GUITAR!)? –“I*MAKE*HOLES*/-*ANY*WHERE*(!?)-..-N’*CEILING*&..-*FLOOR*(!)?”
-THAT*NEED*BE(!)?-..-(&*SAID/-?..-“WE*NEED/-TO*HANG* OUT!)”? -“&*I*MADE*BOX*GUITAR/-..(JUST*BEFORE*MY* -*MOTHER*(!))?-..-(THRU*ME*/-..-*OUTTA*HER*HOUSE(!))?
-FOR*ME*NOT*PAYING/-..-*THE*RENT!)”?-
(-&*BECAUSE*I*DIDN’T*HAVE*/-..-A*-JOB*(!))?
-“I*LOST*MY/-..(LAST*JOB*/-..-AS*PLUMBER*BREAKER(!))”?-..-(BE*CAUSE*I*DRILL*HOLES/-..-BE*FORE*I*MEASURE!)”?
-‘DOESN’T*MATTER/-..-*WE*NEED*TO-..(HANG*OUT!)”?
-“WHERE*-..(CON*CRETE*DUST/-..-&*PLASTER*DUST!!)”?
-“(-IS*MY*GIFT*/-..-TO*YOUR*PLACE/-&**TO*GOD’S*/-..-*TIME!)”?
&*I*LIKE*/-..-*(?)-..-to* Grink*..-*WHITE*LIGHTING(!)”?
-LIKE*POI*SEIDON*-or*-..-*LADY'S**GOD’s*NEPTUNE(!)”?
-(SWISH*ING*LIKE*/-..-the*PIE*CES*FISH*IES(!)?
--“YOU*KNOW/-..-(I*GO*BOTH*WAYS/-..(!?)-?
-Like*..-(GUINESS*STOUT/-..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?
-LIKE*N’/-..-&*OUT(!)”?
..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?
..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?
Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
Painter/Composer.
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4. -Sew*in’/-..(-Hole*N’/-..*Shirt*/-?..(-Like*Lillian*/-..-*Cock*Ran?))-(!?)
-On*My*Favorite-..(L.L.*Bean/-..*Green*&*White*Plaid/-..-*Shirt*!)?
While*En*Dulg*in’/-..-*My*Self/-..-wf’*Trader*Joes*(!?)-..(-Coffee*Bean*Blast!)?
(a-Cold*Cream/-?/-..-For*An*Iced/-..(-Diabetic*Mind*Frozen/--N’*Mi*nute**Wrink*le’s!)?
-&*Cross*/-..-*Hatchin’/-..-(Like*Past*Mistress/-..-La*Dol*ce’/-..-*Showedl*Me*(!))?-
-For*(Greater*Grip(!)?-..N’’/..-(Rotton*Material!)?-As*It’s/-..-*September*/-..&*I*Forgot(!))?
-To*Wish*Her*Happy*Birth*Day(!)?-..Wf’*(No*Heat*N’*Buildin’?)-..-N’*January*February(!)?
-This*Yr.s/-a*Like*Ly*/-*Re*peat(!)-..-*Uv’*Cold(!)?-*Ac*cording*To-*Poor*Richard’s*Al*Man*ac!
-Amer*I*ca’s/-?-..-*Be*Lievin’/-..(-N’Past*Moon*Phases?)-..-n’*Safe*Guard*in’/-..-a*Home*Land(!)?
-Watch*in’/-..-*Vizio*T.V./-..-(MY*SON*GOT*ME!)?-..-*WATCHIN’*/-..(-FL.STATE/-..vs.-..(?) NORTH*CAROLINA(!?))-..wf’/-..(ALL*RED*UNI*FORMS!)?-..-SEEM*IN’*LY*TEARING*UP(!)?
-THEIR*NATURAL*TURF(!)?-..-*CLEATED*TO*THE*MAX*GREEN*GRASs/-..(-*TORN*UP/-..-n’*CHUNKS!)?
-FLOR*I*DA*STATE-56/-..-*NORTH*CAR*O*LINA-41(!?)..-&*GAME*/-..(NOT*OVER*YET(!))?
