PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S WEBOOK.COM BLOGS: August 2010

BOOK: 21
"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:

Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..

Jan.07, 2001.

All-Personal*Names..*Used..are*

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

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

..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*

Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)

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

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

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

JANUARY 07, 2001

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ten/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?

*Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!-

*Con-sciously/-&..Or*/-..Un*-Consciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/-..?

..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/-

..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre-

ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)?

..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(

(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/-

..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-..

..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!

..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-

ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..

-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?

-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*/-Archial*Voice(!)?
No part of this book may be reproduced
bye*hand-or any*mechanical*-

*means, without*the-*written *consent-of the

*author*.

FIRST EDITION

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

?(*BirdMan..*Ain’t/..-*Singing?)-

-Because..(-His*Feather’s-..?(!?)-*Got?-

-..*Crumpled*?)?

-(Bird*Man..Ain’t*../-*Singing(?))

-Because*..His*Bill?)..-Tis/-*..*Broke(?)

-BirdMan*..(/-Ain’t*Singing?)-*

-Be*cause..(His*Song/-../-Tis*Obscene?)

-&-Because*..(His*Food*..*Ain’t../-*Green?)?

-&..*Because..-(His*Song..-*Ain’t/-..*Clean(?))

-&*For*..(All/-(!?)-..*He’s..Really*/-(?)..-/*Worth!?)?

-Bird*Man*..(*Ain’t*so-..(-*Full’Of/-..*Any/-*Mirth(?))

-*BirdMan’s*..*Got*Dark../-..*Circles*-../-(*Round*-?..

-*His*?)-..(*Eyes*(!?)-../-*Just*..To-*Use/-..As*a*Sur*Prise*/-..*Disguise?)

-Say’s*..(He’s*Got?)/-..*Un*known(!?)-../-*Aller*gies?))-

-&-Took*..(A*Sleeping*Pill?)..-Just*So../-..-*He*Culd*Wheeze?(?)

-&*He*/-..-*Or/-?/-..*Could*/-(?)..-*Al*Ways/-..-(*Sneeze!?)?

-&*Because*/-..*Bird*Man's..*Spent*/-..*Lottsa'-/..*Time(?)-

-..-N’*Alcatraz(?)..-&..(BirdMan's?)-*Say's/-*..*Some*times/-..?

-Says..as/-*is..(!?)-”(A*Cigar..-Tis*Only../-..A*Cigar!?)”

-Unless*(-It’s*Cuban*/-(!?)-..Or*/-..Be*hind*/-?..*Jail's*Bar(!)?..&*or(-*More/-..*Than*Human?))

-But*..(-Bird*Man..(-Will*Sing?)-...*When*He*Get’s../-(!?)-

-A*hold*..(-Of*This?)..*Be*cause/-..*BirdMans*-..(At*Grand*/-..*Canal*/-..*Risque'?)?

-&..If*/-..*BirdMan's(?)-..*Were*-..*(-Really*Able?)-(?)

-He*Would*/-..Be*(-Served*Up?)..-On*Any*Man's/-..*Mable/-
?..&(-Mye*Table?)

-As..*A-(Living*Turkey(?)..-For*-..(*Mye*/-..*Thanks*giving?)?)

-&..If*He..(-Ain’t*(!)?..-*Single*/-..Er'*Singing?)..-/*He*-..(-Won’t/-Go..To*Heaven/-?)?

..-(*BLING*ING*!?(")

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-Chasing*..(*Dickcissels?)-another*..(-Lost*Cause)?

-from(-Insect*Eaten/-..*Prairies*/-..of*Oklahoma?)..-to

(-*Sorghum &..*Sugarcane*/-*Fields?)..-of(-*l*lanos..

-&*Cala*bozo?)-..*Venezuela(?)..-to..(-*Aca*rigua?..?)

-(Mi*grating*/-..-Dick*cissels?)..-come*/-..-(to*Forage?))..

”Grani*-*vor-ous?”..*little*/-..*Creatures/-..*full*/-..of-

-(Winter's*Feed?)..-&..*of*-..-Delicate*Song?)?

