POETRY*BOOK 27:
“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(-*I*DREAMS*(!))?”
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer.
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Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
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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!)
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..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-..
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POETRY*BOOK 27:
“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(-*I*DREAMS*(!))?”
First Edition
1. -*Sitting*Alone*(!)?
-wf’One-*LARGE*Draft*BOTTLE*(!)?
-..(-BOSTON*LAGER!)?-
…-(*SAMUEL*ADAMS*!)(?)
N’-(*OUT*BACK!)?-..-*Sipping*a-(COOL*
-..(*ONE!))?-..(-BEFORE*i*/-..-*NOTICE*!)?
..-*TWO*/-..-*PALE*/-..-*BLUE*EYES(!!)??
-*STAR*ing*-..(-Right*At*ME(!)?..-(!!??)
-*HER*BIG*/-..&*(SUMP*TIOUS*BODY*-!))?
-(WF’*a-..-*GENER*OUS*SMILE*!)?
-ME* BEING*BUSY*POET/-..*SCRIB*BLING(!)”..-*OUT*/-..-*MYE*NATURE(!)-..-*MYE*FILTHY*/-..-*DRUTH*ERS*(!)
-&*WONDER*ING*/-..-(?)-..-*HOW*INTENSE*WAS*-(THIS*ONE*!)?
-as*-(BLUE*&*RED*/-..*LIGHTS*?)-*FLICKER*ED^/-..(^OFF*-&*^*WHITE*/-..*ON*-..(!))?
-N*/-..(DARK*EN*ED/-..-*ROOM*LIT*^-
N’/-..-^*ORANGE*&*BLACK*^/-..WF’*-*YET*
-*FULLER*FORMS/-..-*CALL*THEM*FALL*LEAVES)!?)-
(FARM*TOOLS!)?..-(&*^HUGE***PUMP*KINS!)-?
-*THEN*IT*/-..-^*HIT*ME(!)?
-SOME*WHERE/-..N’*..*MIDDLE*of-*..-A*SWIG*^..(!)
-THIS*WAS*/-..(^*NO*DREAM*/-..-*AND*ACTION*/-..-WAS*NEEDED/-..TO*
-*COM*PLETE*^THE*/-..*DESIRE*(!?)?
-*UV’/-..(*CON*CIOUS*/-^*LITERAL*^-..-*LI*QUID*ITY*!)?
&*-(I*SAID/-..-HOW*YA*^*DO*ING*!)?
-*BABE*(!)???
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2. -MYE*HANDS/-..-(SEEM*ED*COLD-!?)
-*ER*/-..(THAN*USUAL!?-..???)?
-*WAS*DEATH*/-..(*-RIDING*/-..-*A*PALE*HORSE*/-..(-*BACK*WARDS*-
or*-*FORE*WARDS!)?
-Wf’/-..(-..MYE**FATHER*/-..(*CLOCK*ED*/-..-*BYE*TIME!))?
-Why*DOES*The*-..-*WRONG*WOMAN*(?)
-*CALL*ME*/-..*ON*/-..*CUE*-..(!)?
-*FLAUNT*-ING*/-..
-*All*/-..-*MYE*VIRTUES*(!)?
-Like*EDITING*/-..-a*BOOK*UV’/-..*POETRY(!)?-..*Since*SHE*LOST-
..(-HER*VIR*GIN*ITY/-..-At*17*TEEN*/-....&*-N’/-..*THE*ACT*/-..(WAS*MOAN*ING/-..-(MY*NAME*/-..-THE*WHOLE*TIME*(!))?
-..-WE*SHOULD*ALL*BE*/-
..-SO-*FUCK**LUCK*Y(!)? ..-(-HE*HAD*/-..(*DONE*IT!)?-
&*a-*FULL*HOT*=(-BLOOD*ED*FLOOD*ED/-..-*MYE*DIGITS*!)?
-*LIKE*/-*SOME*..-*HOT*TA*-*MAL*E*’S(!)?
-&*I*-*a-*..-(HAP*PY*CAMP*ER!)?
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3. -*IT*..(-HAD*MELTED/-..-LIKE*an*-ICE*CREAM!)?
-*&*NO*ONE*WILL*BE*LIVE*’E(!)?
-N’/-..(1986/-*N’-/-..-*Mye*-..-*PRIX*de*ROMA*/-*TIME*!)?
i*TURNED/-..the* (SISTINE*ART*COLLECTION*/-..-*Down*!)?
-Offer*ing*-(THE*GEMINI*TWINS? _>>*RE*MUS/-
&*ROM*U**LUS*?_-
*N’/-..-*A*PIECE*(!)?_..-*Uv’/-..*MINE*CALL*ED/-
..-(“the*GEM*i*Ni-**TWINS?_>>..an-*AL*TER*NA*TIVE*HAT*RACK(!)?