-I*ROOTIN’/-..(-FOR*UNDER*DOG!)?-..-*&*(LO*SIN’/-..-*MY*SHIRT(!))?-..-*TO*FATE(!)?
-Caught*Up/-..IN*FALL’s*/-..—(*ROUGH*HOUSE*ENTER*TAIN*MENT(!))?-..-Uv’/-..*Turnin’-
(*GOLD**To*Red*(!))?-..-(LEAVES*ONE*LONGIN’(!)?-..-*Not*HEARIN’/-..-*FRANK*SIN-(!)?
-*ATRA’s*-*SINGING**Lazily*/-..(The*Autumn*Leaves*/-..-*CARESSES*THE*LEAVES/-..TEN-..
-ERLY(!)?-&*I*KNOW*FRANK/-..-(YOU*NEVER*MET?-..-*WANNA*BE*GOLFER/-?-(Antonino*-Guisseppo*Longo*Bardo*-Weirdo*/-?..-&*CATHOLIC*HERITIC/-(!?)-..*PSY*-
CHO*..-that*-AFTER * HIS*MOTH*-ER*DIED/-..(!?)--&*WANTED-TO*/-..-*COMMIT*SUICIDE/-..(As*Small*Time*/-*Pool*Hall*/-*Hustler*GAMBLER*!?)-&-..
-RATHER*THAN*WRITE/-.-.*HIS*CA*THAR*IS*..-*By*1stt*/-*of..-*JUNE*/-.-2014.(!?)
-to*Be*TITLED:..-”(-MAN/s*GENIUS*/-..*is*EQUAL*/.--*To**/-..–(* THE*SIM*PLIC*I*TY-(!?)
../*UV’/-***GOD’S (!)”? ..-*AS*WRITTEN/-*BYE*(?)..-*&**other*RAMBLINGS/-..-*UV’/-..-*A*-
..-SCHIZ**o**PHRENIC*/-(!?)-..-**SICILEAN*/-..-NYC*/-..(*CHEL*SEA*ALTERNATE*SIDE*?) -..*PARK*ING/-..*CO*PILOT/-?
..-*MAD*MAN*(!)”?-..-*SAYING*WHOSE*BALLS*R’-
*YO*-..*BUSTIN’*(?)
*YO*-..*BUSTIN’*(?)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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5. –*STANDING*/-..-(On*Corner/-..*Uv’*AVE*A/-
..-&*11TH*STREET)-..-*NYC*(!)”?
-WF’/-JIM*BO/-*P*-(!?)-.a*..-*TEXAS*/-
..*PIANO*TEACHER*/-(?)
..*THAT*RUNS/-..tha’-*BROOKLYN*CLINTON*/-STEIN*WAY*PIANO*SCHOOL (!)?
..-WHO*-(UP*WALKS/--BUT*A*GUY/-..-*THAT*SAYS/-..*HE’S?-..*BILL*RILEY/?)
..(GERMAN*IRISH*!?)-..*THAT*-?-..*SUP*PO*SI*TION*ALLY*/-..-*(SHULD*-AVE’-
..-*BEEN*A*WRITER!?)?
..-*(STUDDERS*(!?))
..-&*SAY’S/-..(HE’S*a*WALKER!)?-..-a*JOHNNIE*TALKER(!?)-..-&*a*RED-*BALKER*(!?)
..*-WALKS*THE*AD*I*RON*DAKS?-..*TO*/-*-THA’*APPA*LA*CHIANS/-..(??)
- *TWICE*/-..(TIMES*TWO!)?-..-BE*CAUSE*I*HAD*ASKED*(!?)
-*HIM*3*WEEKS*BEFORE/-..-*WHIN*-..(-*DID*HE*/-*START**STUDDERING!)?-..&*HE’S*GOT*TEN*/-(-**TIMES*TWO?)_..tha’-(!?)-*WORSE*..-*AT*TALKING!)?- ..*&**HIS*BEARD*/-..(-WAS*FILLED*OUT/-..-WF’*O*DESSA--*EGG*/-*YOLKS*-
.. -*ON*IT(!)?
