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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*'MONS(!!!)"?

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"-Ac*cording/-..To*Some*Taste*Buds/-..Ther'*Are/-..Some*Kinds/-..Uv'*Fruits(!)?
That*Are/-..*Symbo*lically*/-..(-Taste*Makers!)?..&*-Not*-(Tu*Be/-(?)..-*Con*Fused/-..Wf'-Th'-/..*Un*Accepted/-..*Quality*/-..Of*The/-..&*To*The/-?..(-Tasted*Maker!)"?..-As*All*Taste*Maker's/-?-..("Put*A/-..Bad*Taste/-..N'/-..
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LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07,2001.AllPersonal*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(!)?

"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*'MONS(!!!)"?

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-On*Phone/-Yu..*(-Tellin’*Me?)-

If*I..(-Came*Tu?)..-Yur*House(?)

-I’d*..(-Hav’t*Tu*Walk?)_*Barefoot(?)

-Take*Off..(Mye*Shoes!?)?..-Me*Tellin’

-*Yu..(That*I..Haven’t*Changed..?)-

(..Mye*Socks!?)?-N’..(-3*Weeks?)

N’..(-Respect*..&*Tu/-..*Hygeine?)-

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-*Memory(?)-Me*Tellin’*Yu../-(-That*I..-

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-(*Tickets?)-N’*Take*Yu..*To/-(*Opera?)”?

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-Same..*Scenario?)?-It’s..(-Like*Yur..*N’Yrs.(?)

-(*Resolution!?)?)

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-Upstate..*New*York(?)-Near..(Yur*Sisters..*House??)?

-But..(Layin’(All*Kiddin’?)-*Aside?)-N’*Watchin..’(Notre*Dame?)?

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-(Tight*Ends?)?

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-&*(-ThanksGivin’..Turkey?)-Walked*(Off*Table?)-Onto(Mye*Plate?)

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-(Ambition..N*Desire..(*Lies?)-(Do*Gooders..*/-Missionaries)../-&*Florence-*N(?))?

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-About(-Your*Oil?)..*Painting(?)..-of-(Some*..Up?)

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-..(*Pierced!!)?

-But..(Some*Confusion?)..-*Exists(?)-&..(Seems*To-

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-That..(*Wanted..To*Pay)(?)..-Bye*Reproducing(?)-

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-Most..(*Assuridly..*French?)?

-&*I..Should*Know(?..)-Being..A*..(-de La Chau'mette?)?

-On..(Mye*Mother’s*Side?)..-But*On..(-Their*Album?)-

-In*Full*Color..(*Roses..(*Sad?)..&*Deflowered?)-

-Bye*Life’s..(*Circumstance?)?

-&..(Your*Confusion?)..-Of..(-*Survival?)?-Or*How..-

To-(Have/-*Your*Cake..)(?)..&*Eat-It..(?)-..*Too(!?)

-Even(-Though*..You*Sent-(Me?..*Postcard?)?

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-&..(I’m..Not*Huffy?)?-But..*Obliged/-To*Work/..*More-

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-on(-Other*Side?)-Post*Card(?)-Lady*Godzilla(?)

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-All*The*(*Way?))-..*From..(-*Panhandle..

-State*Of..*Oklahoma!(???)?

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-Uh*Sound/-..Tain’t(?)-Gonna(-Du*It!)?-Me*..I*(-Lost*N’/-Major*..C’s/-N’-Turkey*Shoot/..-PA.(?))

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-Remembering(To*Remember?)-To*Continue(-Moral*Issue?)-Wf’(-Self*Righteous?)/-SG?

-Simon*Gaon!-Th’(Bulley/-Tis*You?)-Th’(Coward?/-Is*You?)&-There*Is(Difference?)-BeT

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inistration*Bldg.?)-At(24th&7Ave.?)..-N’(Persuaded*Me?)-Wf’(*Money?)To*Not(Meet*Th’-

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ng*Wuz!?)..-&*Sure*Enough..(It*Wuz*Stolen?)-&(You*Laughed?)-Me*Thinking(I*Could*-F

ind*It?)-But*Couldn’t/Till..-I*Wuz(Invited/-For*CockTails..(N’Fruit?)*Salad(?)At(Jose*Barrer

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/*Maso?)..*Postion(?)-Writin’(-*Helena?)-Wf’(*Arrow?)-Up(*Her*-*Wazoo?)..-SG/-‘s*Disgustin!!?

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-(Stoli*Rasberi/-®-Anton*Berg(!)?-Raspberry*Flavored*/-(!?)-..Russian*Vodka(!)?)-?

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*Vanil/-..(Vanilla*Flavored/-?..*Vodka!(!?)))-&*Last*..(-But*-Not*Least!?)..-Jack*Daniels/-..(O

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ft*Field!)?-..”Neber*Drunk/..-But*Enbiber!”(?)-Ha(!)?-(You*Poetry*Lovers/-®So*Fastideous(!?)-

‘Bout..(-Chosen*Word/..-Wf’/-Common*Sense!)(?)..-Who*Gives/-(A*Dam!)?../-Mye*Sister/-..*D

oes‘nt!(?)-..She*Told-(Me*So!(?)*-Me(Tryin’To*(-Execute*Serious/-..Piano*Compostion!)?-Wf’?

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ause’s!)?..-Don’t..(-Yu*Git*It!)?..-Hemingway’s*Dead!)?-Blew*Es’..(Head*Off!)?-Wf’..(Lit*teral*Morals!)?

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-Talk*Wf’..(*Mark!)?-&*Who/-(?)-..Wuld*Wantu’(!)?-&*(How*..Tu’(*Stick*Yur*Head-(?)-..

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-mon(?)-Ella*(?)-Er’Whick’*End’s(!)?-*Up*Mon(?)..-N’Whin*N’*Trinidad(!)?-One’s*(-Swim..

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-&*-(Other*Experiences?)-One*Wuldn’t(?)..-Want*To/..-(Remember!?)?..-Rough*Life/-Off(?

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son(!)?-“*Yellin’..(Ya*Cn’t/-Do*Dat(!)?)-Losin’(Yer’*Tic-Ket!?)-N’..Chicago(!?)?

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ear*Sub-scription*(!?)-N’ver-Read(!)?-Er’-(Had*/-(?)-Da'*Time(?)-To*Look..(-At*Photo*go-

pher*’s/-....-*Nude*Photo’s/-..*Uv’-..(*MyeSelf!))?

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-Three*Swirling*Movements(???)-&*Wurds/-..“Extract..(-The*Secrets/-..Uv’(Mye*Soul!)?

-*Brewing(!)?-*Mine*/-..(-Becomes*Yours!)”?-(StarBucks**Coffee/-www.starbucks.com!)?

-Dirty*..(-Off*Colored*Napkin!)?-Lay*N’..(-Hallway/..-Near*Elevator/..-For*..(-3 &Half*W-

eeks!))?-Finally*..(-Picking*It*Up!)?-As*Super(!?)-Taking*Care/..-Uv’..(-Chelsea*Building!?)

