PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S WEBOOK.COM BLOGS: BOOK; 20 "BLUE*BEARDS/-(!)..(*-WILL!)"? (C) PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD, POET. (C) Invite Friends Share: Book ..-"POETRY**WRITTEN/-..WHEN THE-..(MUSE*/-..*SPEAKS!)"? (C) About me:..."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?..to *Communicate/-With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*Human*Understanding!(?)..-or a Concern*/-..Of*Traditional*Boundaries!-../-of The Majority/-?..-Forced*Upon*One!..-Bye*the- (Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?) (They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!) (C) Published On Line: WEBOOK.COM

BOOK: 20

"BLUE*BEARDS/-(!)..(*-WILL!)"? (C) PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD, POET.

-When*I../-(?)..-(Got*Wind?)..(?)/-Of..

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..&-..&-..*-THEY*FLOCKED/-?..-LIKE*AS..(-*VERBAL*WULD*B's!)*/-?..-*UNTO*/-..(THE*SEA!)?..

-FLYING*N'*NUMBER../-?..-AS*VAST*HORDES(!)?-..&*UN*ABLE*-

TO*CONTROL*/-..*THEM*SELVES/-?..AS*IF/-?..*IN*/..?-*OR/-? ..-BYE*/-..*SWIM*MING*(!)?..(N'/-..THA'*WURD!)?..-&**BYE*..*SOME/-*..UNKNOWN*/-STRANGE*/-..*WAY(!?)..-*WER'*/-*LEFT*..-(SPEECH*LESS!)?-..&*UN*ACCOUNTABLE*/-..&*N'*DILEMMA/-(?)..-&*WERE*/-..*DOOMED/-*?..TO*BE/-..*UNDER*/-?..*HIS-*PIERCING*/-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..(!?)&*..-&*DARK*/-(!?)-..*(LASCIVIOUS**GAZE!)?..AS*IF/-?..-&*BYE*LOVE'S*/-?..*MIRACLES*-?..&*GRACIES/-?*,,WER'-?..-*REDUCED*/-(?)-*TO*/-?..*FEMME*/-?..*FA*TALE/-'s../-(!?)-..*OR-..&*-..*AS/-,,N'-../-*FOR*EVER/-?,,,,,,,amp;-*THEN*BE*WITCHED*/-..AS*/-N'..-$*SIGNS(!)?
No part of this book may be reproduced bye-hand-
or any*mechanical-means,
without/-the-written consent-of the author.

FIRST EDITION

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:

OOriginal*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/)-..&*Per-
sonalities/-..*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* Lib*-erties! ...-As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*
America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-

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

Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..
With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?

=N'(..Tha'*Spirit/-..Uv'-(Robert*Henri~'S)?-.."The*Art*Spirit!"/-..*Published*N'/-..2009(!)?

Author: PLS7

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=N'(..Tha'*Spirit/-..Uv'-(Robert*Henri~'S)?-.."The*Art*Spirit!"/-..*Published*N'/-..2009(!)?

author: philip lawrence sherrod

-&*Break*Away*Faction/-..Uv'-(Art*For/-../-Art's*Sake!)-?..&*From/-*The/..-Mother*Lode!(?)

..or-The*National*Academy(!) ?..-I*Remain*True/-..To*The*Truth(!)?..-And*Art (!)?-As*Student

*Teacher..-For*(The*Pe-ople/-=*The Belief/-..Uv'/-..Bye*The*Pe-ople ! )?-As*..(-Only*An*Artist-..

/-Can*Attempt..To*E-xPlain/-..THE*VI*CiSS*I*TUDES/-..Uv'*ART!)(?)-&*One's*/-..PERSONAL*/-..Con*tempt/-..

For*Any*Thing/-..Non*Art!)?..-Like*Re*Dund*ancy/-On*A*Stick!..But*When/-..? ..

"An*ART*Instituition/-..Becomes*Cor- rupt/-ED/-..*Bye.. IT'S-(?) ..(POWER*MONGERS! )-.. Bye*It's-..(Non*Art-*tistic*Principle-s!)-..Such*AS*TRAD*-ING/-..*MONEY../-FOR*HIRE! ?-..-?-THEN*..*TAMManY*HALL/-..HAS*DEFEATE-D/-??..THA'*BLUE*M-*..USE!(?)-…."?

..OH!/-..I*KNOW!/-..Wat*/-? ..What*You*Are*Sayin'(!)?-.."NUDEs*/-DO*/..-?-*EX-IST*/-..&*UNDRESS*..&*=

..*EXIT!"(? )-..But*Let's*Get/-TO*THE*BONE/-..Uv'(THE*/..-MATTER!)?..-To*Give/-25yrs./-..N'*FIDELITY!?-

..Out-ta*One's*L ife /-..As*Ransom!/-..Runs*Rampant/..-To*One's*Belief(?) (!)?..-AS*A*PERSON*...-ALITY(!)?..&*-Reign-s*Un*TRUE!(?)..-N'-"Wasted**..*PASSION*ON/-? ..THE*UN*TAL-ENTED!"..-BUT*ONLY/-*If..&*BYE*..(*?P*-RESENT *DAY*STAND*-ARDS !)-? ?..N'*ART/-..Which*Has*Never/-..Been*AT*It's/-*BEST /-or-..Been*A*POLITE/-

..&*CORRECTED*/-..? *SOCIETY(!)?..-(THEN*ART/-..(?)-? MUST*SUFFER!(?)_..-IT's*OWN*REPRE-SS*-ION!(?))..-&*

IT's*(!?)-..MORAL*PRINC*I*-PLES/..-Uv'*BEAUTY(!!)?..as*CON*TRARY/-..TO*TIME/-..&*(Little*Minded*/-..*Individuals!)?-

..Then*"Ethics*&*Esthetics/-(??)..Have*Been*L ost..(-Tu*Johna's *-Whale!(?)..-..&*GOBBLED*UP/-? ..BYE*MATERIAL/-*GREED!"(?))

/-..-"That*TECH*NIQUE/-?-Becomes IT’s/..-Own*MONSTER!(?)..-BECOMES*IT'S*OWN/-..*MISTRESS!(?)-..as*-(?)

-an*ACADEMIC*TYRANNY/-?..(BYE*THE/-*CH-OSEN *FEW!")(?)..-"DENOUNCING*BOTH/..-(OR*The*BELIEF!)..-Tha’*TRUTH/-

..&*REASON(!)"?..-&*"THA-T/-..*PRESE -NT**DAY *-(Femine*ity**HEAR*SAY/-.."TOUCH*!(?)..-..*SUPPORTS*PASSION(!))?-AS*..a False*Touch!"

-Or-**"KNOWLEDGE*HAS*BEEN*/-..*SLAUGHTERED*..(BYE*/-..*ACCU*SATIONS!(???)..as-(FREEDOM*/-UV/-..?..*SPEEC-H/-?..-To*

..FREEDOM*UV'*..?)-..*ARTISTIC*LICENSE*/..-

..-To*

..FREEDOM*UV'*..?-..*THOUGHT*(!)?

..-OR*

..FREEDOM*UV'*..?)-..*BEING*(!)?

..-&*UN*PUNN-ISH*ABLE*/-..BYE*/-NON*ARTISTIC*-*LAW(?)..or*An*/-On*GOING/-..*STUDENT*TEACHER-*

*RELATION*SHIP!"(?)_or..(a-Malicious*/-Non*Talented/-..HATE*ORIENTED*Individual/-..Wf'(-FREUDIAN*/-..*PENIS*..

*ENVY!))(?-C- ..CART*Before/-..(ASL) ..*Horse*/-!(?)..&*Ther's*..(A*ROTTEN*POTATO!/-..N'*Every*Barrel/-?)..--UV'..(ASL)-*FACIST'S/-..*LAW*SUITES!?

&*IF*I/-(?)..CAME*BACK/-..*ON/-..(THE*PREMISES!)?

..HE*/-..IRA*GOLD*BERG/-..*DIRECTOR*UV'-..-

*ART*STUDENTS*LEAGUE(!)?..-WOULD*HAVE*ME(!?

) ..-*ARRESTED*..(BYE*NYC/-..*POLICE!)(?)

..-(Causing*MYE*FRIEND/-..ROSINA*FLORIO/-..TO*TURN*OVER?_>>N"*HER*GRAVE!)?

from Manuscript:"BLUE*BEARD'S/-..(*WILL!")?