-”SOMETHING?_>>TO*?_*DO*>>ER’-
(-HANG*YOUR*HAT*ON(!))”?
(-TWO*AUTO*/-..*RE*TRAT*T*O’S!)?
-uv’/-..*Me*(!)?
-THE*ACTING*CURATOR/-..-AT*THAT*TIME/-..
-*AR*GUED*/-..(-THIS*PIECE/-..-WAS*TWO*PIECES(!))?
-I*SAID*(ONE*PIECE!)?_>>”TAKE*IT*?_>>OR*LEAVE*IT(!)?
-..-(HE*DID!)?
-“&*I*HAVE*ALL*WAY’s/-..-*SAID*/-..*THAT*-..-*MYE*ART*-
-..-(*LIKE*CRÈA*ME*-*RISES*/-..n’/-..*COF*FEE*/-..-*TO*THA’/-..-*TOP*(!)”?
-“&*THAT*-*TRUTH*/-..-*TIS*STRAN*GER*..-
..*THAN*/-..-*MYE**FIC*TION*(!)”?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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4. -”a*-..-CONSTANT*BUZZING(!)?
-*DRIL*LING*n’/-..-Like*Denist*-n’-
(MYE*DIA*BET*IC/-..-*NOG*GIN*(!))”?
-”AKIN*TO*NOTHING(!)”? -&*SHE*SAID/-..-*HE*SAID(!)?
-*YOU*R’/-..(-DO*ING*FINE!)?
-SHE*WON’T*BE*BACK*/-..-&*BUT*T*SHORTLY*(!)?
-I*DON’T*KNOW/-..(WHETHER*TO*BE*LIEVE*HIM!?)-
-OR*NOT(!)?
-BUT*I*GUESS?-..-(I*HAVE*NO*OTHER*CHOICE!)?
-HE*SAID/-..the*(IN*FECTION*Tis*/-..*GETTING*WORSE!)?
-BUT*ENOUGH*A*BOUT*THAT(!)?
-SHE*ENTER*ED/-..(THE*ROOM/-..-Like*n’A-*DREAM!)”?
-..&*I*HAD/-..-*HAD*ENOUGH(!)?
-UV/-..(SECOND*HAND!)?-
..-(STAR*GAZING!)?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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5. -”HIM*CALLING*ME*-(?)-/-..(-OUTTA*MYE*-*MIND!?)?
-BOUN*CING*..(OUTTA*BED!?)-..(-SO*I*DON’T*/-..
-*WET*-THE*BED!)?
-SOME*RE*PET*I*TIVE*NUMBER*/-..(-THE*ODDS*DON’T*WORK!)?
-*AGAINST*ME/-..-I*am*-ALL*WAYS*CHASE*ING*ME/-..=THRU*ARCHI-
TECT*TONIC/-..*STRUCT*URE*/-..-AS*THE*HAMMER***NOISE’S/-..
START*ED*AGAIN*-../*&*INCREASED*-..-*AD*NAUSE-UM(!?)-..
-(-&*THERE*OUGHT*TO*BE*A*LAW*/-..
-AGAINST*THIS*SENIOR/-..-*CITIZEN'S*/-..*IM*PRISION*MENT(!)?-..
-(IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..*A*YEAR!)?
-*THEN*THAT*/-..-UN*CON*TROL*FULL*NOISE*REPEAT(!)”?
-*DRILLING*/-..JACK*HAMMAR*/-..UV”?_>>*SLAM*BAM/-..-
(-THANK*YOU*MAM!)?
-”HELLO/-..(HELLO/-..HELLO!)”?
-THEN*OP*ER*ATOR/-..-*SAYING*/-..(-THERE*SEEMS/-..TO*BE-
-SOME*PHONE*/-..*OFF*/-..-*THE*HOOK*/-..-*&*LINE(!)”?
-”HELLO/-..(HELLO/-..HELLO!)”?
..-&*HELL’S*BELLS(!)?
I*HUNG*UP/--TO*O’LEARY(!)?.......-*THEN*SHE*SAID/-..-*THIS*IS/-..
(-OK(!)-..-*BLUE*JAY?)...(*YOUR*FRENCH*RE*SIS*TENCE/-*FE*MALE*/-..-*IN*SANE*?_>>*CO*MAM**MAN*DER!)
-ME*DUMB*FOUNDED/-..(-*AS*I*SUDDEN*LY*/-
..(?)-*HAD*TO*/-..*LAUGH*)?
-AT*(-HER*..-*IN*TER*EST/-..N’/-..-*THE*AVIAN*ORDER/-?..&*NO*-
-*MEN*/-..-*CLA*TURE*/-../*BEFORE*(!)?