-to(-Be*Fed?)..-as*a

-*Dusting*..(of*Pesticide?)..-*from*-..(-*Crop*Busting*-?

..(Low*Flying?)-..*Planes*(?))..of(-Lower*/-(!?)-ed..-*Moral*/-ed..(!?)-

&*Nature's**Con*Cerns?)..-vs.///-Corrupt**Con*Cerns(!)?..Uv'-/..*Chem*i*-cals(?)..”Organo*chlorine..-(???)

&-..*Organo*phosphate(??)

-the..(-*Wintering..(?)

-little*Dick*cissels*?)..-didnot-?..-*Complain*(?)..-even*..?

-though*they/-?..(-*Look*Like?)-..*Emac*-i*ated*/-?..Pale*-*Ghosts*-!?

-of*their-..(-Larger*Cousins?../-the*/-..-Meadow*lark?)

-but*/-..*Dropped*Dead(!)..-like*/-..-(*Black*birds?../-?

-Con*tam*i*nated*/-..!!(?)&*As*/-N'-..Sum*/*Extinct*/..-*Souls*(!)?
*Cooked*N'..-(In*A)..*Pie(?))

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-Hiking*(-Up*Trail?)-N’*Adirondaks(..-Cedar*Grove?)-Comin’*Cross/..-Nicotine*(?)

(-Transdermal*System/-14mg/-Delivered (Over*24hours?)..-NCH 0820/-*Patch(!?)-..*Then

Like-(-Daniel*Boone?)-Seein’/-*Wrigley’s..(-Freedent*/-Blue*Wrapper!?)-“Won’t*Stick..(?)

To*Most*/-*Dental*Work!?)”..&-(Pheny*lke*tonurica*/-..contains/*Pheny*lalanine!)?..-'Autta*Bout/-(?)

-(Do*It!)-..*Modern*Man/-..&*Or*/-Woe*man/-..At*Edge/-?
-..-Uv’Extinction(!)-..Who*N’..-(God’s*Hell

?)..-Can*Allow/-This*..(-*Trash*Testin’/-..*Generation!)?..-To*B'(-Lit*ter*-in'/-..*Up/-(?)-..*God’s*Eden!)?..-We*-

akest*..(-Link*/-N’*Chain?)..-Ain’t*(-*God’s/-..*Natural*/-..*Animals!)?-What*I..(-Mean*Is!)?..-*Give*-..

Me*(-A*Break!)?...-I*Travel/..(-250miles/-..*Up*State/-..-(New*York?)-N'*-*Find*Myeself/-..(*Pickin’(!?)-

*Up/-..*After/-..-*These*/-..Psycho*-logical/-(!?)-..*Lit*terin’*Bastards!)?-When*All*/-..*That’s..(/-*Needed..?

For*Health(?)-..&*Enjoyment/-..for*/-*Man?..(Tis*..Take*A*Whif/-?..-Uv’*/..(*God’s*/-..*Pur*i*-fyin’/-(!?)-..*Oxygen!)

Ther’s(..No*Tellin’/-..What*Garbage*/-..*Tis(-Beneath*/-..*These/-*Rocks/-&..*Leaves*/-..*Trees!)?..-&*I*am*Feel(!?)-..?

-in’;*/-..*Sick/-To*Knees!)?..-That*The*..(-*Earth/-'s..*Con*tinues(?)-To*Be*/-..Con*/-..*tam*i*-nated!)?..-"*God*../-?

*Help*Us!)?..&-..I*Am-(Still*/-..*Damp*!)?..-After*/-..(Last*Nites*Rain!)?-
..-*Shoes*/-..*Might*Never/-..*Dry*O

-ut!(?)-..*Turning/-*..(PBWilliams*/-..*Boat/-Over*/-..(!)?-(On*Me?)-Up*Near..-(Beaver*Dam!))?..-*Near*/-..*Creek*F

ed*Mouth-?..(-H20?)..-*Cold*/-..As*(?)a-(Witch’s*Tit!)?..-&*Still*(-Have*A*Lump/-..On*Mye*Head/..Fr-

rom-/*Alum*i*num*/-?..*Boat(!))?..-Culd’a/-..(Been*/-..*Knocked*Silly?)-&*Drowned*(!)..&-..*Talk*Uv’Tow

-n/-..*Camp*sites/-..*Buzzing*/-..Wf’-..(-Hee*Haws!)?..-"Poor*/-
..-(City*Slicker!)?..-*GreenHorn*/-..*Type(!)?

