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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 written/-..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(!)?

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-Even..(While*?)..-Carrying..(*Lunch?)

-N’..(-Brown*Paper?)..-*Bag(?)..-It*Came-

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-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..*Hygiene?)-

-N’..*Michelangelo’s..(-Rotten*Foot?)-

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

-(*Think?)..-I’d..Rather*)(-Walk*On*Water?)?

-Like..*Jesus(?))

-Thn’(Yu*..Unloadin’*Idea?)?-”If*I..*Get-

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-Every..Yr.(N’*January?)-N*Yu*Repeat/-(This*

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

-(*Resolution!?)?)

-Tu*Become..(Uppity*Uppity/..R’*Sophisticated-

-ly/-..*Happy?)-What..(-Makes..*Yu*Think?)?

-Sound*Has..*Th’(-Upper*Hand?-Tu*(In/-*ti/-*llect)(?)

-It’s..(Like../-That*Time?)-Whn’..(-Th’*Jeep?)

-UpEnded(?)..-N’*Gas*Wuz*../-(-Spillin/-Outta*..

-..Gas*Tank?)?-N*(-I*Said..”(Don’t..*Move?)?

-N’Yu..*Sprang(?)-*Hysterial..(?)-No*Such..*Word(?)

-N’Tu-..*Action(?)-Crawling*..(-Over*Mye*Dead*Body?)-

-Tu*..(Save*Yur*Self?)-Leaving*Me/-(Totterin’../-at*Edge?)

-Uv’(-Road/-*Culvert?)-Blaming*Me/-For*Tryin’/-To*Kill*Yu?)

-N’(-Din’t*Talk..Tu*Me../-For..(Three*Days?)-N’(-Th’Soft*Snows?)?

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

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-Wf’..(-5*Teams/-*Deep?)-(Crushin’*N’*Protectin’)(?)-Each*Other’s-

-(Tight*Ends?)?

-N*Yu(-Din’t..*Listen?)?&*Said..”Well..(That’s..-*Football?)?

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

-Yu*Crammin’..(-FoodStuffs/-*Beyond*Love?)-Tryin*..(Tu*Kill*Me?)

-Makin’*Me..(Die/-*Twice(?)..-Uv’(-Over..*Loaded/-*Bowels?)?)

-N’(-Anal..*Retention?)?-Shoulda’*Known(?)..-Somewher’-Between(?)-

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

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-One*Way(!)

-Riding*/-..With*..(So*Many/..?-Fits*..&*Starts!)?

I*Could*Have/-(?)..*Driven(?)-..Any*Bus*Mad/-(?)

-Except*For/-(?)..-The*-..(Big*Trips!)?

It*Takes*A(?)..-(Steady*Hand!)?..-But*-Around/-?

-The(?)-(*Moon(?))-..I*Could(?)-Get*..*Nervous(!)?

-Thinking(?)-..Of*All*/..-(The*Condition*..*InHuman!)?

-(Crowds*Waiting/-..On*Earth(!)?)-Calling*Me(?)-

-Bye*My*First*Name(!)?

-Where*Woodpeckers(?)..-Round*Out/..-The(Stupid*Stump!)?

Trees*Fall/-(?)-Just*Half(The*Size/-(?)..Of*(Small*Complaints/-?)

-To*A..(-Lunar’s*Demeanor!)?..-(Insects*Stand/-Erect*&*Serious!)(?)

-To*Tell..(The*Time*/-..Of*Day?)-You*Have*To/..-Take*A/-..?

-(Tee*Sq?)-..Into*..(The*Forest!)?

Yet*Some*Say(?)-..“Perspective(?)-../-Tis*Lost(?)..-In*The*Apple/-(?)

-Of*../-(Mye*Eye!)?

Or*The*Core/-..Of*..(-Arthritic*Tunnels!)?

The(-*Billboards?/-..Seem*To*Me(?)-..(The*Answer!)?

As*Hollywood*Smokes/-(?)..-The*Cigarette(?)..-(In*General!)?