-SHE*HAD*ALL*WAYS/-..(*CALLED*WING*LESS/--..-&*BE*FORE*(!)?
..-*WITH*OUT*A-*BIRD*ED*CODE!?))?
-MORE*LIKE/-..(!?)_..-*LIKE*-(!?)-
WF’/-..(-LIP*STICK/-..&*HER*NAILS*PAINTED*/-..
-*BOTH*****N’-*****TOES/-..&*FINGERS*/-..-&*BE*FORE(!))?-/-..-
-..(-&*N’/-..MONTH*/-..UV’/-*DREAM(!)?-........-*NO*VEM*BER*(!)?
-EVE*O*LUTIN’/-..-WF’*/..-(HER*EYES?)_&*CHECK*IN’/-..(N’-*HER*/-..
-..-*OIL*-/-...-*TO*VEG*A*TABLE*VARN*ISH*-(!)?-..
-(-*TO*-..*MACHINE*OIL*ED*/-..-*SEX*(!))?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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6. -no*One/-..-X*Pected*MORE*(!)?
-But*I*..-(!*)?-..-COM*PLAIN*ING*ABOUT*/-..(HOLE*N’/-*CEIL*ING(!))?
-THE*WORK*MEN/-..(BEING*ONLY/-..-4FOOT2/-..-COULD*NOT*FIX(!)?
-WITH*OUT*A*LADDER(!))?-..(THE*PORT*LAND*CON*CRETE/-..*WENT*
-*WELL*/-WITH*OUT*A*HITCH(!))”?-..(DARK*&*UGLY/-..-&*a-DIRTY*AT*- *TRI*BUTE/-..-TO*MYE*/-..*BO*HEM*IAN*/-.. *LONE*LY***XXX*XIST*ANCE(!)?
-SUM*HOW/-..-*SINCE*HER*VISIT*/-..-*TO*BOGOTA*/-..
-SHE*WAS*DIFF*-ER*-*ENT(!)?-..- *NO*LONG*ER/-..-*MYE*LITTLE*/-
..-(-NEW*YORK*/-*BROOK*LYN*/-..*SEXY*/-..*VAMP*!)???
-BUT*BETTER*STILL*/-..(-*MYE*LITTLE*CATHOLIC*/-..-*VIR*GIN*..-*PRIN*CESS*(!))?
&*(HER*BIRTH*DAY/-..-OF*/-..*SIX*-IS*-..-*TO*MOR*ROW*/-..-BUT*BEING*/-..-*CEL*EBRAT*ED/-..
-TO*DAY(!)?
-WHEN*I*TALKED*TO*HER(!)?-..(-HER*LITTLE*VOICE/-..*TREMB*LED*/-..?
WITH*XXX*CITE*MENT(!)? -”THAT*FIGURES(!)”? -&*..(TO*MOR*ROW’S
-A*NOTH*ER*DAY(!))?
-&*TO*DAY/-..-*NOV. ONE*..(-THEY*TURNED/-..-THE*STEAM*-..*HEAT*ON!)?
-EVEN*THOUGH/-..-THERE*WAS*NO*HEAT*/-..(-N’JAN.-FEB.-2014!)?
-&*(30)*-..-*YEAR*COLD*SNAP(!)?
-&*SURE*ENOUGH/-..?
(a-*LITTLE*PART*OF*ME/-..
-(-HAS*TURNED*/-..-a*-*DIA*BETIC**BLUE!)?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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7. -”SIT*TING*WAIT*ING(!)-..
-(*DO*ING*HARD*CORE*PARK*ING(!))?
-BLONDE*PUSS/-(SHOWING*UP/-..WF’/-(*BABY*DOG*CARRIAGE!))?
-”&*HER*SAYING/-(?)-..”(I*AM*LEAVING*-..-(*TWO*CARS*UP!))?
-(*ME*SAY*ING*THANK*YOU!)”?..-&*(*THINK*ING*?_..-WHAT*DID*
I*-DO*/-*TO*/-..-(DE*SERVE*THIS*!)”?-..(GETTING*READY*TO*DO/-(?)-..-*TUES*DAY*..
(-IN*STEAD*OF*/-..-*MON*DAY*(!)?-..
-*LIKE*..-(ALTER*NATE*SIDE*REALITIES!)?
-BUT*SHE’S*RIGHT/-..(-TUES*DAY’S*VOTING*DAY!)?
-&*HEAVEN*HELP*/-..-*THE*LAZY*VOTER(!)?
-(&*SHE*MIGHT*FIND*OUT/-..-I’VE*NEVER*VOTED!)?
-&*(IN*FORM*THA’/-..-*RIGHT*WING*GROUP*IES!)?