-..AND*-IT*..-(-LOOKED*GOOD/-..-*GRIZZED*&*GRAY/-..-*TO*BLACK*/-(!?)
..-*TO* -a-*YELL-OW*ED***SOCIAL*JOKE(!)?
-THEN*SOME*PIGEON*FLEW/-..-*AT*US/-..-(LIKE*SOME*-*AVIAN*-(!?)-..-IN*TER*-
..*BOMB*ING/- ..-literal*-*INTER*FEAR*-*ANCE!?))..&*-(DROPPIN’/-..A*MO*TEL*ED*-*FEATHER* or-*TWO!)?-..&*”*JIMBO*’s*EYES/-..-(SHONE*COLD*/-..-LIKE*MID*NIGHT/-
*SUN(!?))-..&*(I*KNEW/-..I*WASN’T*GITTING/-..-ANY*SMARTER/-BYE*HIS*TONGUE’S
-..*EMP*TY*VAC**U**OUS*/-..-&*WORD*ED*******-VIBRATION!)?
-SO*I*TOLD*THA’*BOYS/-..(-I*WAS*LOSING*a-*GRIP/-..-ON*REAL*AL*/-ITY/-?..
-..AS*I*WAS*ACH*ING/-..(MORE*THAN*USUAL/-..-FROM*sore*PIANO*FINGERS(!)?
..-BEEN*PLAYING/-..-*TO*HARD*/-..ON*WEBER*/-..(OUT*N’-SOUTH*ORANGE-NJ?)?
-THEN*(SOME*CHIC*/-..-NOT*BEING*/-*SOCIALLY*POLITE/-..-*WIGGLED*BYE(!))?
-(TALKING*LOUD*/-..-*AR*GUE*I*NG*/-..-*VO*RACISIT’s*LY(!)?-..-(COVERED*WF’/-?
-..*TATOOED*INK/-..(ROMANCE*UNTO*/-..-*TATOOED*VISIONS)?-..?)-..*IMAGES*/-?
-*DONE*BADLY*/-..-(BYE*HER*SELF/-..-OR*LES*BO*AN*BUDDY!)?-..(LIPS*TU*LIPS!)?
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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6. -Some*People/-..-*Say/-..-I*HAVE*A?_-*TENDENCY(!)?..-TO*-?
-CUT*MYE*NOSE/-..*OFF(!)?-N’*SPITE(!)?-..UV’(MYE*FACE!)?
..But/-..Wat*Do/-..Some*People/-..*KNOW*(!?)_..’BOUT*TEA(!?)?
..N”*China(!)?-..-Be*IT?_..(*GREEN*?-..or*/-ORANGE*PEKOE!)?
..*DRINKING*/-..-Can*Be*Optional(!)?-..-Wf’/-..One’s*Little*-F*-
.. in*-ger-/-..*UP*/-..&-*LEGS*CROSSED(!?)..-Like*What/-..*Would*/-..-Kate*Schmidt*/-..*Do(!)?
..If*I*LEFT*HER*UP*/-..*TO/-..*SOME*MEANS*/-..NOT*OF*/-..(HER*OWN/-*CHO*SING(!?)..-&-**DUEL*/-..*ING*..-WF’*OUT(!)?
..-ANY*SHARP*/-..-&**SASSY/-..&*TO*/-..-THA’*POINT(!)?
-LIKE*EMPTY*?-/-..*RHE*TORIC*(!)?-..-&NOT**BEING/-..-*LE*NI*ENT(!)?
..-”MEANS*LET/-..(*THE*/-..-*BOAT*FLOAT!)”?
-(TILL*SOME*OTHER/-..-*DAY*/-..-*SHOWS*UP/-(?)
..NOT*QUITE/-..*OUR*SENIOR!)?
..N’-(OTHER*WORDS/-‘S../-DON’T*B*/-.*A/-...*CHOO*SY*(!)?-
-*FLOO*SEY(!)?..or-&-BE*CAUSE*AC*CORDING/-..-*tu*WIKI*PED/-**IA(!)?