-Up *&*Ended/-..(?)*Himself(!)?..-*Without*..(-Ourselves*Helping!)"?-Sca*venging/-..(-Wood*Lef..*-

t?)-Bye*/-..*Campers*..(-Leon*&*Wife?)..-N’*Lud-wig(!)?..-Her*Son/-?-..*From-../‘Nother*Marriage? -Better*Get/-..(This*Arm*Full/-?-..Back*To/-..*Camp*site(?)..-Be*fore/-..(The*/-...*Clouds*Br-eak*/-?

/-..*Op-en!)*

)?-..Birch*Wood/..-*Maple*/-..&*..(-Cherry*Wood?)-*Cut-..12”&14”..

-(Bye..*Nice-

*Guy/-?)

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-I*Have*A-*..(Plastic*..-*Kayak*-?../*Super*/-*Lynx?)

-To-(Keep*Me?)..-From*Being*/-..A-(Drowning*Jinx?)

-Bought*-(The*Thing/-?..From?)-Jim Bone/-..*Bayse(?)

-It’s*(Color/-..*Pink*/- &-Off*White?)..-I*Must..Be..(*Crazy?)

-It’s*Second*Hand/-?..&-..amp;(A*Little*/-..*Scuffed?)

&-..(Might-/..-Out*Last*Me?)/-..If*I-(Don’t*Treat*It/-..*Rough?)

-It’s..(*Fourteen*Feet/-..*Long?)-..&*Just/-.(*Like*/-..This*Song?)

-&*The-..(First-Trip*Out?)..-I*Was/-..(Tossed*-/..-All*About?)

--Without*/-a*Map?..(or-Plan*C?)..- I*Don'*Know*-..(I’m..A*Little/-Lazy?)

-But*(-Room*Enough?)/..?-Or*(Two*Seater?)..-For*-..(*Me-/&*..amp;/-*Mye*Son?)

-Chance*/- Bye*Chance/-?&*With*(No*/-..*De*lator*-?/-..A*/-..*Victory's*Won(?))

-I’ve*Shoved*It../-*Twice*!!..-(Into?/..-Moose*/-..*River/-*..*Flow?)

-WithOut*&*Anchor(?)../-Just*-(To*See*/-The*/-..(*Damn*Thing/-..*Blow?)?)

&-To*Float/-?..&..amp;*Fly*-..(Fish-For*Trout?)..-Or*Paddle-(*There..*All/-*About?)

-I’ve..(Sent*It*Off?)..(-To-*Idaho?)/-..*Their*..(*Cleaning*/-tha'*Valves?)

-(So..*It*/-*Will/-..*Go?)

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-Out*side of..?(-Com*mon*/-..No*men*clature)?..Uv'-*Genus*/-?*Species-/../-*Sing*ing..(!?)

-The*..(Hermit*Thrush/-..*Wood*Thrush/-../-*Would*do..(-The*Job!)?

-If/-Not*To*Say(?)..-*Eastern*(?)-..*Bluebird/-*/-..*Mountain*/-*Bluebird(?)-..*Trilling*..

-(Some*/-..In*different*Note!)?..-*Like*/-..(Wax*wings/-../*Vireos?)-*Vibrating*(?)

-But*..-The*/-(Yellow*Rumped*/-..*Warbler*?)..-*Singing*-(?)
-Tis*/-..*Mye*Favorite(?)

-For*..(Bird*watcher*/-..Affection*(?)-ados?)..-Broken*Down..To/-(-*Bottom*Feeding?)

-*Song*/-..&-amp;(Into*2?)-..*Classes*..(Myrtle*Warbler..&/-*Audubon*Warbler?)