VIVA(!?)_..(PAT*TRICH*/-..-*HEN*RY’S*PLEDGE/-..
-”(GIVE*ME*LIBERTY*/-..-*OR*GIVE*ME*DEATH!)”?
-”&*ME*(-PASSING*BYE*-..-(GARDEN*UV’/-*EDEN(!))”?
-&*(PICKING*UP/-..-(TWO*-..-*BART*LETT*PEARS/-..(!)?
-*THAT*I*PAID*FOR!!))))”?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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8. -”*GETTING*LARGE*/-..-*BLACK*COFFEE/-..-(FROM*6th*AVE.-..-*STREET*VENDOR!)”?
-’”&*WAIT*ING?_>>(FOR*THE*RAIN!)”?
-”&*PAYING*$2.50*A*CLIP(!)”?-..
-&*(-”*THEY*SAY*IN*FLA*TION’S/-
-ON*THE*RISE*(!))??”? ..&-*ONE*GET’S*TIRED/-..*FROM*..-LIS*TEN*ING*TO*WALL*-*STREET*/-..-*ALL*WET*-IN*VES*TORS*(!)?..- (ALSO*GALLON’S*MILK’S/-..-*HIGH*ER*THAN-..
-GAL*LON*UV’/-..-*GAS*NOW(!)”?
WHAT*WULD*ACHILLE’S*‘AVE*DONE/-..WF’/-..(SUCH*A*BRUISED*/-..*WET*HEEL(!))?
-(RIDING*THE*TRO*JAN*HORSE!)?-
-(*LIM*PING*home*FROM*.-..(*SCI*AT*ICA’S/-..(*BRUISED*CHARLE*HORSE*D(!)?)..-
-*HIP*(!)?-..
(disambiguation)..
-&-..-(RE*GURGE*I*CA*TION(!)?
-(boy*Scout’s*Honor!)?
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Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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9. -”*FLESH*/-..-(*THE*ONLY*KISS*/-..-&*ASS*ISSUE*/-*NOW*(!))”?
-”WHY*IS*IT/-..(-*LEG’S*WOMEN*/-..vs.-..-*BREAST’S*WOMEN!)”?
-&*(THE*BOY’S/-..vs. -THE*MEN*SAY!)? ..-”(GIT*O’VER*IT!)?
-S’LIKE*/-..(*BOB*BING*/-..(-FOR*HALLO*WEEN*APPLES!)”?
-”ALL’S*SO*FULL*-..-*UV’/-..(*PLUM*P*KIN*ORANGE*/-.._*PAID*SUR*PRISES*!!!)”?
-(NAT*UR*AL/-..vs.-/..-(HARD*ROCK*APPLES!))”?
-”*SOFT*&*SLIPPERY*FLESH(!)”? -vs.-(*IM*PLANT*HARD*ROCK*/-..*BREAST*SPECIALS(!))?
-at*Least/-..-at*Best/-..(TRANS*IL*VAN*IA’s-..-*FE*MALE’s*-
..-*R’*a-*EVIL*HOST’s?)-
-(MIGHT*‘ave”/-..-*BEEN*/-(!?)_..-(THE*T.V’s*/-*ADAM’S*CORE*/-..-*FAM*I*LY?)_!))- ..uv*/-..-(*HARD*ass**SCI*AT*ICA’S**a-*CHIL*LASS)”?
-”&*-..-At*-(THE*ART*STUD*ENT’S*-*LEAG*UE(!)”?
-AS*ART*SCHOOL/-..(NYC?)-..(HAD*TO*CON*TRIVE*UP/-
..a-*TITLE*-UV’/-..?-DE*FENSE*/!)-..-*For*-a*-*FART*/-..***EX*/-..-*XXX*H*I*BI*/-..-*TION!)”?-
..(WHY*THE*NUDE*?_..-*(2005?)-..-&*-..
..-be*CAUSE*MYE*OIL*ED/-*TITLE: ..-”JO*ANN’S/-..(-*RED*NAILS!)”?
-BEING*ONE*UV’/-..the*..-(DE*LIB*ER*ATE*?)_>>*******(FLESH*GIV*ING*/-..-*HON*EST*HUMPS*/-?)-..-&**CON*TRI*BUT*/-..-*TION’S(?)-
-*eR’s(!)”- ...-&*-..*CON*SE*QUENT*AL*LY*-..the*-*PATRI*O*TIC*SAYING(!)?
-ON*A*SIL*VER*NICKLE*-(?)
(-WAT*YO*SEE?_>>-is*Wat*/-..-**YO*GIT*(!))?
&*THE*NASTY*/-..-*AMER*I*CAN*WOR*DS***-..
-*UV/’/-..(?)-
-”E*_PLU*I*BUS*..-*UN(*I*)-UM(!)”?