-Out*Side*Uv’/-Computer*Problems(!?)-..Mye*(Phd.*/-..*Gifts/-..*Tues./-*Tid*bits/-..Seem*To/-..*Cons

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 -Out*Side*Uv’/-Computer*Problems(!?)-..Mye*(Phd.*/-..*Gifts/-..*Tues./-*Tid*bits/-..Seem*To/-..*Consist*Of)-? author: philipsherrod.com 

-Wonka*Runts!/-..Laffy*Taffy-(Pre*ferably/-*Banana!)?/-&’Apple*..(-Jolly*Rogers/-..Er’-*Rancher’s!)? &..Big*Blow/-?..Tutti*Frutti’s/-..Loped*Off/-?..Bye*Some..(-Chewy*-Lemon*Heads!)?-..&*Friends!)(?) -Helps*One/-..(Start*Tha’*Day!)?..-Ef’..(-Not*To*Say/-..Go*On/-?..Like*A-../-(Muffle*Head!)?..-Er’Sugg- er*Daddie!(?)..Sum*Does’nt/-..*Get*It(!)?-..&*Course*/-..Some*Never/-..*Do!(?)-..Any*Way/-..*Here*I*Y-  am(!)?..-Crunching*Away!(?)-..Sucking*Tha’/-..(Good*Life/-..Outta*Sweeties!)?..-&*Never*Been*To*..-?? -Pris*-on!(?)-..Riker’s*Island/-..Bred*N’Tu/-..*Man*Hattan!(?)-..Wf’/-..Some*Life..-(Left*Yet!)?-“Droppin’-.. Tha’*Drawers/-..Seems*To*Simple!”(?)..-“N’Fumblin’/-..Tha’*Goodies/-..To*Plausible!”(?)..-..To*Be*Accu- Sed/-..”But*Not*Proven/-..*Guilty!”(?)_S’..More*Like*It!”(?)..This*(-Social*/Political*Politics/-..Tis*Degra-  *d*ding/-?)..-(Mye*Personality/-..Into*Oblivion!))?..”To*Quote*/-..mARIA*tOBANO/-..Upstate*Lawyer/-*Albany?- /-..”You*White*Men/-..Yo*’ave*..(-No*Rights!)?-..&*I*Shuld*/-..KNo*Better/-..Bye*(Age74!”(?)..Me*Thinking*-? This*Bitch/-..Says*She*Gets/-..300 to 400 an*Hour(!)?-..To*(Verb*baly*Malign/-..Senior*Citizen!(?)..-Whin*I- Only*Asked/-For*(-EEOC/-..Equal*Rights/..-N’BkPay*/-..*Immun*ity!)?..-From*..-*FRIK*KED*OUT/-..*CHICK!??  M.MOUNTS!(?)_..WHAT*/-..*DIS*TIME!(?)-..Like*Catherine/-..Uv’*Russia(!)?-..Split*Tu*-*Hip/-..N'-(Side**Saddle!)? M.Mounts/-..(Movie*Star/-..GoingN’.r{}-..Fox*Trot!(?)-..-M.MOUNTS/-..Not*Cinchin*Up/-..Her*/..-Big*Mouth!(?) -M.MOUNTS/-..Culd*Use/-?..(-Hack*More/-..Student*/-..*Censor*/-*..Ship!-*Bridle(!)?..-Whatta*Bitch/-..*Feminist/-..Lying*Th*- -Rough*Her*/-(Bite*Me!)?-..*Touch*Teeth!)?-..Playing*Secretary/-..That’s*Gonna*Get/-..*Hers!(?)-..Made*/-Uh*List/-..Uv*L*-  It*ter!(?)-..To*(ASL/-..*Board*Uv’/-..*Control!)(?)-..Saying*”I*TOUCH*ED/-..*HER!”..(?)..-Whin*I*Wuz/-..Only*B'N- (GOOD*Samaritine/-..To*Prevent/-?..Her*From*Stumbling/-?..Into*Me)-?-&*(Japanese*Girl/-..Trying*To*Dra- w*Head)-..For*3Hrs.-N’..-(Delicate*Detail!)?..From*Her*Bolting*Back!(?)..-&*-Fumb*ling*N'/..-..*Her*GOLD*/-???? *HIGH-*HEELS!(?)..BECAUSE?>(AFTERALL?>..SHE*WUZ?_>>GOING*TO*OPERA?) _>>N”_(HER*RED*.. *DRESS!)?-..&*..(Mye*Finger*Caught!(?))-..n'*Her*/-..Apron*Sash!(??)..  -"While*TRYING*TO/-..(LIVE*UP/-?..TO*HER*SEXUAL/-..PRED*-ATOR*/-..*Harrasse*/-..ment**NAME!”)(?)

..-UV'/-..(-HER*WHOLE*LIFE/-..-*LIKE..(!?)- WHO*EVER*HEARD/-..UV'-..*MICHELLE*MOUNTS!)

-..&-*Wat!(???????)*

“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!”(?)

Revise

-Being(-Defaced(!)?-*Defamed(!)?-&*Voted/-Most*Likely-Or(-*Unlikely?)..To*Succeed!)?

 author: philipsherrod.com

 -Stripped*..Uv’*Lucidity/-..&*Uncommon*Ariostcracy!)?-..Made*(-Common*Place!)?..-Bye-/-Design(?) -That*All..*Things/-(..Become*Equal/-..Bye*Time!)?-&*Mye*..Last-(Master*..-/-Piece(?))-..”Heidi..N’- (-Her*Blue/-..*Red*../-..Psyche*delic*Dress!)-Stops*..*Traffic(!)-..Tis*(-From..*Virgina!)?”-2002-&*Never..Shown/-? -(?)-Above*..(-Th’*Mason*/-..Dixon*Line!)?-Has*Been*Leveled!}*..-bye*Some..(-Bubble*Headed?*Convert)/-..  -That*Destruction/..-Reigns*Supreme(!)-N’..(-New*YOrk/-..Like*It*Or..*Not!)?-

-As*Around..(Th’*World(?) -*Violence*/-Tis..(Th’*Master)/..-Uv’*Per-Manent*..*Spiritual*/-..Break*down(!)?-..”God*Help*Us(!)?-To*See.. *Th’*Light(!)..*Hosanna(!)?..-To*Th’*Highest(!)”?-*Heard*that*One..(-Somewhere*/-..Before*!)?-But*(-

-I*Have*/.. -Been*ViolatEd(!)?/-..Rendered**Vulnerable(!)?-Am*Made/-..*Uncomfortable(!)?..-Bye*The*Fact/-That*N’-..  -4*Places/-..(Heidi’s*Hair/-..*Eyelids(?)-2*Beautiful*Bosoms(?)..-&*Lap*Dog*Dance/-..*Tip/-..Uv’(-Blue*-.. Red*..&*Off*White/-*..N'*..-Yellow*Highlites!)?-Along*..(The*Thighs?)..-Are*Miss-

..-Ing(!!)?..-Not(-To*Ment-....? ion/(*Guilt!)?..-Uv’..Not*Being..(Able*To*Sleep/-..At*Nite!)-..May*be..-I*..(Might*Go*Mad/-(?)-..*Like*A*Dog(!)? -Er’*Wolverine?)..Somewhere*Say..*Canada(!) -(?)-N’..*Nonfading(-*Lights*/-..Like*/-..*Dangerous/-..*  ..-Aurora*Borealis!)?..-If*Not..(-To*Say?)-”(-Chew*Mye*Foot/-Off*..N’Times*Square!)../-While..(-David*Alenson- ..As-Mye*Witness- *Draws*..The*Whole*Thing!)?..-*Sub*consciously(!)?..

-(Into*/-..a-Funeral*Box!)?