..(“CHOO*SY*WIVES*/-..-*CHOOSE*SMITH!)?..&*IF*YOU’RE/-..
-NOT*GONNA*MAKE/-..*STEAK*/-..n’*Hot*OVEN(!)?-..-*YOU*’RE/-..-*NOT*GO*ING-(?)-
..-MAKE*A/-..KRAZY*SALAD(!)”?..Or*HIKE/-* ..-*YUR*DRESS*UP(!)?..-*AFTER*-/-*MID*NIGHT(!)?..-*on*A*LAKE(!)?-..-*TU*SHAY*-*AS*ALL*THE*WAY*(!)?
-(ER*RATIUM:-“If you’re/-..Not*Gonna/-..*Make*/-.-.The*Effort(!?)
..-To*Be/-..*Enter*taining,?- *I’m*Not/-..-Gonna*Go/-..-The*Extra*Mile(!? )-..Like*It’s/-..So*Hard/-..To*Listen*(?)--../(*SNICKER*)-..-To*Some*Body -(!)”?)..-Like*-an*(AMERICAN*DAD!)?-..-*WAT’S*WRONG/-..WF’/-..TEA*BUDS(!)?-..IS*IT(!?)-../-a*..Philosophy-*/-..uv’.LIKE*-..*N’-..(TEAS*DALE*UTAH!)?
..-It*Has..a-(POST*OFFICE!)?..Wf’/-..ZIP*CODE*84773(!)?
..Some*Wher’/-.-*between*/-..the*DIXIE/-..&*?-_*MASON*FISH*LAKE*(?)
-..-..-&*-a*(NATIONAL*FOREST!)”
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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7. –SITTIN’*STILL*/-..-*LIKE*SENIOR*CITI*ZEN/-..-*LOOKIN’*OUT(!)?
-..-THUR*DARK*EN*/-..-*WINDOW*(!)? -NOT*ABLE*TO*TELL-(!)?
-..(WHICH*WAY’S*UP(!)?-..-OR*DOWN(!)”?..-*CAUGHT*N’/-a*-*MO*MENT’S*LA*MANCE(!)?
-..Uv’-IN*SIDE*/-OUT*SIDE*DREAM(!)?-..-REMI*NISCIN’/..-to-..the*PAIN*UV’*IT*ALL(!)?
-GONE*BLANK/-..-LIKE*ALT*ZEIMER’S/-..-(OLD*MAN*n’/-..(-UH’..-*WRINKLED*TOES*SHOES*!)?
-POLISHED*BYE*LIFE’S/-..(SOBERING*MO*MENTS!(?)-..-*UV’/-..-*USING*MYE*PUNCT*U-
-*ATION!)?-..-*STARING*AT*TIME’S*PAST/*/-*BYE(!)?-/-(*UN*FOCUS*ED*&*BLURRED*-? *FORMS?) ..-Ms.*ENGLISH/-..(-SAID*I*COULDN’T*USE!)?-..-(..-OR*NEVER*WOULD!)? ???-.(BE*ABLE*TO(!))? ..-WRITE*LIKE*THIS(!)”?-..(THAT*I*..-*AD*LIB*BED*/-..*TO*MUCH!)?-“HANG*IT*/-..--*ALL”(!?)-?-..-N’*a-..(ARTIST’S*LUNCH*BOX/-..-or-*PAINTER’S*HAND*BASK -*KET!)-(LIKE*JESUS’S*HANG*ING/-?-ON*LORRAINE’S*WALL/-..-*WF’*MYE*/WAD*/*GUM(?)
-STUCK*TO*HIS*SHOULDER(!)_?..-OR*(BETTER*STILL/-..-*GIVE*a*GOOSE*GOBB*LIN’(!?))-..(LIKE*THIS*ORANGE/-.-*SLICED*IN*8’s! ..*SLICED*IN*4's*2’s!)? --(VIT.*C/-..-/-*SLICED*IN*8 ’s!)? *RE*DUCE*ED !?)- (-To*(ORANGE*COLORED*/-..-*CRESCENT*YELLOW*ED*MO*ONS- (!))?-..if*icould* /-..-*ONLY*SEE/-(!!?) ..*ZELDA*BROOKS/-Tha’*WAY/-..-SHE*USTA*-/*LOOK! ) ?-..wf’/-..(Her*/-..-*Little*POINTED*TITS!)?_..-*&*RED*LIP*STICK(!)?..-&*PAINTED*RED*NAILS(!)?-..-TO*THINK*/-(!?)-..