..-N’*LATIN*(!)?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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10. -”NOISE’S/-..-*LIKE*/-a*..-(-*RAT’S*KNOWING*(!))”?
-USTA*BE/-..(-HERE*N’/-..-N’*DIS*/-..(-*COLD*WATER*FLAT*!)”?
-NOTHING*LIKE*-..-*LIKE*(!)?...-&*RE*MEMBER-..*ING-..-(THAT*GUY*STUDDER*ING-
-..*DOWN*ON*AVE*NUE*A*(!))?-..(-HIM*STILL*..-*CHATTER*ING!)?
-WF’/-..(TORT*URED*RAISED*/-..-*EYE*BROWS*/-..-*KNAW*ING*AT*THE*WORD(!)_..&*(MAY*BE*GROWING*-a*-
..-*RAT*TAIL(!))?
-”SHE*SAID*THAT/-.._*PER*TAIN*ING*_../-..(*-TO*NONE*(!)?(TO*MYE*FRENCH*DOM*I*CAN*DREAD*LOCK/-..&*NINE*IN’*-.._
..*TRO*VERT*ED*/-..*CAT*TAILS*(!)?
-I*WAS*A*WIN*NER/-..-*CHIEF*TAIN*/-..UV’/-..(ISLE*UV’/-..-*MAN*-
*HATTAN*(!)?-..-*LIKE*TIME*/-..-*ON*a-*NUMBER*1*TRAIN(!)?
-THA’*BLACK*CHIC(!)?-..(-CAME*RUN*NING*IN*TO*SUB*WAY!)?-
-YELL*ING*HE’S*MINE(!)?-..-*FROM*28TH*STREET/-..-*LEX*ING*TON*(!)?
-(*STOP*(!)-..(RUN*NING*OVER*-&*(-SITTING*ON*MYE*LEFT*KNEE?))
-*LAUGH*ING/-..&*SAYING*/-..-AF*TER*STICK*ING*HER*TONGUE(!)?
-N*/-..-*MYE*LEFT*EAR*-..-&*WIG*G*LING*-*TEASING*LY*/-(!?)-..--&*THEy*HEARD*-Tha'*WORD*'s/-..*YELL*ING*/-..(TO*THE*WHOLE*SUR*PRISED*CAR*’s-..(?)
*CROWD*/-..-(”I*JUST*LOVE*HIM(!)”?..-BE*CAUSE*I*’VE*NEVER*SEEN-
A*WHITE*Y/-..-*WITH*A*DREAD*LOCK*/-....-&*HE’S*GOT*/-..-*NINE*SIV*VER*/-..*IN’*-.._
..*TRO*VERT*ED*/-..*CAT*TAILS*(!)?
-..(*HON*-You(R’/-..(NOW*CHIE*TAIN?_>>UV’/-..(-THIS*-*IS*LAND!))”?
-..(“-AGAIN*JUMPS*UP/-..-*AT*-(GRAND*CENTRAL*LEX*ING*TON*STOP!)?-..&*YELLS*-*XX*IT*ING*LY(!)”?
-..(“*I*REALLY*LOVE*YOU*/-..-*SWEET*LY*(!)”?
-..-&*WAV*ING*/-..-(-GET”S*OFF*(!))?(&*THE*CROWD*_*ROARS*/-..AT*..(-MYE*PLEASED*/-*BUTT*-*QUITE*-?-
..-*EM*BAR*RASSED*/-..-&*RED**BALD*PATE*/-..-&*PSYCHO*/-..-*LOG*I*CAL*STATE(!)?
-”SO*MUCH*/-..*FOR*-..(-MYE*PUBLIC*/-..-*SILENT*POET’s*/-..
-*MAN*Hat*tan*/-..-*DE*BU*E*(!))?
-&”*I*-WAS*SI*LENC*ED/-..-*BYE*20*YEAR*OLD*/-..*BLACK*-
*LITERAL*/-..-*HUM*ER*OUS*/-..-*FUN**LOVING*CHIC*(!)?
-..(THAT*HAD*ON/-..-*VERY*LITTLE*/-..(!?)-
-..(&*SMELLED*STRONG*LEY/-..-&**POSI*TIVE*LY*(!)?
-..(&*-a-*FIRM*BUTT*******&*-XXX*_EX*O*XT*TIC?_
>>-*BREAST’S*N’/-..-&*’-*TENDER*FLESHED*/-*SCENTED*
-*PAR*FUME*/-..(???)_-uv’/-
..-*PAT*-*CHOU*-*LE(!)”?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
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11. -”AS*CEND*ING*SO.*ORANGE*..-*ART*LOFT*-/..-*STAIRS*(!)”?