W-hile*Eating..S*hop*Rite..(* Straw*Berri..R-E*/-..Ice*Cream!)?..-With*Plenty(-Uv’..*Cholesterol!)?..-But*To..(Top*It/-..(?)-All*Off!)?..-I’m*-Told..? ..(Bye*Pam*Koob!)?..-Exhibitions*/-..*Co*ordinator(!)?-While*Her*Drunk(!)?..-At*Instructor-s*Party(!)..?(ASL?)-&**Laying*..?  Her*Head/-..On*(-Mye*Shoulder/-?)-..”Frankly*Sherrod/-..I*N-O*?..-NothIng*/-....(About*Art!)”?..-Now..(-Her*Tell- ing*Me!)?-..'bout(-*Insurance*Co?)..-As*To*The..*D-Amage/-..To*Ptg(?)-..To*Receive..(-$25Thou?)-..-*Insurance/-*G-.. uar*Ranteed-..(Door*To*Door!?)-..*For..(-Being*An*Artist/-..For*-47..Years!)?..-1/2*Century(!)?..-&*I*Having..(-More..*R e*Cogniti-on!)?-..Than*-*Other*Instructors/..-At*League(!)?..-Or*At..(-Age*68?)-

-As’..Senior*..&*Respect(!)?-ed/..-Bye*Honors*..N ’*Ameri ca(!)?..-I*Ave..”*To..*Prove(?)..-*Burden (?)-Uv’*Proof”(?)-..That*Da’..-(Sherrod'S~)?-..*Sh-Adows/-

..-Are*Gone!)?  ..-From*Mye..(-Special*Technique!)..-Uv’Alla*Prima/-(?)--Bar*Relief(!)-..-*Intuitive/-*Imaginative/-..(-On*Da*Spot!) -…-"Street*Truckin’(!?)..&*-Gutter*Lovin-..-**Originality!)"?

“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)"

-Amblin’*Out/-..into*Tha’*Night(!)?-..over*Dressed/-..wf’-..(Sweat*Pants/-..from*Lorraine’s/-*Sweet.

Author: PLS7

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-Amblin’*Out/-..into*Tha’*Night(!)?-..over*Dressed/-..wf’-..(Sweat*Pants/-..from*Lorraine’s/-*Sweet..*Luv!)?

author: philip lawrence sherrod

-Soft*Black*Cotton/-..Saggin’*Forms!(?)-..&*Havin’/-..To*Pull*Them**Up/-..Above*Mye/-..*Cuffs!

-For*Societies*Sake/-..Having*Been*Released/-..Of*(Mye*Duties/-..Oct. 2nd/-..at-(ASL*Facist*Nazi*Suite!))

-‘09/-..Light*Rain/-..Settlin’*On/-..(Mye*Fresh*Scrubbed*Beard!)?-..Feelin’*Good/-..Uv’*Lost*Re-s..*

*Ponsibility/-?..After*25yrs./-..Uv’-(Playing*Robert*Henri/-..Uv’Yes*Maam/-!..”If*You*Got/-Tha’*Mon-

ey/-..I*Got/-..Tha’*Time(!))”?-..-Art*Tradition*Lost/-..To-(Sexual*Harrassement*Folly/-..Bye*Feminine*..?

*Gender!)(?)-*Accu*sations..Uv’-(What*Goes*Around/-..Evidently*Does!)?-..What*Ever/-..That**Means!???

(?)-..In*Justice*/-..(On*A/-..*Stick/-..Held*In*Front*Uv/-..The*Running*/-..Grey*Hound!(?)-Call*It/-..The*COR-

Rruption*CAR*rot!/-..Pre*verted/-..Bye*Envy!(?)-That*Truth/-..Has*No*Place/-..N’*Reality!)?-Much*Less?-?..

A*Rabbit**Personality/-..Tis*(Now*/-..N’USA/-?..An*Eight*Deadly/-..*Sin!”)-..N’*No*Freedom/-..Uv’*Speech/-?

..Tis-Possible!(?)-..Much*Less/-..A*Real*Opinion/-..Er’*Preference!(?)-..Uv’*Single-(Young*Man/-..Searching*

-For*Permanent*/-..*Mate!)(?)-From*Options/-..Maybe*(Brown*Eyes/-..To*Blue*Eyes!)?-&*Sum*What*Blond!..

She*Wrote*Down!/-..This*Time/-..Like*Bad*Student/-?Or*Secretary/-..Her*Evil/-..*Con*coctions!(?)-Taken*Litt-

Early/-..Like*Novel*Uv’/-..*Trash!/-..To*Be*Dumped/-..N’-Dump*Truck!/-..&*Squeezed*/-..N’To/-..*Oblivion!(?)

-Full*Uv’*(-Bad*Convictions!)?-..”That*Nothing-(?)*Quite*Positive/-..ly*/-Wuz*/-..To*Be-(Air*headed/-..&*Empty!)”

?-..&Thinking*She*Shuld-..(Speed*Read!/-..Like*old*Secretary/-Short*handed/-..*Compliments!)?-Ideas*Not*Al-

lowed/-..as*(-Sharp*Wit/-..Er’-N'Ex*Treme*Humor!)?-..Denoting*/-..On*Mye*Part(!?)-..EX*-Treme*Intellegence!(?)

&*According*To*Ira/-..Gold*Berg!(?)-..&*His*Accusations/-..As*Director/-*ASL!..Uv’(-Hate*..=Maligned*/-*Time!)?

“I*Am/-..Quote!/-..A*Racist/-..&*Racially*Predjudiced(!)”?-..Could*N’t/-Be*/-..(-Further/-..Frm*Tha*Truth!)?-As*I..

Have*Always/-..Stood*Up/-..For*The*Little*Guy/-Gal(!)-..Which*At*This*Point/-..Evidently*/-..(Tis*forever/-..*WoE*-man!)?

Him*Ass*uming/-..To*Be-..(Pontius*Pilot/-.. Turning*Me*Over/-..To*Romans!/..-(BOARD Uv'*CONTROL*-*LAWYER!)?

..Er’-(Judas*..’s/-*Kiss..Er’*Shylock)-?..

(-Merchant*Uv’*Venice/-..Uv’*Shakespeare!)?-“Founding*Father/-..Wf’/-Street*

*Painter's!!/..-“DUNKIN'*/..-N'Two*Points(!)?..-as*ASH-**Can*/-..*Resolvement!(?)

from Manuscript:

"Blue*Beard's/-..*Will(!)“(?)

-Li*sense*Plate-(JSD-26R)?-..One*Week(-Telling*Me?)-You*Do(?)..-Next*Week/..Sayin’*-You*Don’t(!)?...

Author: PLS7

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-Li*sense*Plate-(JSD-26R)?-..One*Week(-Telling*Me?)-You*Do(?)..-Next*Week/..Sayin’*-You*Don’t(!)?.... Author: philip lawrence sherrod   -Like*(-Morristown*/-..Real*Estate*Mama!)?-That*You*Are/-?..-Money*Mad/..-&*Wf’*Greed(!)?-&*In(-Your* Saturn/-*White..-Station(SUV)Wagon?)-&*Who’s(-Conning*Who?)..-Even?-/(Billy*Conn?)-Who*F....-Ought/-(?) -Joe*Louis/..-The(-Silent/..-Brown*Bomber!)?-&*Almost*Won/..-(As*Great*White/..-*Hope?)....N’1943’s-Paper* *Predjudiced*Dictum(!?)-Put*Up(..-A*Bloody*Fight/..-Wf’(Glass*Jaw!)?..-Before*Gettin’....(His*Bell*Rung(!))?-&*Lou-  is/-..*Fought-Also(-Max*Schmelling/-Wf’(Broken*Jaw!)?..-&*Now(You*..Are*T....ry-ing/-Your*(1st*House*Saturn!)?- -Knock*Out*Punch/-..On(*Me?)?..-But*Remember/-Mye*(Moon*Sign?)....Tis..(4degrees*Taurus?)..-&*Your(Moon*Sign?) _Tis..(4degrees*Libra?)-&Mye*Sun/-(*18degrees*Libra(?)....Your*Sun/-(17degrees*Taurus?)-So*We*Represent(-Physical* /-Spiritual**Venus/-*Love!)?..-Star*Crossed(?)....<-*Lover’s(?))-Uv’*Shakespeare’s(?)..-

-Hamlet*&*Juliuette/-..(Crossing*Swords?)  -..Instead*Uv’..Graceful*..? (*Genes!)?-Youv’e*..Thrown-Away-*Love/-..For*Money*!)?-Endin’*Up(-&*Old*Spinmeiste!)? -N’*Chatham....-Next*To?-So*&*So/-*Drugstore(!)?-Getting*Me/-..Russell*Stover’s(-Assorted*Chocolates?)..-Expiration*D- ate/-April‘03(!)?-&*Leaving*Them/-N’Sharon*Currey’s(*Office/-..N’(Mye*Book*Bag!)?)..-Me*Trying*To-....-Sell*Off(-Old*Copy’s..? /-Uv’(“30Mentaltalia!”/-“Black Truck!”/-“69*Images/-below/-The*Belt!”/-“Mr. Wig-....ley-Cums!”/-&-“Sex-I-Con!”)???-Published  ..1980-‘85..(Bye*Omerta*Press!)?-Now*Defunct/-Leaving*Me?....While*N’*Rome/..-Receiving*Mye..(-Prixe-de*Roma/-For*Painting(!?) /..’85/’86(!)?-&*Being*Dismissed/-On*-....Grounds(?)-Uv’Having*Served/-Tha’*Community(?)-*Obscenely/-For(-26yrs./-Uv’*Education!)? -Mis*Under....<-Stood(!)?-*Miscomphrehended(!)?-*MisQouted(!)?..-&*MisRepresented(!)?-Have*Entered(?)-The*Vertial-......*Vortex(!?)?..- Uv’(-So.*Orange’s/-..Bermuda*..*Triangle/-..Where*Nothing*Works(!?)?-But*-(Mye*Jew-ish*-Harem(!?))?..-&(The*-Pink*Light/-

..-From*Paris!)? ..-Falling*(-On*Walls!?)?-Uv’Emporer’s*Failings(!?)-UnBeKown’st..To(-Visual*Hallucinations!)?-Uv’(*Grandeur(!)-

..Run*Over-(Bye*Time?) ..