-*Castration*(!?)-..Tis*Not*..Mye*Concern(!)?

-But*..(?)-When*You*Walk/-..(?)..In*(One*Way../-*Streets!)?

-The*Only*Way/-..Tis*…(Non*Stop!)?

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-Over*Pop-(*U-*Lation..An*Estimate?)-

-&..(One*Thousand/-..Black*Bears?)?

-N’*Number/..-(Tu’*Be/-..*Reduced?)-

-Tu*(-Three..*Hundred?)?-(Bye*Vote)/..-This*Summer(?)

-N’..(New*Jersey/-It’s..(A*Shame?))-I*Got*Out-

-Uv’..(WildLife..*Conservation?)?

-Human*Beings/..-Demanding..*Retribution(?) copyright(C)

-Over(*Pop..U’)-Lating!(?)-The*Earth’S*Surface(!)?

-I*Say/..-Th’(-Human*Beings?)..-Should*Go(!?)?

-Every*Crevice..(-Poked*Out?)..Plundered*-

-Like*Those..(-40’Pits*/..-Dug..(N’*Sand?)

-Island*..(Uv’..*Mad-(I*)*Gascar(?)-Blue..*Sapphires(!?)

-Mostly..(Size*Uv’..*Matcheads?)?-As*Photo-

-Graphed(?)..-Bye*Life(?)..-*Magazine(?)

-March(-2000?)-*Issue(?)-”Corundum*Media!-

-*Hype(!?)”-But..(-Blue*Sapphires?)..-Hard..

-As(-..*Rocks!?)?-”Nature’s..(Gone..*Extreme?)?

-Yet..(-We..Are*Told?)-”Moderations..*Best!?”..

-&*N’-All*Things..(Th’..*Do’Do/..-Bird?)-(Didus*Ineptus?)

-*Still..*Exists(?)?-Still..*Lives(?)-Not*To*Mention..

-Mye..(-WildLife*Collecting..*Sabbaticals?)?-

-Whin*After..(-Ding*Bats?)-We*Caught..(Desmodontidae/-

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-On..(Th’*Loose!?))?-&*Sucked..(-Lily*White..*Necks!)?

-(2*Red*Marks?)?-(Batting..(Eyelashes..Like-*Aunt*Ophelia?)?)

-Or..(Boy’s..On*/-Pabst*..(Blue*?)..-*Ribbon?)-*Hallucinatng(?)

-Like(-*Bats..(That*Flew?))..-At*(-TwiLight?)?-Skyin’..(Ole*Conn-

-elly..*Family*Mansion?)-Near(-Bethany*..Putnam..*City?)?-

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-Off(-Color..*Phase?)-Black*Bears(!?)-(BLUE*SAPPHIRES..FOR-

-EYES?)-FOR..(-700*BEARS..*-ELIMINATED)?..-BYE*VOTE(?)-

-NEXT*SUMMER(!)?-BLUE*SAPPHIRES(!?)-FOR(-EACH*PAW/-CLAW?)

-SCRATCHED..(FRUM*GOD’S/-BEAR*HEAVEN!!)?-Shades..Uv’(1929?)-

-CRASH(!!)??-DOWJONES*UP(?)-($11,119.36)?-

-Th’*(BULLS/-..(ARE*RUNNIN/-..’*SCARED!!!!!)?)?

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

--Receiving..(Orange/-..*Card?)

..(Happy*Birth..*Day!)-..mye*..(Brown/-*Buttons?)?

-in..*October’s(?)..

-Like(-Soaping*Up?)-

-with(-Your*..Chamomile*/-..Glycerin*Gift?)..

-of..Writing*..(-*Spiritually?)-

-from*Your..(-Narcissistic../-*Nature?)

-on*Mirror..(?)-in..*Bath*Room(?)

..with(*Red..*LipStick?)?

..or(-Men(U?)..-Stru-ation/-..*Blood?)-

-of(-..The*Month?)..

-in..(-Blood*Red..*Celebration?)?

-Was..Like*..(-A*Suit/..-of*All/-..*Eyes?)