-WF’/-..(CO*MUN*I*CATION*SONG’s*/-..-N’/-a*-(BIRD*ED*MIND!))”?
-&**The-..(-CANAL*UV’/-..-*BIRDS*/-..-&*a*-SMALL*GREY*HERON!)?
-WF’/-..(-LEG*BLUE*STOCK*INGS/-..-*&*BLACK*FEET*(!)?-..-*HOW*-..
THis*/-..*RE*MIND*ED*ME/-..-*Uv’/-..*SUSAN*/-..(-*AL*WAY’s*CURL*
-*ed*UP*/-..-(-IN*TO*HER*SELF*/-..-*HER*-..*PLEA*SANT*SELF*(!))?-..-
-*POSE*ING*/-..&*-(*WEAR*-ING*HER*HAPPY*/-..-*YOUTH*?)/-..N’*-(SOME*/-..*ACT*I*VATED*/-..-*POLKA*DOTS*!)?-..-(-*GR-IN*NING*/-..-*LIKE*A*MON*KEY*(!)?-..-&**PO*SSE*SS*ING/-..-*a*-YELL*..-OW*ED*
-BA*- NAN*A(!)?-..-&*AT*TI*-*TUD*ED/-..(-KNEE*SOCKS/-..-*PULL*ED*-
-*UP*/-..-*TO*HER*HAIRY*/-..*CROTCH*(!)?-..or-*(MAY*BE*/-..-*STRIPES *N’/--*LARGE*SHAD*OW*ED*PAT*TERNS*/-..(-MOVE*ING*DOWN*/-..-*HER*LEGS*!)?-*HER*MID*DRIFT*OPEN*/-..-*TO*HER*/-..-*FULL*BUSH* -*MIND*-*BRUSHED*-..-*LIG H- TLY*/-..-*BYE*HER*DE*SIRE*/-..-*TO*/-.. *TO*GIVE*UP(!))? -..-(*ME* /-..*-TO*HER-*SELF!)?-..-*SMIL*ING*/-..-*FROM*SUB*CON*SC- -*IOUS*- LY/-..- *CON*TROL*ING*/-..-&*WAN-* -*DER*ING*--N’/-..*DREAM*- (!)? -..-*&*A*LONG/-..(-THE*CAN*- AL* /-..AT*/-..-*SOM E*-..-*POINT*(!))?
-*BUT*JUST*ALONG*/-..-*(THE*SO.*/-*ORANGE*CANAL*!)?-*I*WIT*NESS* -*ED/-..-*SOME*THING*AMISS*(!))?-../-*LIKE*WEED*ED*-*BRANCH*HAR VES-*TING!)?-..(A*TREM*MEN*DOUS/-..USE*UV”?_>>MODERN**MACHINE(!))-?-*CUT-
*DOWN*/-..(ANY*SPRING*WEEDS?)-..-*LEAV*ING*THE*BANKS*BARE!)
-WF’/-..*OUT*HAB*I*TAT/-..-FOR*DUCKS/-..-&*OTHER*BIRD*SPECIES(!)?
-A*LONG*CANAL/-..(MYE*RIGHT*EYE/-..WAS*GROW*ING*DIM*MER!)
-UN*ABLE*TO*FOCUS/-*ER’/*CRIT*I*ZE..-MYE*SON’S*TAKING*TRIP(!)?
-BE*CAUSE*AF*TER*ALL/-I*DID’NT*PUT*COM*PUTER/-..-N’-MYE*PLACE?
-TO(DRY*OUT*ONE’S*LAUN*DRY/-.N”*PUBLIC*or-*SING*IN*VEC*TIVE -S-(!?)-lik*SANTA--*CLAUS*/-..Wf’/-..WHITE*BEARD/-..As*SARG*ent*MA*- *JOR*(!?)) _..*BARK*ING*OUT**N’/-..*CAD*ENCE*a-*OR*DER!)?(!)?
_”*DE*STROY*ALL/-..-*HAIRY*_*WEEDY*/_..*NAT*URAL**NA*TURE*(!)”?
-&*-..(*END*UP*DE*NUDE*ED!)?
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12.-Same*Old*Thing(!?)?
-O*DES*SA/-..-AVE.*A/-..-8th*ST./-..-9th*ST./-..-*WAIT*IN’(!)?
-SAME*NEEDS/-..-*SAME*COFFEE/-..-(SAME*OLD* CON*-*VER*-*SATION(!))?
-*WAIT*RESS*/-..-*IG*NOR*IN’*ME/-..-(AS*USUAL!)???