-&*Hit/-..&*Run!))?....   

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-Don’t*Want..To*Bust/-..*AnyOne’s*Bubble!(?)-

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-Don’t*Want..To*Bust/-..*AnyOne’s*Bubble!(?)- Author: philip lawrence sherrod 
 But..Feb.6th-..2003/..-(Th’*Snow*Fell?)?-Straight*Down(?) -Outta*Da’..(*Sky?)..-Just*Like..(It*Was-..*Supposed*To?) While..(-I*Was*Sitting/-..N’(*Mye/-..-Post*Office/..-*Jeep?)? -*Thinking/-..Of(-Mye*Brother/-..*Steve’s/-Phone*Call..*Com- ment!)?..-Last*Night/..-(Talking*About?)-..How*Dad(?)-..Was*Fading!!)?  -At*89(?)-..It*All*Seemed..(So*Right?)-..Being-1/30th..*Cherokee(?) That..Tha’..(-White*Stuff?)-..Mother*Nature’s..(DNA?)-..Should*Reclaim(?) -An*Indian*Spirit(?)-..As*cending*..To*God’s/-*Heaven(!)?-Wf’..(You*Can’t*Take/-..*It- Wf’..(*You?)?)..-But*..*Then/-..Th’*Winds/-*Switched/-..(At*A../-45*Degree*..-*Angle(!)? -..n'{}*Mor’..*Fiercely(?)-&..”Maybe/-..(Th’*God’s..Are*Angry”?)  A..(Natural*Trama?)?..-For*Bending*Over"(?)-..Jesse*-..(At*Best?)-Taking*On.. -2*Aries(?)-..To*..(Get*Him*Through?)-A*..(*LifeTime?)-..Or*A*Scorpio/..*Crawlin’-.. *Under..(-A*Rock!)?..-Er’..*Hiding(-Behind*..2*Skirts?)-..Of*Curtsey*/-Woe*(-..*Man?)? -Crackin*-’”Won’t*Pick..(Any*Pecans/..-N’*July?)-..N’*Oklahoma(?)..-Or..*Elswhere’s”(?) &*Little*Bro*Steve’s/-..(Fidgety*Concern?)-Dat*”Please..(Don’t/-..*Say*Anything”?)-

..-”Outta*/-  -*Context”/-?*..Like-“Dad*..Keep*A..*Stiff(-Upper*Lip!?..-&*Don’t*-Wet*..Yur*Diaper?)”-A*Kind*- Uv’..(-Moon*Child?)?..-Baby*..Uv’(-Da’*Family?)-A*(PHD!?)?..-Always*/-..&*Ever..Caught*Up/-N’..*Ok- -*lahoma*/-..Soph*-o*moric*/-..*Jokes(?)-..If*Not..(To*Say/-..*Tragic!?)?-”Environmental*..*Con*ditioning”(?) -&*-..*Con*servation-*Con*versation(?)-But..(*Reduced(?)-To..A*(-*WheelChair?))?..-Means*..*Dad..*Bought-?? -(-All*Tha’-..(Media*Hype?)..-Reminds*Me/-(?)Uv'..(Red/..Black/-..White?)-Ptg..(-I*DID!(?)

Uv'..Tha'..-

”Bubble*Gum*Girls”)?  

“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)”

-Mie*Ling-..(Wife*Uv’*Banker?/-*Aggressive../-*Ambitious?)-&*Bound*To..(Go*Somewhere?)-

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-Mie*Ling-..(Wife*Uv’*Banker?/-*Aggressive../-*Ambitious?)-&*Bound*To..(Go*Somewhere?)- Author: philip lawrence sherrod   ....If*Not..( Straight*Back-To*Bank!)?..-You-(Can*Bank/(?)-On*Her*Water*Falls?)-&*Savage*Ren** -dition!-N’’s/-(?)..Uv’-Eternal*Angyst(?))..&*-Trying*To-(Do*Head?)..-Uv’*a-Woman*Known..*For- (Singing*L--A’..-TRA *-VIA*/...-Atta-?)-N’(*Shower?)?..-If*You*Don’t-Wing*It?)..-/You*Can’t*Draw (*It!)?-..Multiple*-*Ways....Choice*(-Question? ..Yeh*(?)-Or*Neh(?)..-Oh*To*Sing?(-Th’*Naughty*Ballads?  -Uv’*Hogarth(?)..-)Of*Course?..-Tou*louse*Lautrec/..(?)-Could*(-DoNo*Harm?)?..)-&*His-(Women*Either?) -What’s*T-hat*..(-Got*To*Do?)..-With*Chiaroscuro?..-Turning*(-The*Values/..-Damn*It?)-Her*(Eye*Socket?) -Could*/-Be*Deeper(?)..-Well?-What?..(-A*Shade*Darker?)..-I*Know(?)..-Then*..(-Do*It!)?..-Put*A(..(?)-(!?)- *Paper*/-(?)..*Bag/-Over*It!)?..-Work*On-..(-Her*PreHensile/-..*Lip?)..N'-Draw*A-(-Black*Line?)-Around*It!   ....?/Like*This(?))..-Reminds*You?..-Uv’(-Rouault*Right?)..-A*(-Demure*/-No?)..-Well..(-I*Give*Up?/?.... -You*Should?)..-Maybe*/-Get*Th’(-CEO?)-?..-Banker*../-Out*Uv’.yr{}*Vault)..-To*(-Do*It?)..-He*D-oesn’t.. (-Have*Time?)..-Neither*(-Do*I?)?..-&*I*Will*Leave*You..(-With*It?))..-What?..-I*Take..(-Mye*-*Parting?)..- Take*-(Mye*Leave?)..*Yeah!-(*Adieu!)?..-Think*..(*Form)N’-..(*Tones?)-Think*Tonally?....>-Whatta*..(-Dumb  *Broad?)?..-&*Sinatra-../Wuz*(*Right!?)?..-Aggression*&*Ambition(!!)?..-Woe*we?..-But*(-I*/-Don’t*Know?).. -How*..(-To*Draw/A*Neck!?)..-Neither*(-Do*I?)..-Neither*Does-..(AnyOne?)....-Not*Even..?-(Santa*Claus?).. -Er’(-EECummings?)..-Most*Certainly*Not/..?-Saint*Nick?)-Er*..Ex*-....-Mayor*..*Guiliani(?)..?-Necks*..(-???- Have*Been*Drawn/?..-Tight*Loose?)..-Big*Small(?)..-Flacid*Mus-....cular?..-(Taut*Tense)-?-*Relaxed(?)..-  &*You*Can’t-(Do*It?/..-Th’(First*Time?)..-No*Matter*What(?)..-Get *A(Grip?/..?-On(*YourSelf?))..-It’s(Not*The(?)- ..(-End*Uv’(-The*World?)?))..-Maybe*..(-Your*Husband/?..-Should*..(-ByeYu*Sum/-*Charcoal?)..-ToHelpy*You!(?) ..-Your*Biased!..-No*(-I*Prefer*-(***Bigoted?))..-....If*(You*Please?)-I*..(Quit.The*Class?)..?-Before*(-You*Go?)..

-Let*Me(?)(-Borrow/Yur*/-..ATM?)-*Card(!)?.... ..-*Darling(!)>    

“Blue*Beard’s/-...*Will!(?)”