-Since*(-1987!-2006/-Now*!)?-&*(Not*Getting*Paid/-For*It!)?-Fastidious*Self/-&*Deservin’

-Praise*(!)?-Thank*You!(?)-Thought*Uv’(?)-As*Bad*Guy/-Uv’(*Neighborhood!)?-&*Modern

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-omanticism/-Off*Uv’(Psuedo*Suffering/-V.G’s*Popularity/-Er’(Cult*Devotion!)?-Budda*Wor-

ship(!)?..-Wf’..Numbers*Intoxicated(!?)-N’..(Caffine*Blues!)?-&*Swollen*(Bye*Fatigued*Pock-

et!)..-Full*Uv’..(-Cosimine*/-Austio*..*Arthritus!)?-One*Has*To..(-Turn*Professional*TurnCoat!)

-To*Become*One’s*Own/..-PHD/-&*Hang..(-Ones’*Placque/-On*Wall!)?..-As(-Super**Diagnosis!)?

-(Cum*../-Round*Robin!)?-Early*Bird(!?)-Get’s..(Sompin*Else!)?-Me*Up/..-So*Early/-N’*Morning!

-Hittin’(Da’/-..Salt*Mines/-&*I*Ain’t*Russian!)?-Culdn’t*Sleep/-4:35am(!)?-Shuld*Ave/-Lived*N’..

-*Siberia/..-Still*Do(!)?-Mental*Snow/-(?)-*Fallin’(!)?-Reminds*Me/-*Joke/-Uv’(-Man*Lookin’At*

Doc!)?-..Sayin’I*Think/-Yu*Got/-(Terminal*Dandruff!)?-His*Head/-Half*Gone(!)?-Losin’*Mine(!)?

While/-Others*(!?)-Losin’*Theirs(!)?-Some*Quote/-I*Try..-/To*(Live*Up*To!)?-“You*Lost*It(!?)-?

-She*Said(!)?..-No*Greater..(-*Comfort!)?-Little*Dogs*(-Run*Wild!!(?)-/Well*..Little*Dogs*Run(!)?

-Three*Swirling*Movements(??)-Like*..(-Parisian*Graces/-N’Greek*Robes/..-Wf’(Lipstick*Stuck!)?-

-Plastered*..(To*Tha’*Gills!?))-Like*..(Red*Snappers/-Treading*French*Water!)?-Me*Beyond*That-

*Now(!)?..-Traveling*..(?)-(Along*The*Seine!)?-Like*N’(-1971*Mistress!?-Shari*Eve*RosenBerg!)?

-After*(Beating*Her(!!)?-At*Ping*Pong/-Left*Handed/-N’Livorno,Italy/-Throwin’

($2,000. oo

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..*Air(!!))?

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*'MONS(!!!)"?

Walkin’..*Sidewalk(?)-Draggin’*..(-Torn*Left*Knee?..-&*Groin!)?-N’Crossin’*..(6th*Ave?)

-Suddenly*Seein’..(-*Red-*Carnation?)-It’s(..-Green*Stem/-..*Split/-*Frayed/-Bye*SUV-

-Tires(?)-&*Much/-..Th’(-..Worse*/-..For*Wear!)?-Stem*Broken/-..N’(-..3*Places?)-Cupp-

-In’../-(-*It*Up!)-Like*A*../-Precious*..*Breast(!!)?-&*Coddlin’*It(?)-N’..Protective*Hand(!)?

-Feelin’*..(-Th’*Cold*Wind/-..Whistle*/-..Down*Collar!)?&*Prayin’..To*God/-..(I*Still*Have

-Mye*Faculities!)?-”I*Wondered*Why..(You*No*Longer*Cared*..-(LFN?))”?-But*Time*

-Heals/-..All*Wounds(!?)?-Some*Idiot*Said(!)?-You*Culd’nt..Proove*(-*If*..Bye*Me!)?-

-Hurtin’*/-..*Heart(!?)?-Rather*Colloquially*Said(!)?-Whose*Voice..(Wuz*Dat!)?-Ghost’s*

-Probably..(A*Factor!)?-Although..(-Charles*Burchfield..Tis*Dead!)?-Those..Twisted*Hau-

-Nted..*Houses(?)-&*Trees..(Remain*The*Same!)?-Haunted*N’..*Memory(!)?-But*This-

-(Poor*Thing/-..This*Adultration!)(?)-Uv’*Mother*..*Nature/-This*Cut*Beauty(!)?-Tis*A*C

-Ut*Above/-..Th’*Rest!)?-Almost*Human..N’-..It’s*..(-Sad*Gesture!)?-Realilization*..Uv’S

-Elf*Identification..&-(-Psychological*..*Dilemma!)?-Whatta*Beauty..This(-Crimson*Red*H

-Eart!)?..Is*-Refusin’*..(Ta*Die!)?-N’..(This*Weather!!)?-Wat*Gumption(?)-Wat*Courage!

?-Wat*Gall(!)?-&*(-One*Of..Last*Things..She*Said/..?)-”They*Don’t/-..Treat*Yu*Rite(!)?--&*I*Only..Enjoy(?)-Cookin’..(-For*Yu!)”?-Poppin’*On/-..(-Red*Lipstick!)?-Puttin’..Mor’On-

-Bottom*Lip/-..Than-(Top*One!)?-&*Lookinin’..(At*Clock*On*Wall!)?-Thinkin’..(I*Might*B-

-Come*Deceased/-..(While..*She*Kissed*Me?)-Me*Knowin’..(Every*Red..*Carnation?)

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-Make*It..(-To*His*Birthday/-Nov.5th/-’03?)-So*He*Could/-Set*Record/-Like..Dis*Red-

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-Goin’*Home/-On*..(-ThanksGivin’*Day?)-&*Hearin’*On..(Code*A*Phone!)?-*Machine-?

-Mye*Father*Died(!)-N’*State..Uv’..(-No*Oxygen*..N’*Cells!)?&*State..(-*Oklahoma!)??

-BloodGot/Thin/-Leucocytes..Must*Ave/-..Eatin’*Up(-Red*Cells!)?-Poor-Flower/-Let*Go!

-”Whiter..Than*The’*Lily..Uv’*Sharon(!)?-Whiter..Than*Blackbirds(?)-N’..Paoli*..-Snow(!)?”

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*'MONS(!!!)"?

-Walking*Along-(-Like*ArmouredTank?)-Going
*To/-(Krank*Out/-*Another*Ugly?)-*Pregnant*

-*Woman(?)..-Not*to-(Mye*Liking?)..-But*Helena(..After*Th’*Fact?)-You(-Gone*N’*
Dead?)-
W

er’*Beautiful*Even*As..(-Full*Blown*Ballon?)..-Petite*Blimpe(?)..-Wf*(Big*Smile?)..-Uv’(-I*Go

-t*Mine?/..-At*Five*N*Dime?)..-&(I*Glow/..-When*I(-Walk*..Down*5thAve?))-At*Nite/..-Like*N

–’(Mye*Dream?)..-Sorry*About*That/?-All*Those*Women(?)..-You*Let-(-Bother/-You?)-Over*

*Se-x?/..-Er’*Some*Issue?-Uv’-..(Their*Desire?)-You*(-Wer’/Th’(-Only*One?))-I*Wuz*Just(Prac

t-icing-*Keeping/..-N’Shape*Sex?)..-&(-I*Never..*Heard/-Uv’..(Safe*Sex?))-An*InterVention(Bye

*-*Don*Quan../Numero*Uno?)..-For*(-Decreasing*Population?)..-At*Large?/-Minority/-If*You*Will

- (?)-But*This..(Next*Blonde?)-*Mama?-Going*..(Bye-*Carrying/-Little*Girl?)-About*2(?..)-Push*

-ing..(?)(Baby*Cart?)..-Is*Worth../(-Her*Weight/-N’*Gold?)..-Some*(-Fluid*Ounces?)-

Strong/N’-* *Healthy/?-..(Lucky*Baby/-Luckier*Papa?)..-Luck*Uv’*Draw(?)..-Life’s*A..