-*MAN*WF’/- ..(ANGRY*FACE/-..*GES*TIC*U*LATE’N/-..-*WF’/-..-*JUP*ITER*?)-..-?..-*FINGER* ING*/-..*UP(!))?-..-*&*CUR*SING*(!)?-
-*HER*-(!?)-..*SNOW*/-..-*HANGING*OUT*?_..-*ACROSS*THOMPSON*PARK(!!)?
-*WAIT*-*IN’/-..-*AS*USUAL/-..ON*JIM*?_(FREE*PORT*/-..*NATIVE/-(!?))
..-*TEXAS*(?))-..(-*SHOW*ING*UP/-..*DRESS*ED*IN/-
..(-APACHE*BRO*WN/-..-&*WEST*ERN***AT*TIRE(?)-..-*DARIN’*MY*SELF/-..*TO*PUT/-(!?)-
..*CANE*-*SUGAR*?_..-N*COFFEE(!)?..(TO*CURE*MY*DIA*BETES!)?
-*LOOK*’N*/-..-AT*GREEK*/-(VISUAL*ART*I*FACTS/-..CALL*THEM
-*PIC*TURE’S/-WF’/-..-(AC*DC*/-..*DECORA*TIVE/-..*SUB*TONES!))
-*(OUT*SIDE*UV’/..*NOW*(!?))-..-NO*REA*SON/-..TO*DIS*PLACE*SE-..-LF(!?))- ..-(CALL*THEM*STRONG*IMAGES*/-..-OUT*UV’/-..-*TIME*/-..-&*RAT -*HER*/-..-*USE*LESS(!)-)..-(HIM*RE*PEATIN’/-A*BLUE*EYED*CON*-
-*CERN(!)?-..UV’*WHETHER/-..-THE*-(VENITIAN*OMELETTE'S*COUL-*D/-.. *BE*MUCH*/-..(-*WETTER*/-*SOFTER*..-THAN*LAST*WEEK(!?)-..*&**WHI- CH**HAD*- *BOUNCED*/-..(LIKE*RUBBER*BALLS!)?-..(STUDY*ING* MEN*U *E/-..-*LIKE*JES*U*IT*/-..-*RABBI*!)”?-*HIM*RE*PENT*N’/-..(LIKE**BLUE*-*MARY*/-..-*&*ME*TURN*ING*OVER/-..-*PIECE*/-..*BLUE*PAPER(!)??-FIND*IN’/-..-*DENIST*SONG’S/-..*DRAWIN’*(!?)
-UV’*/-..(NEC*ES*SARY*ALUM*I*NUM*..-*MESH*(!)?-..&*CA*DAV*IER--*BONE*/-..WF’/-..-(*TWO*ALUM*I*NUM*PINS!)?
-SOME*WAY*TO*BULD*A*BRIDGE/-..-(-*UV'-..*FROM*WHO*KNOWS!?)-MAY*BE/-..(HIV*/-*AIDS/-*CAN*CER?)_..-*&*HAD*NEVER*TALK-ED(?)
-(TO*OUR*WAITRESS(!?)_..-*WF’/-..-(BLACK*EYES!)?-..-(*OR*DRUNK*-
..*FROM*GREEK*COFFEE*CUP'S/-..*STILL*SMILING*/-....-*&*/-..-STILL**LOOK*IN’*-DES*POND*ENT/-..(LIKE*THE*TIP*/-..-WE*GAVE-..*HER*/-..(N’*GREEK*COINS/-(!?)-..-WOULD*N’T*COVER/-..(-*OUR*EXIT!)???
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Poet/Painter/Composer
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13. -”LOOK*ING*AT*/-..(*THE*/-..-*LARGE*SQUARE*/-..*PATTERN*(!)?
&*WON*DER*ING*WAT(!)?-..(-TOU*LOUSE*LAU*TREC/-..*WULD*‘AVE*
-*DONE * (!?)-..-FROM*HIS*PERS*PEC*TIVE/-..(-uv’-*KNEE*HIGH*TO*a-*GRASS -*- *HOP*PER*!)?-..(&*HIS*WON*DER*FUL*/-..(OFF*BROAD*WAY*/-..*MON*-?
-*MARTE*/--(DE*LAYS/-*UV’!)??/-..-*DE*CAD*ENT***TOLL*/-..*PAINT*ER*LY*DREAMS*/-(!?)-r’-*TILL*DEATH*/-..(-DO*US*SPEAK*(!)?!?
-&*PARIS’S*BROAD’S/-..(WF’-*LIP*STICK’s!?)-..-(*STUCK*&*SMEARED*LIKE*-..
!?)_..-(-*LOCAL*COW’S*AT*COUNTRY*FAIR’S(!))?-..-(STRUT*TING*THEIR*BEEF(!?_*AT*JUST*RIGHT*ANGLE(!)?