-Oh*mye*God(!)?..-Helen*Liebhauber(!)?..-You*Callin..’(?)(-Every*Day/..-Uv’*Week!)?

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-Oh*mye*God(!)?..-Helen*Liebhauber(!)?..-You*Callin..’(?)(-Every*Day/..-Uv’*Week!)? Author: philip lawrence sherrod   -Babblin’*On/-..(?)-Like*Moses(!)?..-(Swallowed*Bye*(?))..-(The*..-*Verbal..-*Whale?)..-(From*Sum/(?)- ..Nut*House/-(?)-..N’..(-Putnam*County!)?-Re*pentin’..(?)..-For**Sinnin’(?)-&*Bending/-..*Mye*Ear(!)?..-Sayin’ (Your*Not*Agent/-(?..))..-Er’..(-Double*O/-..*Nothin’..-X*6!)?..-Pun*-ishing*..(-Mye*Answerin’..*Service!)?- ..Like*(?)..-(Triple*O*Seven!)?..-Makin’*Me?-Listenin’*To(?)..-Nothin’*(?)..Er'/-..*Contro*-versial(!)?-..But*You(?)-  ..&*(-The*Girls!?)..-Go*Out-?..*House/-(?)..(-To*..Smoke!)?-Your*..(-Three*/-*Cig*a*rettes/-Three*Times /-A*Day!)?..-*Litterin’..-*Up/-(?)..-Your*....(-Three*Lungs!)?-..*Leaves*Me(!?)..-&*(The*Rest/-(?)..-Uv’..- *Society(!?)..-?*&*..(-The*Naturale*World/-(?)-..N’*Dismay(!))?-..Yo*Dis*/..-*Don’t(?)..-(Get*It?)..-Nico*tine*.. -*Blues*/..-Fiend*Baby(!?)_..(&*..Poison*in’-(Yur’*self!)?-..N’To-..(*Psy*-chotic*Death!))?-Even*If..(-*Ger*-*man(!?)  ..-&*Born(?)-..N’(*Berlin!?)-..(World*War*II!)?-..Tis*Over*(?)..-As*..*Yesterday-(!?)_’S(-Full*Moon(!?)-..Yo* Maddenin’(!?)..-Tha’..(Blue*Cheese!)?-..&*Tit*/-..Ain’t(-Gorgon*/-.*Z-ola!?)?-..But*-Be*Mye*Guest(!)?-/..-*Royally(!!!)? -..Some*Replacement(!?)..-Fer*-(Eva*B!?)?Then*Sayin’..(?)..-I’ve*Been(?)..On*Phone(-for*3hrs.?)?-..That*(I’m..Going* To*be-71(?)..-Dis*Year-?)-..&*Yo(!?)-..(Born*n’/-‘46?)-..Will*Be/-60(!?))?-..That*yo-..(Met*Me!?)?-..Whin*I..*Was(!?)  -..&*Yo*Wer’..20(!?)?-..(-Crazier*Than*Loon!)?..-But*Cognizant*..(-As*Art*/-*Historian!)-How*..Goes*It/-..-Brown*Cow/- ..-Brown*Nose(?)..-(in’*..*It!)?-..Mye*(-Maple*Flavor/-..Now*-Cumes!?)-..Via*(-*Barbara*..-*Esq!?)-..(-Mexican*Yogurt!)?- ..&*Twice/-(?)-..As*Safe(!!)?..a-Virgo*-Bent*..On/-(?)..-Tor*tilla*s*&..(?)-(5*Mehe*Canos!)?..-You*Name(!?)..-The*Sex(!?) -..Layin’..(On*B-ack/-..*Lazily/-(?)..-Wf*Sleepy*Eyes!)?..-In*Orange/..-(Red*Top!)-..Wf*(-Her*/-..Little*/-..Black*Heels!?)? -*Pointed*  ..*Inward(!?)-..Leggs*Taller(?)..-Than*I(!?..)-&*Hairier(!?)-..Than*an/-*(?)-..*Oklahoma?..

-*Ta-/-..*Rantula/..-

(!!!!!!!)?  

“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)”

-Yu*Come?..-(To*Me?)..

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-Yu*Come?..-(To*Me?)..

author: philip lawrence sherrod

-Like*Symbol(?)..-Uv’(-Great*White-

-..*Father?)..-As*/..-(-Mexi*calli*-..*Baby?)?

-*Smiling*..(-Warm*Smiles?)..-&*Metaled(?)-

-*Butter*flies/-..(?)*Flyin’/-..-N’..(Your*/-..*Hair?)?

-*Asking*..(-What*(?)-..*Class/-..-Shuld*I..*Take)?-

-At(-ASL)?..-(*Again*/-..*An/..(?)-..*Aztec*Goddess)?

-er'..-Primal*Virgin(?)..-*Hung*Up/..-On*Being../-(???)-

..-*Sacrificed*(?)

-Or*Thrown/..(?)-*In/-to*..(?)Tha’..-(Bottom*-less..*Pit?)

-Uv’*Holofernes(?)..-&*Yur*Hair(?)..-*Kinky*As*Judith(?)-(?????)-*Writh*-ing*..

-*Twisting*..(As*Snakes??..-Or*a*/-..*Myth*ology*..-*Gone*Rancid(?)

-”Du*I..(Love*Her/-?..Lawdy/-*Law?)?..-Her*Mammy(?)

-Came*/-From..*Texas/-..(-Her*Paw)?..From*Arkansaw(?)

-But*(?)-Better*Still../-(Eagle*/..-*Devouring../-*Snake?)?

-(”Huitzilopochtli/-..Or*Mexictli/-..(?)..&-(Th’*/-..*Tempestous*God?)

-Tu’..(-Play*Wf’)?..-*Advised*..(-Bye*Tenoca/-..To*”Go*Forth?)?-

-Until/-(?)-..Yu’*See(?)..-*Valleys*/-*Mountains*/-&*Symbol*(?)..-Of*..

-*Modern*/-Mexican*Coin(?)..-&*Yu’*Leave..Nothing/(?)..-Tu’Long/-

-For(?)-a*..(-*Modern*..*Skinny*Minnie/-..*Gurgl*ing/-(?)..N’*Laughter?)

-Erupting*-..*Frum*-..(?)-..(Last*Nite’s/-..*Woe*-man?)-&*..-(*Eatin'-..*Jimmy’s*Cookies?)

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(-*Out*Of..-*Style?)?)

*Quote*..(-”Yur*One/-..*Smart*Cookie?”)..-As*Yu*Said(?)-”Yur*/-..*Don’t*Know/-..

(?)..(-How*Smart/-..(?)-..I*Am?)”?..-&*..-(What*Yu*Don’t/-..*Know?)..-Is*..(I*Paint-

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Tha’..-(Simple*Raw/-(?)-..*Crudity*?)..-&*Pleasure*?..Uv’(-Identifying(?)-..wf’*Tequilla(?))-

-&*Earth*/..-*Being..Uv’(-Mye*..*Nature?)-..Uv’(-Okla*-*Homa..(?)..-(Cave*..*/-*Man?)?

-Whin*Yu*Walked/-..*Into(?)..*(-Sum*mit’s(?)-..*Stupid-*Class)/..-Uv’..(-De*mented*Me(?)..-&..

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-Lil’Ole/(?)..-*Ladies?)-(??)..Like*Sumpin’s..(-Gotta*Give!)?..&*(-Went*/..N'-Over*Me?)..-Beyond*Rea-son(?)..-Er’*Season(?)-Uv’..(-Beautiful**Senorita?)?-&*..-*Trembling(??)?..&*-I*Rem-embered(?)..-?-?Zelda*Brooks..(-Mye*1st*/-..*Girl*friend?)-..Or*As*On..(-

N*Train?)-..*Last..(-Wednesday*Afternoon?) ..N'-(*Man*Hattan!)?..-Coming*Home/-..From*League(!)?-& (-What’s*Great/-..*About..Tha'*Subway?)..-One*Can..(-*Fall*N..*Love?)..-N’..(-Five*Minutes?)..-*Gissile(?-) ..-*Lima, *Peru(?)

&*-..(How**Du/-..Yu*Do!)?

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“Blue*Beard’s/-..(*Will!”)?