(*Lotto?)-Life’s(-A*Risk-?)-N’*Money/..-Not(*Man?)..-(*Comes/To-*Top?)..-Like*Creme?..-Th’(Survival*Trip?)S’..&-All*Sell*Out/?..-But*Me?..-The*Fool/..-Sitting*(-On*Park*Bench?)

..-Is(-Not*Picking/-Body*Lice?)-But*-Sunning*(?)..(As*If?)-I*Owned(-Th’*World?)-*Card?..-/Remember(WHAuden?)-Quote/UnQuote-“&*We*..-All*Die/-N’*/-(I!?)*Our..*Own/?..Separate*Cubicles(?)”-Er’Something..(-To*That/-*Effect?)-B- ut*Helena?/..-I*Did*Do?/..-*You?..-(As’Virgin/..-Uv’(Times*Sq.?)..-N’*..(-Large*Mythic*Piece(?)-?

Wf’..(-Souls*Carried/..-At*Random/?..-N’Mythic*alogical..*River?))-Some*(*InAwe/*Complacent/-

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hite?)-N’*Auden..(-Nother*Quote?)..”&*Poetry/-Makes(-Nothing*Happen?)”-Realizing*Time*Flys-

Bye!(?)-Looking*At..(-Street*Bought*Cheapies)..-Watch?-(Swanson’s*Copy?)..-For($10.?)-&*Iv’e

-*Had*To..(-Buy*..AZillion*/-..*Batteries?)-From*(Radio*Shack?)..-MetalWristBand/Mde*N’Japan?

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*'MONS(!!!)"?

-Who*Should..(Grab*Me/-From*Behind-)(?)/-But*Th’..(Pit*Bull?)-Uv’..(*Yale!)?

-Diggin’(-*N’..*Fingernails/-N’*Rib*Cage!)?-At(-ASL?..Past*/-*Class?)../-That(-I*Teach!)?

-PerTaining*To../-&*Not(-*Excluding/-*Complete*Coarse!)-N’(-*Anatomy!)?-With*His-(?)

-(Hands*On*Approach/-To..(Figure*Study!)?-Laughing*&*Yelling(?)..-The(-Ole*Man’s..

-*Hard/-.(?)/-As(A*Brick!)?-Me*Havin’-..(Sucessfully*Completed/-(*Brick../At*ASL*-..(?)

-*Auction?))-”Th’*Dog’s..(Are*Out!)-Leaving*(Generous*Gift’s?)-For..A*’-(Art*Minded*A-

Udience!)?-Who*Think(?)-They..(Can..(?)*/-..*Receive?)-*Something!)?-For*Nothing! )”

(- ??))-Price*Tag/-($200.?)-for..47yrs.(-Uv’*Art!)?-Demeaning*Pro*Position(!)?For..(-Joke*..

/ - Uv’*Renovation!)?..-”Goin’*NoWher’(!)”?-Small*Town*Director/-&(Board*Uv’Control?)-

-Pres.(!)?-*Idea(!)?-Wanna*Bees(!)?-”Dick(-Tate*..in’!)?-Fall*Uv’(-Rome!)?-Middle*Class

-*Destruction(!)?”-You(-*Tray../Servin’*Up/-Th’Usual../-*Sickness?)-Uv’(-Whin*Da*Goin’*-

-*Git*Tough/-..Seek*Out(!)?-Da’..(Tough..*Professor!)?-Evin’*If..(Mye*Name/-..Tis’*Bou-

-S’..gare’run?(!)-HisTis..de*La..Chaumette’(!)?-Us*Are*..(!)?’”Moral*French/-*Animals(!)?”

-But*I-..-Lik’*Bein’(-French/-..Th’(Tongue*..&/-Mouth?)-*(Lipstick*Tryst!)?-*Said(!))?-Anyw

-ay..*Heineiken*Beer/-To(*Beck’s/-..No*(Cum*Laude?)-/..*Graduation*Here(!)?-But*Alco

-Holic’s*Seldom*Due(!)?-After(4*Bottles?)-YuHad*Nerve/-To..(Ask*Me?)-To(Pick*Out?

-)-10*Paintings/-For*Yr’..(Show*N’*Berlin!)?-Cumin’*Up/-(Yu*Bein’(?)-French*Nazi(!)?-??

-Whin*We(-*Embraced*GoodBye?)-N’(Brooklyn!)?-After..(-Discussin’..&*’Cussin?-Duh-..

(?)) ..(Philip*Guston’s)-(Tender*Beginning?)/-&*His..(Cynical*..*Characterized..*Life!)?-(?-)

We*Wer’(-Fit*..As*Fiddle!)?-Lik’..(Two*Skeletons/-..(Clanking*Armour!))?..-For*Death(!)

-O’vur(*Art!)-Me(*Runnin’(?)-Into*Psycho*Black/-On*Island/-N’Atlantic*Ave/-Nite10:45pm

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-Becomin‘(Triple*Threat?)-Without*Humility?-Er’(*Humanity?)-Startin’/To*Walk/Th’*Ivorie

-s*Seriously*Late(N’*Life?)-At*66(1/2?))-*Painting/*Poetry/-&*Piano(?)-Serious*Endeav

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*Trastevere?”-Maybe(Wuld’nt*Be*Possible?)-Had(-I*Not*Lived?)-N’*Rome(?)-As*Cae

sar*Did?-Indulging(MySelf*N’*Power/&*Control?)-Uv’Th’*(Immaginative*InEvitable*?)-I*

Got*Milk(?)-On*Mye*Mustache(?)-Mor’n*Twice(?)-Fanactic*Calcium(Hooked*On?)-Th’Wh

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ern?-That(All*Roads?)-Lead*Somewher’?)-Variations/On(A*Theme?)-Color(Varied*N’M

oods?-Dangerously*Spent?)-N’*Fever/-Or*Passion(?)..-Uv’(*ChildHood?)-OtherWise(W

ho*Wuld’?(-Culd?)-Be*Interested*N’(-Such*Folly?)-But*Death?-Or(One*Uv’(His*Pals?)-?