-SHE*TOLD*ME/-..N’/-..1954(?) -..*THAT*SHE*FUCKED*/-..(SOME*GUY -? ) –for*-..-(!?)-(*IF*HE’D/-..-*BRING*HER*/-..-*TO*LAWTON-?) /-..(TO*GIT*/-..-*TO*SEE*ME?)-..-&*PRO*POSE(!)?-..*MARRIAGE*(!)?/-..-(POOR*GIRL's!)?-..-*REAL*PATHETIC*DREAM/-(!)?-..-200*MILES/-..*FROM*- -..(OK*CITY!)-..-(&*LOSIN*VIR*GIN*ITY!)?_..-*ON*ROUTE*66/-..-*N’/-..*OKLA*- -*HOMA(!)?--“*HOW*WOMEN*’AVE*NOT*/-..-“*CHANGED*BUT**NOW*(!)?..-(*FROM*TIME*/-..-*TO*TIME*/-..-*IM*MORR*IUM(!))?
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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8. -Somewher’-..(near*Second*Toilet/-..&*(-light*Switch!/-..
-She*said))?
-“DontWorry/-..-*You*Say*thing’s(!)?..*That*Other*/-*People’s(!)?-
..are*Thinking- (!)?-..Then*she*Said/-(!?)- ..-”You*Don’t*Know/-
Who*I*-*Am(!)”? &*..reMinding*me/-
..are*Thinking- (!)?-..Then*she*Said/-(!?)- ..-”You*Don’t*Know/-
Who*I*-*Am(!)”? &*..reMinding*me/-
..uv’/-“Helena’s*SHERROD’S******Statement(!)?-After*14yrs./-..Of*/-..Off*/-..&*On(!)?..-“You*(never*Knew*me!)”
?-which*-Means*/-..(Ther’/-..”Must*be*Secret*code/-..Going*on/-
..*Here*(!) )?-..like/-..MAGNA*CUM’E/-..*LAUDE/-..*Sirens*(!)?-
..*Here*(!) )?-..like/-..MAGNA*CUM’E/-..*LAUDE/-..*Sirens*(!)?-
..WF’/-..(GREAT*PRAISE! )?/-..*PER*TAINinG*/-..To’-*WOMAN’S* *DESIRE/-..T’B’/-..
CON*SCIO- ..*U *S LY*/-..B’-..*Tween!(?)
***Factions/-..(?)=*MYSTERIOUSLY*.&.*DECEPTIVE*
*MEANS(!)?
*MEANS(!)?
-*ANY*WAY*/-..-HELEN*LIEBHABER/-..CALLING*UP/-..
(TODAY’S/-..Jibber*ing(?)-..-BIBBLING*..-*BABBISH(!)?
-after 4*Phone*Calls/-..-SPEAK(ing*/-..a*LANG*uage/-..
..-Iv’e/-..(NEVER*HEARD/-..&*DOESN’T*/-..*EXIST!(?)
..-EXCEPT/-..BYE*literal*ALIENS(!)?
..ME*HEARING/-..-a*WHIRLING*SOUND/-..-LIKE*-(UFO)?
-ON*PHONE*-(?)
-ON*PHONE*-(?)
-HER*(IN*CARCE*ARATED/-..-FROM*ONE*LOONEY*BEN*-
..TO*ANOTHER!)?-..-HAS*CALLED*ME*RELIGIOUS*LY_(!?)