-Kelly*..(When(I?)-..*Knew*You?..-Wf*(Red*Lace/-..*Panties!?)..)N’(Black*/-..Garter*Belt?))-You*Wer’

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-Kelly*..(When-(I?)-..*Knew*You?..-Wf*

(-Red*Lace/-..*Panties!?)..-N’(-Black*/-..*

Garter*/-..*Belt?))

-You*Wer-’

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-*Livin’?)../-(Or*Existin’/..On*LudLow*St?)..-N*..(-That* */-..Tiny*Store?)..*Front?-..?-Wher’..(-YouTold*Me?)-?

..You*Begged..*(-Th’*LandLord?)?..-To(-?)) -Let*You..(-Suck/-*Him/-..*Off?)-*For-..(A*..-(Cheaper*Rent?)

)-(“Oh*Please/..-Let(-Me*/-..Give/You?)..a-Blow*Job(?)-..I*Can’t..(*Afford/-..To*Pay/-The*Rent?”)?)..-A*Femme/-..*Fatale/..&*You-..*Said(?)-..I*(-Should*Have*Seen?)/-..The*(-Look/-..On!(?)..

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When*-(I*Remember..(-Telling*(Mye*Mother?)-That/-.. (?)Tha'**Girls-.. /(-Aren’t*Like*Her?)-..*AnyMore(??))- You*..(A*New*Breed?)-?..-A*Delight*Full/-..*Mexican/-..*Irish(?)

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..(*-Will!)”(?)

-N’Frum*Arkansaw/-Arkansas(!?)-Ferris*(*Wheel*House?)-*Wendall*Horton(!)?-?

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-N’Frum*Arkansaw/-Arkansas(!?)-Ferris*(*Wheel*House?)-*Wendall*Norton(!)?-?

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-Breaking*Up(!)?..-After*..(-33*Years/..-Be*trothed*To-(Ozark*Sue!))?..-&Left*Her/..Wf’*2-* (-Lesbians/-..N’*Westchester/..-*Splitting*/..-*Pears(!)?-Canning*..-(Da’*Cans!)?..-Puttin’(Da* L-abia*/-..*Labels*-On!)?..-Spring*Cleaning(!)?-Oh*What/-..Tatooed*Tuschi’s(!)..-?-*Rings*On..F -ingers/-..*Rings*On*Toes(!?)..-Around*&*Around/-..&*Wher’s..(-They*Stopps/..-No*One/-?  No's(!?)-..-Bells*On*Fingers(!?)..-Bells*On*Toes(!?)..-&*Dyslexia*/-..*Knows(!)?..-“God*Help*Us(!)?”  -Has*Wandered..(N’Tu-Mye*Class!)?..-&*Seems/-..*To*Be..(-One*Angry*/-..*Dude!/..-Yet*G-entle*- *Man!)?..-*Wondering/-Was*..(It*/-..Mye*Fault!)?-&*(I*Said/-..*No!)?..-Him*..-(He*Hawin’!)..-Like* (-Country*Donkey!)?..-Braying*/-..*Tears/-(!?)-*Like..(-Pat*Bray/-..N’Bethany*/-..Okla*-*homa(!))?-  (Girl*/-..5Years/-Old*..(I*Had*Mye/-..*Eye*On!)?-When*(I*/-..Was*3!))?..-Always*Had/..-(Poor*E* -yesight/-?..-Wore*Glasses..Till*-..(-About*5 1/2/-..Till*Now!)?..-Anyway*Wendall/-..(Came*To *Me!?)-..*Askin’-*Advice(!?)..-Me*Telling*(Him*/-I*Know*Nothing!)?..-No*Consolation/-..*To (-Razor*B-ACK/-..*University*Pig!)?..-Now*Wants/-(To*Marry*Art!)?..&*-I*Told*Him/..-*She’s/-..(!?)-  (*Bad*Mistress!?)..-&*Hadn’t*Turned/-..(Any*Tricks/-For*&Me*../-&*I/-..*Still*Virgin!)..-Him*Laughing(!?).. -(Sadden*/-..&*Disillusion-ed!?)..-Me*Talkin’/-Him*/-..N’To*Takin’*Break(!?)-../-Going*To/-..*Super* *Market(!?)..&*-Getting’*Food/..-As*I-Was*Chillin’(!)?-Low*..(Blood*Sugar/..-I*Guess!)?..&*-Get- ting’..(-Greasy*/-..Breaded*/-..Pork*Chops!!)?-*Him*(Choosing*/-..*Imported*Cheese!)?..-From*..?? (I*Don’t/-Know/-..*Wher’!)?..-Sits*Down/-..&*We*Talk/-For*..(-3*Hours/-..About*..(-Da*Cluck-  *Clucks!))*..-Layin’(-Eggs*..-N’Chicken*House/..-Before*"Fox*..-(Got*N’/-..Channel 5!)?..&*To-..(-Da*../-? -Chicken*House*Now!!)?..-I*Tole*Him/..-It*Was(-..-*Full*Moon/-..*Stuff!)/?..&*-He*Agreed(!)?..?? &-We*/-..Swore*Off/..-Any*Need/-..?-(Uv’*Woman!)?-Cut*-(Our*Wrists/..-&*Held*Them-(..*?? To*gether!)?..-Just*Like/-..NYC*Aid's..&*- *Mississippi’s..(-Mark*Twain’s/..&*-Huck**Finn's/-..&*Tom**Sawyer's!!?)?

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“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)”

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It*Comes(!)?-To*(-Mye*Attention/-

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Author: philip lawrence sherrod

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-Mindy*Dis/-Mindy*Dat?-Mindy*Wf’(Halloween*Basket/-Full*Uv’/-O’..*Cookies?)-Wf’..*Sprinkles(!)?

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 -Mindy*Dis/-Mindy*Dat?-Mindy*Wf’(Halloween*Basket/-Full*Uv’/-O’..*Cookies?)-Wf’..*Sprinkles(!)? Author: philipsherrod.com   

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“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)”

-Pink*Pearl/-White*Cat/..-Genuine*French*Pipes!/-..&*Me*Smokin’/..-Flor*de*Havana/-..*Cuba(!)?

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-Pink*Pearl/-White*Cat/..-Genuine*French*Pipes!/-..&*Me*Smokin’/..-Flor*de*Havana/-..*Cuba(!)? Author: philipsherrod.com  -Villa*de*Cuba..Club*House(!)?-..La*Flore’..-Luis*Martinez(!)?-La*Blanca*/..-Havana*Cigars(!)? -El*Biscayne/..-Queen*Seal(!)?..-La*Flore’*de*Magnolia(!)?-..(Hand*Made/..-Bueno*Cigars!)?-Q- ueen*Seal/-?..-(Mild*Quality/-*Cigar!)?-..(La*Balca*/..-W.cc/-*Havana*Cigar!)?-..Superiores*Cali- Dad/-..(La*Fumes/-*de*Puerto*Rico!)?-Tropical*Pictures/-Sent*Me(!?)-As*Gift(?)-(&Shower*Curt-  Ain!)?..-From*-Trouble*Maker..(-South*Orange/-Jessica*Reiner!)?-Me*Soapin’*Up..(-N’Drunk*..-N'*De- Lerium*Tremens)?-Thinking*..(Uv’*Yu*Jessica!)?-(&*Your(!?)-Alien*Eyes!!)?..-Explainin’..(Poppy*Seed- ?-ed*Extinction)-..Near*..(-Afghanistan-?..-NewJersey*/- /-..*Transit!)?-Like*..(-Laser*Beam/-..*Express(!!))? -Like*Arab..(-*Filming/..-From*Train/..-City*&*Highway/-(?)..-Uv’(-Secaucus!)?..-Before*..Me*Callin’-?  Halt*(!!)?..-(To*Such*Ridicule!)?-&*Tellin’*(Skinny*/-..Italian*Conductor!)?..-Him*Havin’..(Tha’*Boys!)? -Call*Summit*Police(!)?..-&*Remove*Him/-..(From*Train!)?..-N’(2004!)?-..Them*Wanting*To*Know(!) ?..-Who*I*Was(!)?..-Me*Sayin’..(I*Take*Tha’5th!)?-..*Amendment(!)?..-Or*..(Look*Me*Up/..-On*Internet!) (?)-..Me*Walkin’*Off/-..To*Rehearsal*/..-(So*Orange/-Besty*Ross/-..Lester,Pa.(?))-..Lookin’*-*Indignant(!)  ?-Because*Somebody(!?)..-Had*Tuned..(-That*Piano/..-N’Dream*..Repertory*..*Theatre!)?..-With*Out..(Mye- ?)-*Consent(!?)?-..Making*Mye..(-Piano*Lesson/-..One*Of(!?)..-Ex*ceeding*/-..*Delight(!))?..-

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"BLUE*BEARD'S/-..*WILL!(?)"