She*Said(?)-..There(Isn’t*Time?)-To*Dicker(?)-I*Say(Time*Doesn’t*Matter?)-&(You*Kno-

w?)-I’m*Lying?..-But(Th’*Chords/-Do*Matter?)-..*Even*If(I*Don’t*Have?)-*FSharp(Runnin-

g/-To(A*B*Flat?))..-Poor*Walter*Shephard(?)..-Never*Had(A*Chance?)-When*He(Put*-*

That*Pillow?)-’Gainst(His*Heart?)..-On(Fourth/-Uv’*July?)..-HornMan(Blowin’Es’*Brains/*O-

ut!!?)Wf’(That/-Snub*Nose?)..-Pearl*Handled(*32?)..-Whatta*Waste(?)-Willie*Mae(*Thou-

ght?-(Th’*Noise?)..-Wuz*FireCrackers?)..-N’(East*Harlem?)-But(Late*At*Nite?)-He’d(Call*

Me*Up?)..-N’(Tickle)Th’*Ivories/-Play*/*Something(?)*Devilish?-At(Th’*School/-Wher’(He

*Wuz*Janitor?))-BlackMan(From-*No.*Carolina?)-Haunted(He*Said/-Bye*Others?)-Play -in’(Sounds*(He*Couldn’t*Rectify?)-So*Walter..(Here’s*To(Yur*Surprise?)-Uv’BigDaddie-

HotsSh----d(Strikes*Again?))..-To(Yur*Dermise?)..-”I*Miss*You(?)-&(Music*Er*Combinat

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-..*MONS(!!!)"?

-Livin’..N’*Age..Uv’*Violence(!)?-&*..(-*Graffitti!)?

-I*..(-Find*It/-..*Strange!)?-That*..(One*Morning/-(?)..(I*See!)?-.Sum*..Sharpie*Marks(!)?

-Written*/-..3/4”Tall/-Bye..2/12”(?)-Short*Hand/-..Like*On*Doctor’s..(?)-*Prescription

*Pad!-Wf’..(*Intitials/-D.R.(-Wuz*Here!)?F-(?)-Doctor*..(I*Had*N’*Art/-*Class..From*Sparta!)?-

N’(-Summit’s*Center!) ?-4yrs.(*Ago!)?-That*Went/-After..(-Mindy*Mantell!)?-Befor’..(Sh-

-E*Got-*Married/..-2nd*-Time!(?))-Like..(-Kill*Roy!)?-”Strikes*’Gain(!)”?-&Now..(N’*Some

-*Strange*Way!)?-Marking(*Name!)?-Like*Son/-..To*Father(?)-To..(Get*Attention!)?-Wf’

-(Permanent*Ink!)?-To*Belong/-..To*Something/-..He*Could(-Believe*N’?)-Tis*Poor*Ex

-Cuse(!)?-To(-Make*His*Mark!)?-On*Mye(-Private*Possession!)?-Uv’..Course/-You*Ca

-N’T/-(Take..It*Wf’*You!)?-So*Th’..Sayin’*Goes!(?)-To*Belong/-..To*Something/-At*All*

-Cost!(?)-No*Matter/-..How*Destructive!(?)-Both(-Desturbs*Me!)?-&*Agitates/-..(Mye*-

-Modern*Existence!)?-Uv’..”What*A*(Bad*Boy!)”?-What*Provocation/-Got(-Out*Uv’Han

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-&..To*Find/-..(*Napkin/-..Wf’*Flowers?)-Carefully*Folded/-..N’To..(-Naughty*Triangle!?)?)

-Both*Behooves(*Mye*Madness/-..&*Placates..(Mye*Loneliness!)?-On*Bumper/-This..

-*Morning(!)?-Uv’..*Course/*Maybe*Mye(-500*Mistresses!)?-Are*/-To*Be*Bla- med(!)

-For*This(!)?-*Inconsistency(?)-Uv’*Passion(!)?-N’NewYork/-Like(-It*Or*Not!)?-It’s*June(

?-)&*..(Heating*Up!)?”Sugar*Triangles/-..(Lik’*..Tha’*Moon!)?/-Controlling..(Tha’*Tides!)”?

-Bye*Romance/-..Er’(-Earth’s*Pull!)?-From*Maybe/-..Mars*Jupiter(!)?-Not*Leaving*Out-

-(*Uranus/-*Saturn!)?-But*Bound/-..To*Have*Some/-..(Magical*Effect!)?-Controllin’..(Sub

-*Conscious!)?-Dark*Meanderings(!)?-But(-Takes..Th’*Cake!)?-When(-Misdirected*Hiero

-G-Liphics!)?-Appear/-..As*If(-Bye*Magic!)?-Bye*..(-Delinquent*Doctor/-Tha’*Said/-He*-

-Wanted/-..(To*Work/-..On(*Mye*Knee!)-No*Problem(!))-..Wf’-(Positive..Or*Negative/-..

-*Intentions)(!)--WaKin’*Up/-..Tha’(*Mountain!)?-Uv’(*Rage!)?-Er’..Putting*To*Rest/-..Tha’

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-y!..-to*Poetical*Repeats!(?)..-So*Be*It(!)?-..&*..She*Said/-”We*Will/-..Make*It*Worthy/-..Of*Your/-*Time(!)”

?-Me*Never/-..Being*Able/-..To*Speak/-..On*Cue!(?)-..Looked/-..At*Her*/-Gullibly(!)?-..May-

*n’-Flabber*G-*ast*–ed(!)?..*Thought/-..What*Am*I*To*Think/-..Of*Such*A*Generous*Prop-

osal(!)?-Like*..*Hands/*Down/-

..&Mye*Friend/- Char*lie!-..Should*She/-..*Have*Known/-..the*Truth(!)?-..&*Would*It*Have*

Helped/-*Her!?

Doubt*Rings*True/-..For*Most*Fellows(!)?-..Single*/-..Or*Other*Wize(!)?-..She*Was*(-So*Attractive!*-Tho!)

I*Could*Have*Bitten/-..Her*Head*Off!(?)-..With*the*Mood*/-..I*Was*N’/-?..-“She*So*Care/-*Fully*Content-

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Good(!)?-But*/-..Quite*Affably/-..with*In/-..(Certain*Respectable*In*Fluences!)?-..Some*Thing/-..Akin*To/-..?

Maybe*Studdering(!)?-..Hesi*-tating/-..Charm*ally/-..Given*To/-..(Profound*Thoughts!)?-.

.Pre*Ferably/-..-Kinda

*Late/-..N’/-..Tha’Evening/-..Like*Twilight!(?)-..Or*Maybe/-..*Mid*Night(!)?-Her*Body*Throbb-

ing/-..Besides*M

e(!)?-..Full*Of*/-..(Delicious*Thoughts!)?-..Healthy*&*Pliant(!)?-Me*Feeling/-..a*little*Weak/-..N’*Knees!?

Kinda*Like/-..a*Cold*Sunset(!)?-..with*Trailing/-.. Pink *Wispy*Clouds(!)?-Settling*(-In*To*Darkness/-..Whip*-

por*Will’s*Voice/-..Chill*ing*One/-..To*Sobriety(!))?-..Not*A/-..Pleasant*Thought/-..Leaving*One

*In*Animate!?