..FOR*TIME*IN*MORRIUM/-..BEING*BORN*N’/-..1956?-..A*
CHINESE*CANCER*SHEEPIE/-..INCLINED*TO*NEVER*LEAVE/
-..THA’*FLOCK*/-..(FOR*FEAR/-..UV’/-..*FREEZING**MENTALED*
*LOVE*/-!)-..&*(HER*ATTEMPT*/-..*OF*AB*SOLVING*A*MEM-
ORY*-WF’/-..(*TOTAL*/-..-*USE*LESS*RE*CALL/-..(THAT*WE*/-..***
HAD *TRIP*LETS(!))?-..-40YEARS*WITHOUT*HAVING*SEX/-..-OR*
*PHYS*I*CAL*CON***TACTN’/-..n’*1975(!)?-HER*PEEING*ON*TREE*/-..
IN*/-*(BOSTON*- P-ARK?)-..*ARRESTED*BYE*COPS-(!?)--&*HELENA*HANDIN”(Me*/-..DA’*PHONE(!))? ..-FROM*TAKING*LSD*DRUG*/-..&*WANTING*ME*
-..*TO*BAIL*’ER*OUT*(!)))))
-..*TO*BAIL*’ER*OUT*(!)))))
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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9. –I*Did’not*Get(!?)-..
-(MYE*SECOND*STROKE(!))?
-UV*/-..-*SO*CRI*AC*TIC*/-*ARTH*RITIS(!?)
-&*SCI*ACT*ICA/-..*ATTACK*/-..*EASY*I*LY(!?)-
..-BUT**ENDING*UP/-..-*IN*CAPE*ABLE-&*=
(NOT*ABLE*TO*WALK!)?_..-*LIKE*LAZARUS-*UV’/-..*BETH*ANY(!?)-
-OR*IN*CIDENTLY*-..(LIKE*-..-MARILYN*LAZIRUS?)
(ONE*UV’*MYE*SUMMIT/-..-*SO.*ORANGE-*STU*-.. DENTS(!?))-..-For*SOME*ODD*YEARS/-..-(MAY*BE*
-18*+26*TORCH*UR*OUS*YEARS(!?)-..-&*TO*TRY/-..-*TO*-..-(TO*GET*HER!?)-..-TO*BE*LIEVE*N’/-..-.*HER* SELF!)?-..-&**HER/-..***PAINTINGS(!)?
-ALL*THE*WAY*BACK*/-..(TO*SYRA*CUSE**UN*I*VERSITY!?)?
-WHERE*HER/-..(ABILITY/-..TO*DRAW!?)-..*GAVE*-
*HER?_>>(SOME*NAT*UR*AL/-..-*COMFORT*!)?-..-*AND*BEFORE*/-..*SHE*RE*AL*LIZED/-..*AFTER*3-
CHILDREN/-..-&*YALE*/-..-*HER*HUSBAND*/(!?)-..-(THAT*THEY*WEREN’T/-..-ALL*** -*THAT*(!?)-..(-“HAS*RETURNED/-..TO*CON*/-..*FRONT*/-..(THE*WORLD/-..-UNDER*MYE*/-..*MASTER*SHIP*/-..-*TUTE*A*LEDGE(!))”?
-BUT*-(COULD*NOT*RE*CON*CILE/-..-THE*PASSION*ATE*/ -..-DIFFER*ENCES/-..-*’WITH*IN/-*or-..-(*WITH*OUT*ME(!))?
-&*(Had*Two*Brothers!?)-..-THAT*OPTED*OUT(!)?
-OF*LIFE(!)?-..-MAY*BE/-..(LEAVE*-*NING*HER*SL-
IGHT*LY*CON*FUSED(!)?-..-TO*SAY*THE*LEAST!(?)
-FOR*RES*POND*ING/-..(&*RE*TURN*ING/-..
-TO*DRAWING*/-..(-CARE*FULLY*RENDER*ING-
-TO*DRAWING*/-..(-CARE*FULLY*RENDER*ING-
..-SOME*IL*LUSIONS*/-..-*TO*REAL*ISTIC*GLANDS!))?-..
-&*IN*HER(*BLACK*MOODS/-?)..-COMES*UP/-..?
-WF’-..(SOME*/-..-*BEAUTIFUL*THINGS(!))?