-or..(All*Seeing?)..-or..*Philanthropist*Tailor(?)

-Measuring..(Out*/-..*Reality?)

-you..(34yrs.old?)-&*I

-as..(58/-..years..*Old?)?

“HAPPY..*BIRTH-(?)../-..*DAY(?)..(*MYE?)-

-..(BROWN..(?)-*BUTTONS!!)?”

from:manuscript:

-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-Somewhere..Between..(3rd..Grade?)

-&*Highschool(?)-It*Began(??)-

To..(-Soak*In?)?

-That..(*Things?)-At*Face*Value??..

-Weren’t..(Necessarily*/-*Talked*About(?)-

/*In?-..

-*Con*cern(?)...(&-Aren’t..*Just?)-

-*Literally?/ -*Black..&*White(!?)

-Uncle*Ches..(?)-Said*..

-..(Looking*Up?)-

-From..His..(*NewsPaper?)?

-”Well..-He..(Never*Said?)/-..

-*That/-..(-I*Did?)?”

-But..(Big*Billy/-Er’../-William*English?)?

-In..Junior*High(?)-Reeling*..-(IT..*Out..?

-TO..*ALL*/-..16*INCHES?)

-(Startled*Me!!(?)-Me*?-*Half..*Asleep(?)

-In*Reality(??)..-Me*Thinking(??)-

-(Of..(MYE*ENGLISH..*HOMEWORK?))

-&(-Trying..(Not*To*Look?)..-Was*Startled(?)

-(IN*JOHN?)?-&*Said*../-”What..Can/-..You*Do..

-With..(-THAT*FIRE*HOSE?)?”

-HE*SAID..”(Tis*No*Use?)-?

-(Ca’nt..Get*It?..-*Up?)-/*SOMETIMES(??)?..

-&(-MOST*GIRLS..CAN’T?)..-TAKE*IT*IN(!)?..

-&*I..(-Get*No/-*Satisfaction?_?)..

-(Doesn’t..(Stay*Hard?))”

-Me*Thinking(???)

-of(-Mye*Father’s*Instruction?)?

-Pertaining..TO*WORK/-(-OR*ATTEMPT*TO”CRAFT)(!?)-

-&*PUT..*THE(-TOOLS..BACK..

-WHERE..(YOU*GOT*THEM?)../-Son(?))

-&..-WHEN*..(-YOU*TAKE..*SOMETHING..OUT*or-*APART?)-

-TO*REPAIR*IT..(IT*..-GOES..BACK/-..(EXACTLY..?)*(?)

-WHERE(*YOU..*FOUND*IT(?)..-(LEAVE*/-..(NO*PART..*OUT?)?)- -WHAT..(GOES*IN?)..-*MUST/-..

-(-(--CUM*E*OUT)?..-52years*Later-..-Especially..(WF’..*VIAGRA!?)?

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-The*Eart- h..*Bleeds(?)-*Near..(Newark’s*/-..*Broad?)-/..*Street(?)

-(*Train..*Station?)?..-&*Tha'-Tractored..

*Cats(?)-

*Battle*../-*Concrete*Slabs(?)..-Uv’*Human..-

*Re--morse(?)-N’(-Th’*Black*&/-*White?)-*

Snows*A*Struggle/-..For*Th’/-..(-*Earths*Suprem-

acy?)

-Uv’..We’Are(?)-..All*Bigots..&*Self*Righteous(?)-*Cats*Here/-..*Accounted*For/..&*Tha'-..*Present?

-”Men*Yellin’..To(-..The*Groan..Uv’*Machines?)”

-&*Progress*..Once*Again(?)..-Has*Arrived/-..(?)