Life*Like/-..Pulse*Rate/-..a*Minus*Zero(!)?-..Drunk*On*One’s*In*Affability(!)-..-Trans*Parent/-(!??)

..&*Given*To*/-..See*-Through*/-..Visual*less*Images(!)?-..Quite*Enter*Taining(!)?-But*Totalingly/-

..*Un*Com-fortable!(?)-&*De·Bil*i*Tating(!)?Like*Truth/-..Had*Ensconced*(It’s*Self/-Upon*me/..

-One*Eyed-../&*Staring-Like*a-..(Speckled*Bruised/-*Trout!)?

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-..*MONS(!!!)"?

-Talking*..

A*Way/-..Of*Thinking(!)?-A*Way/-..Of*Being*Told(!)?

-Like..(-5*Fingers/-..On*The*Foot/-..Of*A*Glove!?)?

-Belonging..(?)-To*Whose..(*Hand!)?-Or*Kind*Thought(!)?

-For(-5*Minutes/-..An*Angelic*Spinster(!)?-..Or(-Young*Man*

-With*A/-(?)..*Love(!)))?

It*Makes*No*Matter/-(?)-..Which*Way(-The../-..Skins*Inflection-

-*Hangs(!)?-..Given*The(..-Right*Angle(!?)?-The(..-Folds*Are-*Nec

-essary(!?)-We*Will..(-All*Go*Through/..-Our*Living/-..*Composition(!)?

-Decomposing*/-(?)-As*is*An*Art/-..Of*No/-..(-*Hurry!)?

-If*I*Were*In..*A*Hurry(!)?..-Of*Which/-..(I’m*Not!)?

-Life*..Could*(-Tell*me*About/-..Some*Misunderstanding(!)?

-Women*&*Men..(*Alike?)-Are*Telling..(The*Sexed/-From*The/-..Sexing(!)?

-The*Musician*Alone/-..Hears*Only(-*From/-..His*Perfect/-..*Ear(!))?

-But*What..(-Do*We*Care!)?-Of*Such*Subtle*Dreams/-Of/-..(The*Drummer!)?

-The*Notes/-..&*Your*Beat(!)?-Is*Not*Far*Out(!)..(?)/-..Of*Earshot(!)??-

-Some*People(?)-..Have*A*Way/-..Of*Knowing(?)-..Which*..-(To*Decline!)?

-Can*Recognize/-..The*Beast/-..Of*Us(!)?..-Even*When/-(?)-..*Hunted(!!)?

What*Do*You..(*-Say!)?-This*Trophy/-(?)-..So*Late..In*An-..(*-Afternoon!)?

-When..(The*Head*You*See?)-..Tis*Found/-(?)..On*Every(?)-..*What*Not(!)?

-To*Tell*The*Truth(!)?-..They*Happen/-(?)..(To*Know/..It*-tis’s*You!)?

-Talking/-..(?)-To*..Their*Assets(!)?-Thinking*Of-..*Their*Opposites(?)-..

&*What*Are/-..(Artists*For/..-Their*Booty*Assets/-(?)..Are/-..(Close*To*Them!)?

The*Artist/-..(Of*The?)-/..*Future(!!)?..-Will*Draw*Only(!)?..-On*His*Thumb-

Nail(!!)?..-A*Darkened*Misanthrope(!)?-To*Be*Found-(-Yawning*In/..The*Pawn*-

Shop!(??))-Concerned*With*Lonely(-Golden*Highlights!)?-..Placed*On*A(-Silver*Box!)?

-Box*Tickets(!)?-..Too*Be*Found*(*Only/-(?)..In*The/-..*Color*Grey!))(?)

-From*..(The*Bowels../-Of*This/-..*Discussion!)?-To*The..(-Flowers*Of/-..The*Fu-

ture(!))?-“I*Have*Listened/-..(?)-White*..Bone*ly*/-..*From/-(?)..(-/..A*Great*Distance!)?

-A*(Distance*/-..*Considered(?)-/..To*Be*Off/-..(First*Base!)?)?../-&*(-First*Base(?)-*Is-

*Now*In..(?)-(Your*Living*Room!(??)-Tell*me/-..(What*Does*He*Mean/-..in*The*/-..

-Nature*Of*Things/-?)..-*Juxtapositioned(!)?

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"BIT*'/-TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-Up*Your’s(!)?-..&*Wf’*Da’..(-Workin’*Crowd!)?-Off*..&*On(!)?..-Da’-(Rain*Clouds*

Buildin’(!))?

-Off*To(!?)-Jersey*City(!)?..To*Get(-P185/14R’s?)..-(American*Generals!)?..-For*Mye..(Post*Off-(?)

Ice*Jeep!)(?)-..Temperature*(-Hot*/-105Degrees/-..Wf’97*Humidity*Factor!)?..-Bound*To*Pour(!)?..?-

C0mmin’*Down/-*Now/-(?..)-Straight*Down(_Like*(-Zeus*Pourin’*Buckets/-..Uv’*Love*Water!)?-..?

-Wf’Out-(Dianna*Here/-*N’*Chelsea!)?-..Homo*Rascals/-Every*Where(!)?-..Holdin’*Hands(*Kissin/!)?

-Shuld*’Ave*Known..(-Dere’d*Be../-Strong*Day*Reckin’In!)?-..Take*N’-(-West*Side*High*Way(!?)-D

own*Tu*/..-Holland*Tunnel!)?/-Diablo*Dennis/-(?)-No*Mennis*Now!(?)-..Cop*Watchin’..(Mye*Signal-?

*Lights/..-Short*Out(!))?-Left*Rear(!?)?-..Not*Function’in/-..Any*More(!)?)-But*(Too*Drugged/-Bye*H-

Umidity/-)(?)..(To*Act/-?..-Like*New*York’s*Finest!)?-Hip*Hip..*Hoo*Ray(!)?-..No*Dead**Man’s/-Gon-

Na*Bay(!)?..-Gotta*Be*Careful/-..Brakes*/-Don’t*Seem/-(?)-Wann’ta*Work(!)?-..(Maybe*..Brake*Fluid’s*-

M-issin’(!))?-2*Score..(-As*Death’s/*No*Issue!)?-..Me*Travelin’/..-(Kinda*-Half*Assed!)?..-Amnesia*(?)-?

-Like*Just*(-Last*Tuesday/-..Blowin’(..-Out*Spare*General/..-Left*Rear/(!?)-Wn’t*Boom(!)?-Louder*Thn’-

(Carter’s(!?)-..Liver*Pills!)?..-Lady*On*Right/-(?)-Side*Uv’(Blind*Spot!)?-..-Droppin’*Back(!)?-Me*Goin’-

-69MPH/..(NewJersey*Turnpike!)?..-(Whin’ON*Mye/-..*Dash*Board/-..45’s..(Da*Limit!)?..-Goverm’t*Reg

u-?lations(!))?-..Printed*Out(!?)-..N’..(Plain*Sight!!)?-&*(Who’s*Gonna*Mess/-..Wf’Uncle*Sam!)?..-Wants*

Yu!(Pointin’*(-His*Ugly*American/-..*Finger!)?-Givin’(!?)-Da*Finger/-?)..To*(-Guilt*Ridden/-*Psycho*Sickies!)