?-*

Singing*(?)-Different*..Than-..The*(Magnolia*/-..*Warbler?)-..*But..
*The*..(-Canadian*

*Warbler-*

*Takes..

(The*Cake!)?)-..*Singing*..(-*Lively*/-..*Ir*regular*/-..*Notes!)?-As*If../-&*N'-..*To*/-..*Shock/*-

*Startle..*

In*cite(?)

-Like*His/-..In*/-..defe*rent*Couisin/-(!?)-..&*The*/-..Town*send’s/-..Or*-..The*/-..*Black*Throated(?)..-*Warbler(?)-/..-S'*Like's..an*..(-Avian*Butterfly?)..-&*The/-..(*American*/-..*Red*start?)..-*Fans(..-*It’s*W-?
../-ings(!?)..-&-..-*Tail?)-??..-*Like*Some/-?..(-Young*Upstart?)?About to*..(Git*Clipt!)?..-*But-..*The-(Black/-..*burnian*/-..*Warbler?)--With*..(-Flaming*Orange/-..N'*Throated*Face?)..-sets*it*Apart(?)-*without*/-

*Any..-

*Song*

uv'it*S*/-..(*Class?)

-Nervous*/-..As*If/-..*Wanting*/-..(to*/-..*Set*Sail?)..-&*The/-*Chest*Nut*../-*Sided*/-*Warbler(?)

-*Hides*(?)..-In*it's..(-Second*Growth*/-..*Habitat?)..-*Singing*(?)-*While*..(The*/-..*Yellow*

*Breast-?

*ed*/-..*Chat?)?..

-Looks*Like/-..(An*Overgrown*/-..*Yellow*Throat!)?..&-Yet*Singing*(!?)-..*But*-(-Tis*Bill..-

(!?)-..*Tis*Larger/-?-

-&it's*Tail*..*Tis*Longer(?)/..-Giving*It-(!?)..(-The*..*Shape/*-of*A*/-..*Catbird?)-*..*Me*-owing(?)

But*If-..(I*Had/-..*Mye*Druther's(!)?..-&..Uv'/-..a*Nature's/-..*Bad*Way?)..-(For*Ugliness?)..-The*..-(Northern*/-..*Waterthrush?)-That*Looks(?)..-*Like*It’s..(*Crossed/-*(?) -With*Sand*piper?)/-..&*Teeters*/-..At*-..(*Waters*-..?

*Edge?)-

*Should*-

..-Sin*g(?)-

-In*Full*Voice/-..(-A*/-..Blue*/-..-*Note*/-..*Blues/-*..*Like..
*The/-..*Cerulean*/-..*Warbler(?))-

I*dentif*ying

*With*..

-An*-..(All*Blue*Sky?)?-*Sad*ness*/-..-A*bout/-&*..(Not*Being/-Able*/-?
..-To*Fly?)?-

*Singing*

*Blue(!)?

-*Clouds(?)..-Yet..Some*Say/-(?)..-(With*..(One*Eye/-..**Open?)-*Taint*True?)

-But*..(What*Do/-(?)-..-They*Know/-..*Anyway?)

-They*r’e/-..(*Caught*Up/-..*In..-*Themselves?)..
Like*/-..Ph-d’s*&*An/-..(Ego*/-..(-Id*/-ed(!)?..-*Society?)?)

-Un*able/-*..-To*Sing/-..(The/-*..*Catbird*/-?..-*Pileated/-..-*Cerulean*/-..*Blues!!)?

-Like*..(*Fats*Domino*/-..(!?)-..*Singing*(?))-/or...*Bessie*Smith’s(?)-*Jelly*Roll/-?..-Ma*ma/-..***Blues(!)?)

-”If..A*..(*Woodpecker/-..-Could*Chuck(?)-..Er'-..*Would/-*..*Sing*/-..*Wood*(!))”?
-he*/-..*culd(!)?

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-Preying*Mantis-

Triangle*..(*Head/-of*Alien*- /..?-With*a-*Stare?)-(?)