-With*Out..(-Jesus’s*Consciousness?)(?)-”Holy*-

*Hanna(!)..-&*(-Praise..Th’*Lord/-..I*Wuldn’t-

-Go*There/-..Wf’*Out(*Him?)-On..Dis*(-Dark*/-

*Day?)-..AsDey*AreStandin’..N’*Station(?)..-Wf’-

(Stooped*Knees?)_..*Herion..(No*Doubt?)-Or*/-

*Some..(-*Dream/-’Bout/-*Come..(?)-To*M-e(?)-...On(-*Bended*Knee?)-&*I..Will*Forgive*Thee(!)?-As*No*One/-..*Sees*/-..(Th’Little*Man?)-

-(”Staggerin’..To*Work/-On*A*Dream!”)-(?)(-&* ..*I*Am/-..*Equal!-((&*It’s..A*Free*Democracy(?))..-*Equal*Rights(!)? ..That*I’-/*m..*After!)?-*Every*Man..(-Deserves..*A*Woe*man?)?-Thick*..(As*McDonalds*Ha-M*Burger!!)?-&*Twice..(As*Stupid?)?-..But..(-er*Pink*Lips?)-*Floored*Me(?)/-Juicy*/-(!?)-..As-..

-A*(-PorterHouse*Steak!)?-Where’s*My*E?..-Lea*&*Perrins..(-Worcester-shire/-..*Sauce?)?

-So*Much/-..*For..*That(!)?..-(Fat*Cat?)-?&..Yo*..Should*Talk(!?)?..-Well*..SomeOne*Has*

-*To?

-”Maybe..Nex’*March(?)-..Will*Come*N/-(Like*

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-Yet*..(Old*Glory?)-*Waves(!!)?..-From*Steeple/-To*Steeple/-..Like*Sum-(Mother*World!)?..&*”Make*America**Proud”(!?)---*Bye*World*/-..*Terroist(!)?..

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(Cold*Psyc..?

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-Which*Means/-..(Dis*Death's/-..Black*Turtle?)-Es’..-Goin’/-..*Home*/..-N’*Eat(?)..-

(-Jack*Rabbit*/-..*Barley)(?)

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-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-This..Has*Been/..-A*..(-Hell*Uv’*../-A*Year?)?-

-(Highbrow*../-*Sunk*..To*Lowbrow?)?

-&*One..(Never*Knows?)/-Which..(End*Is*Up?)

-Me*..(-Being*Accused/-..of..Sexual*/-..*Harrassment?)?

-Uv’*Coarse/..-History*..(-*Repeats/-*Itself?)

-I*Told..(-*Her?)-Look..(At*Titian/-(?)-&*..She*Said..

-Whose..(*Titian?)?-”If*You*Don’t(-*Know/..-What*Nude’s ..*Come-(?)

-Before*You(?)-Or*/-Been/-*Done?)..-Before*You..(?)-Your’e/-(Bound*/-?

*To*Re-peat/-*It*Again?)”-The*1st*Time/..-She*Was*Model/..-Frum*Lenin-..(?)

-grad?)?..-Full*Bodied*/..-Russian(?)-After*..*Assumption(?)-(Uv’/..-S*&*H)?

-Ate*(-Lunch*/..-With*Me)-N’*Hallway../-(N’..*

Summit?)?-&’..Then*(-One*Day..

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-nant?)

-&*Lived/-..Wf’*Husband/..-At(-..*Lake..*

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ed*/-..*Off*-..-Th’*Model’s*Podium(?)..-?&*Had..(A*Miscarriage?)?-Now*..(Th’*Latest?)-*

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-N’*Frum*..(Paris*France)(?)—Wf’*Initials..(CD)?

-After..(-3*Weeks?)..-Uv’*IM-*PLICIT/-

*INSTRUCTION(?)..-(At*Famous-ASL?)-N’..NYC(?)-&*Said..*I--(TOUCHED*HER!!)?-

-Well..Let’s*..Hope*So(!)?..-Readin’*Palms/-Tis*A

*Serious*..-*Issue(!?)-Then*/-..Th’..(-Con*..

-vers-ational*Twist?)?-..Yu*Get*Me(!)?..”I*AM..*CONFUSED(!)-I*Mean..(You*-*CONFUSE..*ME(?) ”?