-Moon*Controlled*Children/-(Da’*Full*Moon/-,,Mde*Me*Du*It!)?-Du*Wha-(!)?-Like*Black*Bird/-*Says!(?)

-Like*(Mye*..*Father/-..Showin’*Me../-How*To*Trap/..-20*Blackbirds/-..N’*Pie!(?)-Usin’-..(-Card*Board*

Box-!)?..-&*Proppin’(Up!/-..Wf’*Wooden*Stick!)?-..Wf’(-50ft.*Twine/-Mye*Mother*..(Whine’in..All*Time/-

“I*don--‘t*wan’t..To*Eat..(!?)(-Black*Birds..*Jesse/-(?)-..Even*If(?)..-(Willard*Rufus!/-Say’s*So’s..!))?-Me*

Remember..N’(-Okies*Code/-..&*Whin(?)-Da’(-Pie*Wuz*Open/.. -All*Da’(Birdies*../-Did*Die!)?-Gotta*Gi

t/-Cornell*Tires!

Philip Lawrence Sherrod

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-Waking*Up(?)-At*5:38am/..-More*Than*Disturbed(!)..-Than*(Mye*Heart?)-/..Not*Yet*-/..*Consummated*(!)?

-Bye*Cupid’s*Love(!?)?..-(Now*Or*Never?)-On(-14teen/-th*Of*Feb?)’06..-Should*I*Undergo(?)..(-Such*Rad-ical-*Changes!?)?..-Without*A*Healthy(?)..-Romantic*Aorta(!)?..-&*Meniscus*Valve(!)?

..-“Wonder(?)-How**Da-vid-..Is(!?)”..-Don’t*Worry(?)-Because*Eventually*Jessica/-Will*Call*..&/-(Tell*You!)?-Just*Like*Jane*Carno/-*..??“*Fuziting/-On*..Loquacious*/-Water*Color/..-Half*(?)-

Her*Size/..-Being(-4’11”)?-A*Pisces/-(Lost*To*Dream?)-&/Half*Inadequate/-(!?)..”Psychologically*Frustrated/-..(?)-&*Married*To(-*Irving!)?-She*Says/-Out*Of*Necessity!(?)-Having*Bought/-(?)-Mye(-7*Canvases!)?-&*Stolen*(-36yrs.*Ago(!)?-For

*Nothing/-That(-I*Owe*Her!)?-DeM-anding/-That*I..(-Be*..*Bellhop/-&*Tote/..-Her*(Art*Supplies/..-Down*Stairs?)-At(-Baird’s*Center/..-So.Orange!?)Whumpiti*Whump(!?)-Whumpiti*Whump(!?)-

Was(-No*Comparison/..-To(-Wild*Day/..-Wf’*Laura?)-?/-Model*C--Oming*N’&*On)..(-All*Con

fused/..-&*Angry/-(?)..-From(-Last*Week’s/-..Poetical*Dictum(!?))..-Call*It*Sex(!_?)?

-?-After*Lorraine(?)-Put*On*Tape/-Uv’..(Carlos*Montoya*Flamenco!)?-After(-*Our*Private/-Talk*..&*Reprimand-

-ment(?)-N’/-(Palm*Reading*Séance!?))..-Astrologically*(?)-N’*Psychologically..N’*Otherwize(!?

)..?-Opening*N’..

-*Closing*..(-Her*Psycho/(?)-..Wf’(-Emoting*/-Emotive*Energy?)-Began*(?)-To*(?)-“Warm*Up(-Her*Psyche?-&-

*Feet(!))?..-Displaying*(?)..Fluidity*..Social*Grace/..-&*(-Forbidden*Passions!)?-Call*It*Talent-(-For*Dance!)?-&*

..Getting*Serious/-About*Herself(?)..-Wf’Out*Set-tleing/-For*Me*(?)..-Or(-Self*?Debasement!)?-Began*To*(Love*

-*Again?)-(Like*..Nature*/-Made*Her!)?-&*Became(-Mantic*..N’(-Her*Powers(?)/-To*Punish(!)?

..-Er’*Seduce(!))?

-Bye(-XXX-Treme(?)-/..Feminine*Procurement(!))?-Smiling*..(-All*Da*While!)?-Like*(Sum*Gypsy!)?-*Caravan(!)?

After*(-Stealing*All*Da’/-(Chocolate*Creames!)?-From(?)-(Russell*Stover’s*Community?)))..-Call*It*

..-(CVS*Phar-

Macy?)?-&*Cutting..(-Roses*One*Night!)?-At*Grocery*Mall/-(?)-“Shop*Rite(!)?-Became*Jealous/..

-At(-The*Whim-

?)/-&*Fancy(?)..-Uv’Torrid*Immagination-Uv’..(“Love/-(?)..-At*1^st*Site(?)..-*Concept(!?)?-“Putting*(-ON*A*Show!)?

-Demanding*Attention/(?)-Like*Some*Criminal*Child(!?-Learning*How/-To*Love/-Wf’(Da’MasterB(?)*Professor(!))

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

Somewhere*..(-Between*Mye*Hosimoph/-?..&*Acrosonic*/-*Baldwin?)../(-Piano’s

*/-..I*Found!)?-

..The-Double*Stuf/-..*Oreos(!)?-Fresh*As..(-A*Fiddle!)?-..&*(Was*Told/..-Bye*..-

(JMT!)?..-That*-..?..*Now-/..(The*/-Sugar*Fillings/-...(?)-Are*..-Carci/-*Genious(!)?

-Funny!/-..No(!?)..-Carcinogenous (!!)?-Shakes*Undoubtedly/-..(Mye*Safe/-*Regard/-

..N’*Childhood!)(?)-Having*Eaten..(-For*Some*Od-..?d*Years/-..Drunk*On/-C12H2

2O11/-A*Delicacy(!)?-For*Mye/-Imaginary*..Poetical*..Hallucinations(!)?

Just*Like-(..Edgar*Allan/-..Poking*’Round/-..N’Ravensville!)?-Quote*(Never*More!)

?..-Will*Have*To/-Go*..(Cold*Turkey!)?-But*Dis..(Alligator*Crock/-..Young*Salt!)?

..-Tis*Got*..Sum*Learnin’..(-To*Do!)?-Copyin’*Color/-..Tis*Punishable(!)?-..Bye*L-

aw(!)?-Eb’en*From..-(Da’*Master!)?..-S’Like..Bringing/-N’-..Da*Sheaves!(?)..-Sheep

*Like*Wool/-..Crops*Thick(!)?-&*One/-..’Asta’..(Pay*For/-?..Getting’*Warm!)?

-Like*Cumin’..N’(Outta**Rain/..-N’*Winter(!)?-Wet*As*Fleece(!))?-Who*Wants..A*

Second*Hand/-(!?)_*Floozy(!)?-..Singing*N’*Rain/-?..(N’*Australia!)?..-AllBeIt*/-..(-

Out*Uv’*Sight/-..Out*Uv’/-..*Mind!(?)-Shearin’*Sheep/-..Tis*A*Master’s*Cause(!)?