-Green*Body/-*Poised/*-?..N’(-*Killing*/-*Phase?)-..*2

How*Many..(-*Times/-..I*Have?).._*Left*..(-You*There?)

N’(-A*Jar?)-..*With*a-*Lid/..(?)-&..(-Tender*Loving/-..*Care?)?

4*Inches-(*Long*?)-&..*Arms*Folded/?-or..(-*Crazed*Into?)

(Your*Body?)..-*You*..(-Held*Them/..?-Not*One/-..But-*Two)(?)

For*(-Many*/-..An*Hour/-!(?)..With*a-*Fist*/-?..*You*(..-Waited*Fast?)

As*If-(*Hypno*tised/-..*Or*/-*You*..(*-Could..*Not/-?..*Last?)?

-Following*(-*Your*Prey?)..-*With*(-Eyes*../-*Transparient?)

*Wishing*(-Fluids?-..To*Mandible?)-..&*Eyes*/-All*BeIt-..*Apparient(?)

-Swallow*ing*..(-*Them*Whole/-..Or*The..(-*Taste*/..-Tell*Test!)?

-Starting*From..(-Head*/To*Foot?)-..A*Con*-sum*ing/-..?
&-..*Mental*ed*/-..*Problem(?)

-As*(-Not*Deterred/..(?)-Bye*A-..*Hallo*ween/*?..-Or*
(-*Fall*/-..Hob**Goblin?)

-Phan*tom*..(-Of*Opera/-..With*(a-*Voice?)..-Com*posed*/-..To*Eating*(?))

Tha'*..(-Final*Love’s?)..-De*Composed(!)?..(-an*Em*barassed?)..-Or*..(-Fa*tale*..*Meeting*!!)?-

-Eaten*Alive(!)..(-Bit*After*Bit/?)..-*Juices*/-..*Dropping*/-As*..
(-Insect*/-..*Shit(!?)

&-..

-aPriest*..(-*Dropping*/..?-a-*Curtain/..?-All*Sins*/-..*Ab*solved?)..-For*/-*Church’s*/..-*Guilt*(!?)..is*for/-..*People's*/*Certain*(!)?

-A*Verbal*Confession(!)?..-Wf’Out*/-..a*Hell’s*(?)-..-*Natural*/-&-..*Devil's*/-..*Obsess*ion(!)?

..A*De*vouring*/-?..n'*SEX*UAL*/-..&*Mo*les*tation/..&*a-..(*Praying*/-..*HUMAN*/-..*Mantis!)

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

-Rick Lee Wells…

-Head*Fortress(!)?

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philip lawrence sherrod, poet

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"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)" philip lawrence sherrod, poet

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copyrightC)poem

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)" philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?

)-(?)..

-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?

..JUST*HAD/-..A*/-..*BLOW*OUT(!)?

&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"?

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..*Sings*(!)?-..Like*/-..Tha’-..(Catcher*n'/-..tha'*Barley!)?-or..

..-(Fat*..Lady*../-*Sings*(!)?-..er'..*Rye*/-..Hu*'/-..-*mour(!)?-..*Songs**/-..*Sung!)?

"(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)" philip lawrence sherrod, poet

-"MUCH*/-..TO*MYE*CHA*GRIN(!)?-..-WHEN*I*SEE(!?)-(?)..

-/..*SOME*THING*(!???-?..

-*WADDED*UP/-(?)..-&*CRUNCHED*/..-(?)

-ALONG*THA'*-..-*HIGH*WAY*-UV'/-*..-*LIFE(!)?

..-LIKE*DEAR(!)?/-..FROZEN*N'*MYE*/-..*HEART*LITES(!)?

I'M*GLAD/-..TO*BE*-(NEAR*SIGHTED!)?..&*-

*REALIZE*/-..(?)-..*SOME*TRUCK(!)?.-.JUST*HAD/-
..-A*BLOW*OUT(!)..-&*LEFT*a-..(RUBBER*/-..*CARCASS(!))"? "(ROAD*(!)?/-....-/**KILL(!)?)"

Tuesday, August 31, 2010