..-I*Should/-(?)..-Have*Known/-..*Being*..An*(-Independent*..*Contractor?)..-That*Sum*Silly&/-..

(-Psycho-(?)-*logical*Snare/..-Wuz*..(Being*Set?)-Like*Imagery/-..(-Run*Rampant?)?

-Even..In*France/-..&*The*Impressionists/-..Or*/-*Cezzane/-..Wuz’-*..(Outta*..Es’*Head!!)?-

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-But*..(-Let’s*Git/-..*Real?)-Elizabeth*..”(Mye*Love?/-..Tis*A(-Two*Headed*Dove?)?

..-&-Not*A*Plastic*..*DNA-..(Testube?)..-Uv’(-Ethic*al(!)?/-..&*Moral*/-..*Concerns!)?-Es*pecially/-..*Pertaining*/-..To*ART!

..And*/-..(-You*Can..*Quote*Me?)”-*Corrine*Doll/-Yu*Are..A*Real*..-*Li-ve(?)-

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from:manuscript:

-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-Tuesday..-AfterNoon(?)

-Surprise*Me(?)-You*Did(?)

-&*Said?/-“*Please......

-Take*Us?”/-(“To*Show*Me”?)

-“Where”..’’Your*Mom?”

-Usta..

(“Take*You”?)-(“With-Your*Brother?)”

-&”(*Collect..The*Goods?)?”

‘’1st*Thing..in*/-Ole*Morning(?)

-At(-*Bottom..Of*Swimming*-

-*Pool?)

-Before(*EveryBody..

*Got-

-*Up’’?)-

Like*’’Before*The(-Life*Guards?)-

-(Showed*Up/-..-To*Clean?)

-The*Pool”(?).

-&*Below..The*..(-Autumn*Trees?)?

..(No*Longer/-..There?)

..even*N’*Memory(!)?

-Next..In*Line/was-(-The*Pumpkin*/-Stand?)..

-&..(-Dead*End/-..*Road?)?

-&..(Country*..*Restaurant?)?

-With..(-No*Name?)?

-&..”Little*Johnny..&*Lorraine(?)-

Were..Taken-(To*Meet..Their*Dad”?)?

N’*Memory(!)?

..Just-(“*Before..(The*Divorce”?)?)

-Your*Mother..(Insisted*On?)..-Be*cause..

-of..(The*PentHouse(?)..-*Girls*?.........

-Your(.......-Father*Liked!?)-?

-&*Me..(*Twenty-Five?-*Years?)-Your-

-Senior(?)-&*Kelly*/-..Re*produced*/-..N’1994*Issue..

...of(-*PENT*HOUSE!)?..Receiving..(Orange*Card?)?-From*You(?)

..”(Happy*BirthDay!!..-Brown*Buttons!!?)”

from:manuscript:

-"DR.*TULIPS(!)-../***EXOR*-..CISMS(!)”?

-*Uranus..(N’*Mye*10th*House?)-*Means(?)

-*I*Shock(?)-Th’(-World..&/*It*Shocks*Me?)?-*Drop-

*ping..-tha'-..

-*Ketchup(?)-..Frum*His/-..(Gorton’s../-*Fish*Stick!)?

-N’..Between*/-..Th’*Keys(?)-Uv’His..*Brother(?)-..*C*

o--*rrec..tronic*50?)?..-Means*/-I*.. -(I*Should*Have/-..*Gone-)..

-Tu’*Down*sville..(-UpState*New*York?)..-As(-April*15th)

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-Now*..(?)-*Only*Caught?)/..-N’(-*Photo*/-..Fish*Shoots?)?..-Wf’..

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?-From*What/-*Street/-(-Or*Gutter?)-Do*I*Count/-The*Ways(?)........-/*OKLAHOMA(!)??

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-When..(You*Gave?)..-(*Me?)-

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-To*Install(?)..in(-*Mye..*New*York?)

-(Junk..*Boxes?)-

-I*Included?..(-Your*Ballet..*Blue..*Slippers!)?

-..On(-*Points?)

-I*Had(-*Obtained?)..?-From..