-Eb’en*..If*There’s..(-No*Money*N’*It!)?-One*Ends-*Up/-..Wf’A-(Bitter*Taste/-

..Er’/-(Oil*On/-..One’s*Hands!)?-Sumpin’*Maybe/-..(Like*Time*Felt-../?

-*Guilt!)?-&*It’s(-Nice*To*Help/-?..A*Friend(!)?-Deliverin’..Catalogs*Up*City!/-

To*-(George**Wash-ington*Bridge/-(?))-..But*N’..(-NewYork*City/-?..More*Than

*A*Street/-..No.(-Tis*Necessary!)?-Tha’-?-*Brownies/-..Tis(-Eber’Wher/-..Writin’//

(Tickets*/-!)..-Getting*Quotas/..Slammin’/-(?)-Da’Pencil(!)?-Like*Poets/-..Counting*

-(Parking*Places/-)..One*Here/-..Two*/-*There!(?)-Wf’..(Spaces*Related/-As*Music!)

-Compositions*..Made*Weak/-..Bye*(Random*Choice!)?-To(Be*A*Master/-At*Color

/-..(One*Has*To/-?-Maybe*Have*a-..(*Vision!)?-Something*..(Like*A*Self!)?-..&*Not

*Thin*Blood/-..(?)-For*Expressin’..??-*It()?-AnyWayTis*Nice/-..*To*’Ave/-..*Known*

You(!)?-Tender*Heart/-(A*Rabbit/-..Inclined*On..*Wob-bly/-..Lucky*Foots!(?)-Wf’..S-

hinin’*Bone/-..Connected*To/-..(Rib*Bone!)?-Rib*Bone/-(?)-Connected*To/-…(!?)

….-Trome*bone(?)-116^th*Street/-..Harlem*Hurtin’/-..*Piano(!)?

….-Played*(Bye*/-..Female*Huntin’/-..*God!)?

….-Over*Dosed/-..On*Rembrandt’s/..*Downers(!)?

….-Er’..(Frans Hals’s/..Sunny*Side?)

…..-*Uppers(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-Adirondack*Bear*Paw-(!?)?..-Print*.. Uv’..Another*Kind(!)-...Made*In/-?..

The*Wilderness?

-Uv’..*Stewart’s/-..*Icecream(!)?..-Departing*/-..*From/-..(Cedar*River*Flow/-?

..One*Day*Earl-ier(!))Than*I/-(Had*To!)?-..A*Little*Scruffy/-..To*Tell/-..(The*

Truth!)?-Bent*Out/-.?.Uv’*Shape!)(?)-No*NobleMan/-..Like*A-(de la..*Chaum-

ette/-..Wulda*Admit*It!)?-..13*Days*&*Nites/-..All*-I*-(Could*Muster!)?-Hitt-

ing*Tha’*Road/-..N’*Mye-(Post*Office*Jeep!)?-DJ*5C/-‘73..New*Rebu-

ilt*Motor(!)?-Bye*Vicktor*La*Rosa(!)?-..Mye*Favorite*(Puerto*Rican*Cubano!)?

..Left*Second-*Bolt/-..*Outta(-Manifold*Head/-..Right*Side!)?-Gotta*Remember/-

..To*Ask*Why(!)?-Pro*bab--ly/-..Had*A*Reason(!)?-..Of*Course*Not(!)!..-Gotta*

Get*Back/-..To*Tha’(*Big*Time!)?-N.Y.C..-Did*I*ReCycle(!?)?-..U*Bet/-..Wat*

You*Bring*N’/-Take*Out!(?)..-*Orders..Uv’/-..Gov-(DEC!)?

-Funny*(How*You*Figure*It!)?-..Ethel*N’(Hen*Pecked*Bob/-?..The*Ultimate*

(Truck*Driver!))?-Got*His*Feelings*Hurt/-..Asking*For*Directions/-..Down*N’

*Brooklyn/-..N’ver*(Got*O’ver*It!)?-Vicious*N’*Her*(Scorpionic*Control!)?-..

Him*Catchin’*Cancer/-..N’*His*Right/-..(Tear*Duct!)?-Had*Operation/-On*Hip(!)?-Now*Wf’(Hayes*Droopy*Eyed*Look!)?-Walks*Stiff/-..As*Board!(?)

But*Wat*Ya*/-..Gonna*Do(!)?-Poems*Erupt/-..Like*/-..Mye*Verbal*Nature(!)?-..N’(-North*

Woods/-Er’Side*Walk**Scrabble!)?-..Still*See/-..Tha’Off*White(!?)-..Mottled*Os*-

prey(!?)-..Diving*Like*Kamikaze!!-From*/-..Camp*Site No. 6!(?)-..Carrying*Off*//

Prey(!)?-..Wriggling*N’*Sunlight(!)?-A*Dedicated*B-rookie(!)?-..Got*His*Man(!)?-

..As*Trophy(!)?-..For*Feedin’*Chick-s(!)?-..N’Nest/-?..Stacked*High(!)?

&*Tha’*Rain/-..Came*(!?)-..Straight*Down/-..Tha’/August*Nite/-..On*Mye*North-

West*Tent/-..Mde.N’*China/-..Sold*At*Wald*Mart(!?)-..For-$29.95/-..(4^th*Season/-

..Me*Ending*Up(!)?-..*Soaked(!?)?)-To*Tha’*Knees(!)?-Mye*-Fishing*License/-..

*Floating(!?)?-..&*Mitch*Miles/-..Had*To*Come*Up!-Sayin’*/-There’s*A-(Fox*N’

Tha’*Well!)?-Me*Sayin’/-Tha’s-(No*Fox..Me*Pulling/-*Coyote*Out/-?

..Bye*His-(Poetical*Ears!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-From the(-Out*House..-*Dialogs!)-?..I*(Did*It!)?-..Bye*-..(Skin*/-Of)..-Mye..(?)

-Rotten*..Gold*/-*Teeth(!)?-(She*Said!)?-*Hanging’s*Out-..(Not*(?)../-*Natural!)?

-&*Or*Doing*..A..(-High*/-Wire*Act!)?-..Up*Side/-*Down/-(?)-Like-Ms.*Christ(!)

-On..(*Cross*of-..*Calvary!)?..-Or*/-As…*Stretched(!)?-..(Like*-Silver..-*Dollar!!)?

-Or*(?)-Like*-Tha’..(-Bald*Eagle!)?-..N’-(Sado*/-Macho*/*Chismo /-Doll*!)?-*Style(!)

-Or*(?)-Artist*In-(*I)-Mul*U*lation/-(?)-..(Of*Poetical*Desire!)?-..Run*(!?)-(*Amuck!)?

-&*N’..(*Intensi..fi*..cation(?)-?..(-Of*Silly/-*Relationship!)../-(Gone*/-..*Haywire!!)?-Er’

..-Over*Finished/-(?)../*Obsolete(!?)?-..&*(Running*Off/-(?)-at*Mouth*/Half/-*Cocked!))?