-*TO*WIN*a-..-(BLUE*RIBBON!)? -..(-*LUST*ING*TO_*BUST*OUT!)?-
*AS*-(!?)-(-*NINE*TEEN*CENTRY*WHORES*!))?-..-&*VERY*MUCH*-(HARD*EN*ED?_>>-*BYE*MAN’S*GULITY*/-.._>>*GUL*LI*BIL*ITY(!?))-THAT*HE*SHOULD*BE*/-..
(?)_-(BROUGHT*DOWN*/-..(TO*EARTH!)?-..(-as*CIGAR*N’*HAND/-..-N’/-..*MOUTH*!))? -.(Puffing*A*Way!)?-..(-*TILL*CLI*MAX!))?
-*PROVES*THEY*DE*LIGHT*ED/-..(N’-..*BEING**TAKEN*A*WAY*SCREAM*ING!(???))? -..(N’/-*SOME*DARK*EN*BED*ROOM*?)_>>(-TO**JADED*COR*NER!)?
-(*PROVES*SPI*RO*CHET’I’ES/-..-*WERE*ON*THE*MASS*MOVE?)
-(GIVE*OR*TAKE*-a*/-..(*PICK*UP*/-..-*RE*WARD!)?)
-BUT*NOT*WAS*/-..(-SUCH*THE*CASE*a-*-*TENDER*ED*HISTORY(!))?
-AS*a*-*COUPLE*Uv’*Tha’*Girls?/-..-(*FELT*SORRY*/-..-FOR*SHORTY*!)?
-or*/-..-*RE*CLUSE*Toul*ouse(!)?-..
-&*(HIS*MONEY/-(!?(?)-..-&*LOVE*D**HIM*/-..(-*TO*DEATH!))?-..(IN*SPITE*UV'/-..(?)-
-(*SER*VICE*ING*/-..-*HIS*EQUAL*I*TY*..-CO*M*MUN*I*TY?_>>(!>)-*PAINT*ER*LY*/-..-*HEAVEN*LY*NEEDS!)?
-LIKE*(-SOME*ONE*CALL*ING*ME*UP*/-..-*AT*JUST*THE*RIGHT*TIME!)?
-(BYE*DROP*PING*a-*DIME*(!)?-&*TO*UN*LOAD*ONE’S*JEWELS(!))?
-(From*Their*/-*DARK*EN*ED*CAR*CASS*E’S(!)?-..-*KISS*BUT*DON’T*-
-*TELL*(!!!)?-..-(*AS*COWS/-..R’*/-..AL*WAY’S/.._*PUT*OUT*to-*PAST*_
-*URE(!))? ..-(-*DIS*EAS*ED*-er’/-..-*NOT!)?
-(Like*Large*Pat*tern*’s?)-..(*DRAWN*TO*IN*FIN*I*TY!)?_..
-(BE*CAUSE*-ALEX*AN*DER**CALD*ER/-..-*He*LIVE*ED(!)?
-N’/-..(PAR*RELL*UN*I*VERS*I*TIES!)? ..-(-&*You*Put*THE*-*COUN*TRY*SQUIRE/-..-*uV’/-(*a-*...-*WEALTH*Y*FAM*I*LY*-
-(IN*CLIN*ED*?_>>TO*WIN?_>>(AT*LOS*ING*(!))?_..
-4’11”/-..TO*-..5’1”/-..WF’*ART*-..-*SENSE*I*TIVE*I*TY(!)?
_(A*SHORTY*SMARTY*!)?-..(-*IN*CLINED*TO*-.._*I*DENT*I*FY?)-
_(FROM*HIS*LOW*LY*/-..(-short**PERS*PECT*IVE*(!))?-
_-OF(-..*HIGH*ER*BIRTH*COL*LECTIVE?)?
_(&*BEAUTY*-a*LONE?_>>*ALL*WAYS**is*!?)-..
_(*FORM*/-..-*FROM*-/..-a*DIF*FER*ENT*-*SUG*GES*ST*IVE'S*/-..-*SAKE(!!!)?
-(-&ARE**LAID*OUT*/-..-*TO*REST*!)???
-(-FROM*FORM*BE*fore*/-..*FUNC*TION*(!)>
-a*-(*LESS*PLAUS*I*BLE*)?-..-N’/-..-*DE*MEN*TION*(!)?-
-Like*-..(*BAU*HAUS*/-..*Neue*Vo*/-..-*RE*-*IN*STI*TUTION(!))?
-*end*SIDE*OUT*(!)?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014
13. -”-*OR*-..-*END*SIDE*IN*(!)”?
-*END*ED*(!)?
-*END*(!)?
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014
POETRY*BOOK 27:
“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(*I*DREAMS*(!))?”
Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer.
(C)COPY*RIGHT-2014
First Edition(C)
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