-*Ciccilina(?)..-On*View..(-One*Night?)?- copyright(C)

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-(*Admire-ing-ly)..(?)-On..(Roman..*T.V.)?

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(To*Conjecture?)-Or..-(American(?) -

-*Academy..Of*Rome?)?-Intro--Jection(?)

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--In..(Mye*Attempt?)..-To*(Learn*Italian?)-

..&-Put*Me/..-In*Near(?)-..(Well..Let’s*Say..

*Exile!)?

-Over..(An*Issue?..-Between..(-Fellow*Student?)?)

-&*Myself(?)..-Of..(-Higher..*Learning?)?-

-Like*Being..(-America’s..*Most*Wanted?)?

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Dedication:To..(-Lonley*Walks/-..*Along-.(Gianicolo*..*Passegiata?))

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-..(-It*Does!?)..&-N’(-Perspectives*/..-At*Random?)..-To*Obtain(?)-

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(Than*I?))--She*Proclaimin’/-..(Tu*Be/-..Black*Sheep?)..-Uv’*..(Ortho-Dox)..

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-Tu*..(Seductive*/-(?)*Reality?)?..-ReMindin’*Me..(Grass*/-Wuz’/-N’ver..*Greener?)?

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(-57thSt.?)..-&*Oh-Yes(?)-..

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..-Heart*Beat(?))..-MYE*HEART?/-Tis..(?)-Flat*Linin’..

As/-N’*(Now?)..-Wf’-(..No*Feeling/-..Or-?..

-I*Will*Return/..-Like*Death/..-*Goes..For*/(-Art’s-*..

(?)/-*Juggler?)..-MYE*/-

..LIL’..*SMOLLAH(!?)”

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-Of*the..(*Unconscious(?))-Ill*Fated/-..*Wind(?)

-In..(-Equatorial/-..*Lull?)?

-..A*(-Crawling..*Intuitive?)..-Of..(*Uneasiness?)?

-(That*Borders/-..*On-..(-No*Face?))

-&..(-Speaks*In..*(No*Tongue?))-

-(Aloud..*or..*Softly?)?-&*Maybe..

-*Like..*God!(?)-&*Akin..

-To*Sound(!)?

-Then..*I*Heard..(Your*Voice?)..?-*Sug*gesting..?

-That*I..Should*..(-Pick*You*Up?)..

-From*Sidewalk..(-Pale*Jonquil?)?

-As..(Wind*..(-Blew*..(Mye*Umbrella?)-

..(-Downwind!?)?)))

-As*If..(-Bye*Nature?)-I*Had..(-Intended?

-On..Our/-*..Fatefull*Meeting!!(?))

-There*Was..(-Nothing*Known..(?)-

-Or..*Expected?)

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-To*Be..A*Noticeable/-?..*Disturbance?)?

-&*That..(-Other*Options??)

-Were*..(-Plausible..As*..(-In*..a-*Mystery?))

-Or..In..(-SomeSuch*..-Happen*Stance??)?

-Trans*fixed..(-Bye*Some/-..Guiding*Hand?)?

-Of..(*Unknown/-..***Measure?)??

-Perhaps..(-A*Map?)..-*Lined*..In/(-*White/-*Red/-..&*Blue?)

-But..*Faintly..Like*-Drawn*..Like*-(Forever*/-..?-..&*Final?)-

-For*This..*Event(?)-”I*Couldn’t..(-Help*/-..Mye*self)?-

-Like..N’-A*Self*Portrait(?)..-Unfinished*-..?

-*I..(*-Transferred*/-..To*You/-..&*into..(Mye-Right*/-..*Hand)?

-&..*Took..(You*/-Home!?)?

-Got*..A*(-*Glass??/-..To*Shelter(??)-)

-Your*Last*Days(?)..-&...*S P R E A D(?)?-

-**E A G L E D..(!!_?)..-Your..*Petals(!?)-..

-&..*(-Unattended/-..(?)..(-You..*Floated?)-

-to..(-*Death!!!!!!!)?

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