-You*Chose/-(?)..Me*(!)?--To*Make/-*Me(!)?-..The*(Escaped*Goat/-(?)-..Of*Your/-*Re-*

*Fusings(!?)?)..-An*..(All*Male*Intellect!)?-/..N’-(Total*-*Logical/-?..*Rational/-..*Reason(!))?

-From*Your(?)-/..Sordid*-Past*/-..&Up*Bringing(!)?-&..Of*(-Yur’-Father/-*Mother/-*Brother!)?

-To*Our(?)-..(-Brutal*/-..Abusive*/-Bonding**Techniques!)?-Of*/-..(-21^th*Century/-?..*Fraud!!)?

..We*Wrote/..-N’..(?)-(Some*What/-Heady*/-Handed*Symbols!)?-..After*Seeing..(?)-Sigmund*

..(?)

-Freud(!)?..-&*(Carl**Jung!)?..-&*Why(-Do*/-..You*/-(?)-&*Must/-?..Insist*On(?))..-*Gripeing!!(?)

-Complaining*/-&*Carping(!)?-..&*Voicing*/-..Something*Like(?)-..(-Black*Seat/..-Back*Driving!)

-Or*Always/-..*Expecting(!)?../-A*Formal*Art(!)?/-OUT*Uv’..?-Or*..Bau*-Haus(!?)?..-*Criticism(!)?

-Maybe*/-..Just*/-..Menopausal*Problems/-..Are*-(To*Be*Considered!)?..-As*-Chemical*Imbala-

nce?

-&**Inititives/-?..A*Perogative(!)?..-Er’..(-Imaginative*/-..*Halluci*nations/..-Like*A*Boogey*Man(!)?

-Out*Uv’..(-YOUR*Closet/-*Manuevers/-&*Between?-/..Old*Musty*Clothes?)-Lift*Your*/..*Flashlite?

&*Shine*On../-(*Baby!)?..-Or*Like/-..**Life’s(?)..-All*An*(Unnatural**Opera!)?..-&It’s*Not*Over/-..Till*

-It’s*Over/-..&Autumn*Leaves*Fall/-Down*As*Humus*/-&*Yogi*Berra..&*Tha’--(Fat*..Lady*../-

…****Sings!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-Comin’*Back(-Down*87*South?)-From(-16*Days*N’Nites/-*Adirondaks?)?-&*Pullin’*N’..

To*(-Johnny*G’s?)..Off*(-2762*Route*32N?)?-Saug*erties?..-Eatin’..(???-Honey*Chicken?)?

Wf’(-God*Awful/-..Grease*Cooked/-*Over/-?..Twice*/..Times*Ten!)?..-French*Fries(?)-Not..

Politically*/-..Correct*Now/-..&*Then..(-Gassin’*Up?)-At*Exon-(-Fillin’*Station?)..-At-$2.99G

-*allon(?)-..&..(Suddenly*/-..Seein’/..*Klondike*Original*Bar?)-Wf’..(-Frost’s/..-Poetical*Coun-

t?)-Of*/-..Upper*..(New*England/-..Damn*Yankee?)-..Good*Neighbors(?)-Dehydrated*By(*G-

oin’*S-outh/..-Young*Man(?)..-N’..(-86*Degree/*Weather!)-..&*89%Humidity(?)..-Seemed

*..?(The*Thing/-..To*Do?)..-Drippin’Cream-e*/-..&*Choco*late/..-On*Shirt(?)..-&..*Whatever(?)

-But*..(Triggered*Off /..-The*Subconscious*Memory*Of/-..(That*Day/-*Carmichel?)-Got*A*Hol-

d? /-..Of*/-..Little*Girl-(..9*Years*Old?)?..-At-(Lincon*/-..Park*Zoo?)-..N’Oklahoma*City(?))-W*

-restlin’-/..*Wf’3000lbs.(?)-.. Of*(..-Off*White*/-?..*Hairy../-Cold*Predatory/-*Illusion?)-*Called-

*(Polar*Bear?)..-Ursus*Arctos(?)..-Out*For*Lunch..(For&/-Good*Bite!)?-Caught*Claws..(-N’*Her

*Lef-t*/..-*Deltoid/-?..&*Tore*Arm*Off/-..Pulling*/*Her(A-Gainst*..Steel*Bars!?)?-&*Man*Grabb

-in’..*Ahold*Of/-..(-Her*Body?)..-N’*Life’s..(-Tug*Of*War?)..-Me*Trying/-..To*Tell/-(..-My*Little-

Sis*ter?)..-at*Age*3(?)/..-Me*8(!?)..-There*(Was*/Nothing/-?/-..We*Could*Do!)?-(?)..My*Mental*A*

rms/-(?)-..(Held*Around*Her)(?)..-Holding*..(-Her*Back!)?-From*/-Polar*BEARS/-..*Cage(!?)?-*But-

This*(-Off*White/..*Color/(?)..-Stamped*N*Memory/-..Wf*Gushing*Blood..(&*-Red*As*Tender..(?)-

-*Loin(!)?..*On/-?..This*Tin*Foil*Wrapper/-?..-Yet*..The*/-..(-Off*White*Color/-Cools*One/-Like*N’

..A*Dream!(?)..-Uv*Horror)?..-Has*The(?)..(-Tender*/-..Tasty*/-..Same*Softness!)?-of*KR(?)-N’1973-

74(?)..-Of*(!?)..&*The/-*Luxury*Walls/-Uf’..(East*West/-...*White..*Hamptons?)..-Of-*Your(-Long*Is-

land!)?..-Me*Drinkin’(?)(-Beef*Eater’s/-..*Gin/-?..Wf’The..Etching**Named*/-..(Oce*Anna*Princess!))?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod

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"BIT*'/-'TER*/-..(!?)-..*LE*/-*MONS(!!!)"?

-White..*Blanched/-?*Sea..*Shells(!)?

-*Scattered/-?..N’*..Disarray(!)?

-Of*..-*Or(-Pretensive*..*Order!)?

-*Coils/-(?)-&*..(-Dark*/-*Shadows!)?..-To*Light(!)?

-/..*Gray(?)/-..*-Waves(!)?-..*Rolling-/..?

-*Rolling*/-?..*Ovur(!)?..-&*White*Capping*/-*(!)-?

-&*..(Mixing/*..*Foam!)?(?)

-Turned*..(-Blue*../-To../-Sea*/-..Word*Green(?))

-Your*Eyes..(-That..*Color?)

-That*Day/-?..”We*Went/-To..(-Sandy*Hook!)?”

-You*Hiding/-(?)-N’*Your..*Beize’d/-?..(*Birthday..*Suit?)

-Was..*Less/-..-Than*Nothing(!)?

-N’..(*Photo!)?-On*Your*..(-Table*Top!)?

-You*A-..(-Goddess*..Of*/-..&-N’*Pink!)?

-Say*After..(-Your*/-..*Shower!)?

-Red*Wine/-(?)..&*(-Candle*/-..*Light!)?

-Murm-muring*..*Softly..(?)-/To*&..(?)

-Thru*..*SEAWEED(!?)-ED/-..(-Red*Lips!)?

-*(Dark*Eyes?)-..(-SUN*BURN’T?)&*..

-..Half*Shut(?)

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