-Barb*ara(!!)?..*Es*-quinca(!)?..-You*Arriving*/-..*Again(!)?..-(To*Disturb/-(?)..-Mye*Peace(!))?

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 -Barb*ara(!!)?..*Esquinca(!)?..-You*Arriving*/-..*Again(!)?..-(To*Disturb/-(?)..-Mye*Peace(!))? Author: philipsherrod.com 

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“BLUE*BEARD’S/-..*WILL!(?)"

-Barbara*Rosenbaum..(I*-Don’t*Know?)-Wat*Gives*You(?)-The*Right*Or*Edge(?)-Ovur*Your-Water..?

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-Barbara*Rosenbaum..(I*-Don’t*Know?)-Wat*Gives*You(?)-The*Right*Or*Edge(?)-Ovur*Your-Water..? Author: philipsherrod.com  *Competitors(!)?..-In*Da’Swim*Lane(!)?-But..(-Breast*Strokin’/-..I’m*Known*For(!))?..-Not*To*Mention(?)  -Australian*Crawl(!)?..-&*Dog*Paddlin’..(Oklahoma*Style!)?..-But..Dis*Food/..-Uv’(60lbs.?)..-Every(-*Tues/-.. -*day(?)..Uv’(-Mye*Life?)-..Taste*Like..Purina*(-Dog*Food!)?..-Not..(To*Mention?)-..Whole*Foods*Popular- ity(!?)-Vege*..Or*Better..Still-(Raw*Foods/-Eccentric*Intake!)?..-But..Dis*Habits/..-Gotta*Stop/..-*Mye*Chem-..  -is..*try(!?)_Tis*..Changing*Tha’/-*Course/-Uv’*Events(!)?..-&*I*Might*Live..To-(130!)?-As*Only..-..*God*Knows-? -What(?)..-Molecular*Chemical/?..-*Imbalance(?)-D.N.A.(?)-..Or*Substitute*ting(?)-*Clone*..(I*Could*/-..Become!))? -&..We*(?)-Don’t*Want..(-To*Upset/..-Da*Apple*Cart!)?..-Even*If..No*Apples/-..‘Ave*Fallen/-*From..*Gen- -Netic*(Tree..*Uv’*Life!)?..-Uv’(-Good*..&*Bad!)?..-Is’Like..(Being*..Kicked/-Out*../-Of*Eden*..*Again!(?))?   Somewher’*..Between*Tha’..(-Kord*Fan?).._&*Da’(-Computer*Glare?)-..(Something*..(Tisn’t*Right/..-N’..Mud*- *Ville(!?))..-Mye*Eyes/-..(Keep*Tearin’/?-..(*Like?)-Casey*Drone/?..-&*Dry*Eyes/-..On(..-Genius*SWIM/-..*T.V.?)  -Gotta*Another*Call/..-(Old*Fashion*Way!?)-Helen*Liebhauber/-Or..(Wus’t..Vivian*...O’Shaunessey!?)-Rave*-.. Ing*&*Ranting(?)..-About*What(?)-..Ther’?(-Gonna*Do*For*Me!)?..-We*’Ave/-..(Ended*UP/-*Fractured/-..(?)-  As*>*Society!)..(?)-Blown*(To*Bits!)?..-(Bye*Time*/-Erasing*Time!)?..-No*Iraq/..*Iran/-?..Or*(-No.*Korea*Needed!)? To..*Destabilize/..(?)-Our*Normal*/-..*Lives(!)?-But*..(Th’(White*House!)/..-Has*Become/-Tha’(Black*House!)? -&*(Mye*Beard/-..Tis*-(Snow*White!)?)-Still*Disturbs..(The*Corrupt/-..Like*Lincoln’s*Center's/-

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"BLUE*BEARD'S/-..*WILL!(?)"

-Faltering*N’..(-*Colombian*Rhythm!)?..-No*Stiff*Love/..-Er’*Dance*For’/..(-Daddie**Gringo!)?

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-Faltering*N’..(-*Colombian*Rhythm!)?..-No*Stiff*Love/..-Er’*Dance*For’/..(-Daddie**Gringo!)?

Author: philipsherrod.com

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Author: philipsherrod.com   

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-Jessica*&*Myself/-..(?)-Hiding*N’*Her*Black*Forest/-?..(-*Ham!)?-Among*Tha’*..Avacaddo’d*’S(!)) 

Author: philip lawrence sherrod   

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-Pop*pin’..(Blue*Plastic?)-..*Doors(!)?

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author: philip lawrence sherrod

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-Looking*Down/-At*Plastic*Container(?)-To*See*Word/-*Prezioso*Bakery/-Avenue*N-(?)-..*Brooklyn? 

Author: philip lawrence sherrod  - Tis*Something*Like/..”Outta*Body-*Experience”(?)..-Reminding*Me/-(?)..-Uv*Barbara*/-..*Prezioso*/-..*Student*- (At*Summit, NJ)(?)..-wf'*Her*Breast*Baubles/-N'Red*Converti-*ble/..-&*Railroad*Memory/-N*Desire(?)..-To*Es-.. *cape/-..*Bayonne's**Reality(!)?..-Call*It*/-What*You*Will(!)-?..-Her*Giving*Me/-..*Lift/-After*Class/-..Mye*Knee/-..*Torn../-? -From*S-oftball-(?)..-&*Deficient*/-..N’*Calcium(!)?..&-Her*Giving*Me..(Phone*No.?)-So*I*Could/-..*Paint-*Her(!)?   -Her*Wearing*Her..(-Hee*Haw/-..*Overhauls?)..-Wf’*Only..(-One*Strap/-..*Hitched!)?

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-*Red*Convertible(?)..-&*The*Sunset(?) -But*Maybe*/-..A*Bottle-?-Uv’..(-Red*Wine!)?-*Her*Giggling(!)?..-Putting*On/-..*More(-*Orange*Red/-..*Lipstick?)..-Mark*U-v*.. (The*Times!)?..-Not-(n'-New*York!)?-But*..(Small*Time*Girl!)..-Raring*To*Go(!)-Me*C-alling*/..-N*About..-(Two*Weeks!)?-  To*Be*Told..(Bye*Her/-*Boyfriend?)..-He*Said/-He’d*Kill*Her!(?)..-So*Much/..-Fer*That(!)?-But*That/-..*Being=(1999?)..-&*This*Being ..(2004?)-..Must*Be*So-me*/-..*Corre*lation*Here(!)..?-Like*David*A.-(Mye*Monitor?/..-n'-From*/-..San*Antoine(?)-/-..-On*Diabetes? )-Ain’t*No*W-ay(!)?..To*Go(!)?..-A*Reality(?)-But*N's{}*Days?-../-Uv'-Anything*G-oes!))?-Er’(Let*It*/-..All*H-ang*Out(!)?..-&*Shout/-(Grit*..- n*Shit!)?..-Like**-(..Ole*Connelly/-*Mansion?)?-N’Putnam*City,..*Oklahoma(!)?-Me*Playing*Wf*Nan?..(Mye*Sister?)..-N’*Sand-  -Pile(?)..-Wf’(Toy*Cars/..-*&*Trucks?)..*N’-Abstract*Droodles*(!)?..-Coughing*Up(?)-Cat*/-..Hair*Balls(!?)..-But(The*Word?).. -“Prezioso”..(I*Am*Told/-..Means*/-*Precious*/-N*Italian?)?..-Whi-ch*Means(?)?-I*Am*Thinking..(Uv’*Changing?)- ..(Mye*Nom’e!)?..-To*Big*/-Daddie*Lust(-?????!)?-&Starting*/-..A*Family(?)..-Uv’(-Pay*For*Hire/-..*Trust!(?)/..-

&*Protect- ..ion/-..*Fer/-the*/-

..*Omerti*Word(!))?l

"-*Sicilian(!)?"    

“Blue*Beard’s/-..*Will!(?)”

-(I*sit*Alone!)?-..Wf’(-Mye*Butterfield’s/-..Cherry*Buds!)?-....Off*White/-..Puzzlin’*Paper*Packet(!