-UV’/-..(LIFE*BEING*/-..(!?)-
..(-CON*SIDER*ED*DOWN*HILL/-..-*SINCE*30yrs-
..-(-old-(?)..-&*BYE*TWO*COMMAS?_-BEING*a--..*NO*MAD*IC*NEW*Jersey*JEW(!)-Wandering*Around*N’/-..(PSYCH*COTIC*JAIL?)-
-&*(BECAUSE*NEVER*VISITING*tha’..-*WAILING*WALL*!?)_..-&*BECAUSE*JESUS*/-..-*WASN’T*POPULAR/-..N’(HIS*TIME!)?-/-or-..(20TH&*21st*Century(!))”?
-GOT*A*JOB/-..*MARRIED*ARIES/-..*MALE*YALE/-..&*Went*thru*/-
..(THE*DO*MES*TIC*/-..*RIG*A*MA-
..*GA*/-..*ROE(!)?
..-AS*(BEST*SHE*COULD!)(?)
-(BEING*A-*kind*LADY!)
-(BEING*A-*kind*LADY!)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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10. AS*FOR*/-(PRACT*I*CAL*MEASURES!?)?
-I*LIKE*IT*/-..(WHEN*I*SEE!)?
-(SWAMP*GRASS*WAVING*..*N’-*FIELDS*
-GUSTING***AS’/-..*OUT*UV’/-*WINDS*..-*NU*MER*I*CAL*/-..-*IN*/-*AC*CU*RAC*I*T-*IES!)?
-IT’S*LIKE*OWN*ING/-..(MORE*OBJECTS/-..*THAN-..ONE*WANTS/-..-TO*TAKE*CARE*UV(!?
)-*LIKE*..-(HOW*MANY*SEEDS/-..TO*a-*SWAMP*GRASS*-
..-*HEA*VEN!)?
-LIKE*HUMANS*TOSSED*UP/-..*TO-(RE*PEATING*-*PREVAIL*ING*WINDS!)?
-I*WISH*/-..(SHE*HAD*N’T*COUNTED*THEM!)?
-ON*TWO*FINGERS/-..-*TIMES*10(!)?-or*-*SHE*SHOULD*’AVE*/-..(USED*/-..-*HER*OWN*COM*PU*TER!)?
-A(**FE*MINIST*/-..WF*IRISH*’*HEARTS*UP/-..&*DOWN*/-..*MA*CHINE*(!?)
-TALK*ING*ON*PHONE/-..*FAK*ING*TO*HER*SELF/-
TO*BE/-..a*YOUNGER-..-*Ms.CARNEY(!)?
(A*Small*Time*Fi*AS*CO*/-..jr.*Cameron*college*MATH*TEACHER!)
IN*CLINE*D/-..(TO*EX*TREME*LY*LOUD*VOICE!)
A*BUSING*HER*STUDENTS*/-..-*EVEN*MORE!)?
-wf'-*PI*R’*/-..*SQUARE*(!)?-DE*CLARING*MATH*-
..-(*******TO*BE*-IM*POR*TANT(!)?
-FOR*LIFE(!)?-..”Mr.*SHER*ROD*/-.
.-DO*YOU*STILL*HEAR/-..**MYE*VOICE(!?)?
-“E*RASE/-..(THA’/-..*WHITE*CHALK*FORM*U*LAS?-..-ON*
(THA’*BLACK*BOARD(!))?
-&*(START*AGAIN!!!!!!!)?
-I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-WHY*YOU*DON’T*GET-
IT(!)? –&*I*KNow*/-..(You*R'/-..NOT*A*DUMMY!)?“YOU*GOTTA*STOP*/-..*PLAYING*-
(TOUCH*FOOT*BALL/-..-ON*CAMPUS*LAWN(!))?
-COME*TO*CLASS/-..*IN*STEAD*OF/-..*GO*ING
-*FISH*ING(!)? -DID*YOU*CLEAN/-..YOUR*M-1-..-*R.O.T.C.*RIFLE(!?)-..*THIS*WEEK(!)?
-“IS*THA’*BARREL/-..*BORE*SEE*THRU(!)?
-To*BE*CON*TIN*UED(!)?-
-After*hitting*CAP*TAIN/-..(-*HIM*CALL*ING*ME?_
-a*-SON*OF*BITCH!”/-..(FOR*MARCH*ING/-..MY*SQUAD-..-*BACK*WARDS/-..-AS*JOKE/-..&**FUN-..&*RID*I*CULE/-..*UV’/-(COM*PULSEA*TORY*MILI*TARY*2*YEAR*COLLEGE!) !(?)-..-*DAVID*FUNK*/-..-*CAP*TAIN*THEN-..
(!?)-..-&*TO*BE*COME*/->>..*ONE*STAR/-..-TO*4*STAR****-BROWN*NOSE*GENERAL(!?)-
-SET*ME*UP*/-..(-FOR*COURT*/-..-*MAR*SHALL!)?
-BUT*THE*/-..*PRE*SIDING/-..(-MAJOR*N’/-..*CHARGE**POWERS*THAT*BE/-..*GAVE*ME/-..-An*HONOR*ABLE/-..*DIS*CHARGE(!!)?-..in*STEAD*/-..-&*PROMOTED*ME*/-..(FROM*PRI*VATE/-..To*SARGE*ENT*MAJOR(!)”? ..-&*N’/-..
the*-*OKLA*HOMA*SUN*/-..-“I*GOT*THA’*BOYS/-
N*/-..*SHAPE*/-(!?)-..(-bye*MARCH*ING*THEM/-..*4TO-..-*5HRS./-
N’/-..105*Degree*Weather*/-....*TILL*-
..-*THEy*-..-*PASSED*OuT!)?
..-(WITH*OUT*ANY*FUR*THER/-?
..-*O*BLI*GA*TORY*/-..-*ARMY*SER*VICE(!)?
-(*POSS*I*BLE*!)? -..WHOOP*PEEE(!)?
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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11. -START*A*GAIN(!)?-..
-“I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..(WHY*YO*GOT*IT!)”? ..(PRO*MOT*ED/-..N’/-*LIFE*/-..-TO*SARGE*NT*MA*JOR*/-..(ENDING*UP*N’/-..SOUTH*ORANGE*/-..*PLAYING*PIANO)-..(?)
-&*TEACH*ING*(MASTER*LIFE*CLASS/-..WF’*LIVE*-
*NUDE*MODEL(!))?-..or-(*STILL*LIFE*wf’/-..*VASE*/-..UV’/-*some*-..(DEAD*WINTER*FLOWERS!)?
-WF’/-..(HEAVY*BROGUE’s*
HY*STER*I*CAL*-S*JEW*ISH*MOTHERS!)?
-GA*GA*/-..&*-MUMB*LING*N’/-..*YID*DISH(!)?
-N’/-..*CO*HER*ENT*LY*(!)”?
-How*THE*WANT*TO*GO*-(to*PROMISED*
-*LAND*/-..or*-/Visit*NEW*YORK*CITY/-..*On*LOWER*EAST*SIDE/-..(FOR*PICKLE*FEST-*I*VAL(!))?)
(-&*-THAT*THE*PICKLES/-..-*TASTE*BETTER*!(?)-..-oN’/-(?)
-(NAT*ION*AL*PICKLE*DAY!)”?
-me*missing*LOW*ER*EAST*SIDE*/-..*RE*VEIL*RIE(!)?
=(GIVE*or*-TAKE*a-*KOSH*ER*PAR*’-VE*/-
(HOR*I*ZON*TAL-
=(GIVE*or*-TAKE*a-*KOSH*ER*PAR*’-VE*/-
(HOR*I*ZON*TAL-
or*VERTI*CLE(!)?
-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..CAESAR*/-..*THAT*WHICH-
..-IS*CAE*SAR’S(!)”?
-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..SHER*ROD*/-..*THAT*WHICH-
..-IS*SHER*ROD’S’”(!)”?
-fini!
POETRY*BOOK:26
-”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?
POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
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