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-(I*sit*Alone!)?-..Wf’(-Mye*Butterfield’s/-..Cherry*Buds!)?-....Off*White/-..Puzzlin’*Paper*Packet(!?) Author: philip lawrence sherrod  Among*The*Metropolitan*Objects/-(??)…-Placed*..(At*Random/-?...r{}*ILL*logically/-..*Speaking!)(?) -Supposedly*-(The*Taste/-..Of/-?..-Red*Cherries//-(?)-..In*A*Hard*Rock*Candy!)?-..Dis*Appearing*F* ?*-rom-?-(Candy*Jars/-(??)-..Since/-1924!?)-..After*Being/-..in*Tha’(-Trenches-r{}*Foot*Rot!)>&*The* Bohemian*War/-..Of/-..(Tha’*Verbal/-..Street*Has*Served/-..Me*Right!)?-..Sez*Yu/-??…-Mr.X(!)?But*In*  (Kinder*Times/-She*Was*So*Insistent/-..To*Get-(Her*Way!)?-..Beyond*Ambition/-&*Reality!)?I*Tried/-.. To*Warn*Her/-..Of*Life’s*/-..Artistic**Lessor*Frailities(!)?-..But*/-..To*B..(Wat*The*Final*Out*Come/-.. May*Turn*Out!)?-..to*Be!(?)-..Any*Way/?-..I*Am*Most*Repentant(!?)-&*Not*Being*..Catholic/-..Cannot*(!?) -..Resolve*/-..(Mye*Sins!)-..Bye*Simple*Confession(!)?-..So*I*Sit*Alone/-..Gu-Arding/-..(The*Moral*Fort!)?  -..&*Contemplating(?)-..All*Those*Red/-(?)..Tender*(Cherry*Buds/-..De*voured....N'*Fit*/-..Uv’*Rages/- *Passion(!))-..Then*The*Other*Day/-..Up*Walks/-Laura*Polka/-..N*..From*Ohio!?....A*Skinny**Minnie/- ..Ano*Rex*Ic*Chick!(?)-*Cosmo*Tologist(!)?-Says*..(She*Needs/-..To*Confy/-..-N’*Me/-?..&*Starts*Crying!)? -..-Her*Having*..(Set*The*Stage/-?..For*Using/-..(On*Her*Lashes/-..*La’tisse!))?-&*I*Tell....Her*/-..*Tis(Better  *To*Laugh/-..Than*Cry!)?-..She*Agrees/-..*After*Consoling*Kiss/-.."Whisper's-..(Mye*Nick*name's/-.."Potty*Mouth!") ????-&*Kisses*me/-..(On*Cheek!)?-&*Runs-?-*Up!....*&*N'**Steps!(?)-Uv..'AlternateSide*Parking*Bldg...Allowing*Me/- To*Think/-?..(I’m*Etruscan*Taitle!)?...-“Inventing*Images/-

..-*That*Move-
*About!”?....   

-The*/-..(-Banana*Curled!)?..(?)

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-The*/-..(-Banana*Curled!)?..(?)

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&*(-Twisted*Yellow!)?-..As*If/-(?)-..(-*Sus*pected/-(?)../-*To(?)../-*Poke!)?

-The*(!?)-..(-Birth*Day/-..*Card*!)?..-Drawn*N’/-..(Secular*Phrase!)?-..(?)-Of*..(?)

-Delicious*Thoughts(!)?-..Of*/..-*Me(!)?-..As*(-Mye*Head/(?)..-Looking*Frosted(!))

(?)-..Like*(-Wedding*Cake!!)?-..(-Miserable*N’../-*Delights!)?

..-Of*(-Brushes*Stuck!)?

-N’*As/-..(*Candles/-(?)-..To*Count(?)/..-(The*Time/-..-Of*Gone(!)?-..(-Like**Molten!)??-

-Hot*Wax(!!)?-..(-SunkN’..*Holes!)?-..Too*Busy/../-(?)-/..To*Count(!!)?..-Like*Einstein(!)?

-Wf*His/-(?)-..(Super*Aged/-(?)-..*Mathemathics(!!))?-..Like*This(?)..(-/Aged*..*Monster!)?

But*..-(The*Magic*Marker!)?-..Had*Marked*Free(!)?-/..From*Yellow(?)

../-To*Fellow(!?)?-

To*Back/(?)-..*Black(!)?-(N’*Script(!)?-)..Some*What/-..*Un*Readable(!!)?..-Love*-*Phlyllis(!)

-&*Anthony(!)?-..With*Some(!?)-..-*Italian(!?)-..*Versus/-(?)../-Russian*/-..*Hebrew(!?)?-..(??)?

-De*piction*(!?)?-..Of*Mixed*Marriage(!)?-..(-Inno*cent*N’/-(?)-..(*Gesture!!))-(?)-But*Lethal!

-N’..(-Death’s*Graspe!))?-..Like(-Two*Artists/-(?)-/..-*Pro*mulgating*/-(?))-

..(-The*Sex*Issue(!!))?

The*(-Fuzz*/-..(?)-..Uv’*Fame!)?-..Like*(-Two**Characters(!!)?_..Cop*ulating*N’/-..Th*Details!)?

-Two*Characters(!!)?-..With**Out/-(?)..-*Any*(?)..-(Verbal*Creative(?)-/(?)..-Fatal*Flaws!)?..-*Sexed*Or-

..*Other-Wise(!?)?-..Of*(Who*/-..Dun*nit!!)?-..&(*No*One!?)-..(-Knows*Better!?)-..*Than*/-..*Mental*Me(!!?)

-How*To*Paint(!?)..-N’The/-*..(-*Flailing*/-White*Wind(!?)-/Shock*ing*/-..N’*Gesture(!!?)..

-*Brains*/-..(BLOWN*OUT!)?

..&**Being/-..?
-Verbally***Edi*ble(!))?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-N’*Humidity(?)..-(Thick*As*Grapes!)?-

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-N’*Humidity(?)..-(Thick*As*Grapes!)?-

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N’*August/..-(?)-&*Un*(Beknownst*(?)..-To*Me(!))?

N’*Desperation/-..(One*Day!)?-..You*..*In*sisted(!?)?

We*(-*Strike*Out!)?-..-*Together(!!)?..-You*Driving(!)?

-N’Yur(?)-..(White*Honda!)?-..&*..(-Lickety*Split!)?

-*Down*(-Highway/-..No.9!)?-..For*(?)..-(Mye*1st/&-*Last*Visit?)

-To*Shore/-(?)-..(-*Up*/-..*Beach!)?-..*Beach*Of../-..Sandy*Hook!)?

-National*/-..*Reservation(!)?-..(Once-*Ole/-(?)-*Navy*..*Out*Post!)?

-I*Was*Tired(!)?..-Of*..(Your*Complaints(?)-..&*Us/-*Falter*ing(!?))

-In*(-Our*/-..Re*lation*ship!)?-..&*I(?)-..(*Tried(?)-..To*/-..*Humor**You!)(?)

&*..(-Your*Blond*Hair!)?-..-*Bye*Blowing*Off(!)..(Sum*-*Verbal*/-..*Steam!)?

But*Those/-(?)..-“Black*Mosquitoes(!!)?-..(-The*Size/-..*Of*Trucks!)?”

-*Attacked*Us(!)?-..&*Down*/-..(Asphalt*Roads!)?-..Con*necting*/-..*Civilizations(!)?

With*..(-*Hairy*Proboscis’s(!))?-/..(*Stuck*In/-..*Deep!)?-..&*Raised*/-..N'/-..*Venomed*Whelps(!)?

The(-Size*..Of*Marbles*!)(?)-..&*(*Itched*Like*Insanity!)?-Us*..*Scratching*Seriously(!)

-(Not*At*Random!)?..-But*Focused(!)?-..Not*Even-(In*Idaho?)-..(*Such*Boogers/-..Turn*ed**-Up)(!)?

-N’*Nature(!)?-..Be*fore*We(?)..-Found*The*Beach(!)?..(You*Had/-(?)..-Talked*About(!)?

We*Played(?)-..In*..(-Each*Others/-(?)..-*Arms(?)-..(-Like*/-..*Children(!))?

N’..(Four*Foot*Waves!)?..-/*Crashing*Down(?)..-

..-Upon*Us!)?

N’..(Lay*/-*Down/-..*Exhausted!)?-..&*I..(-*Wrapped/(?)..-(Mye*Legs!)?

-Around*You(!)?..as*You(?)-..*Sung*/-..To*Taunt*Me?-..?

(The*Horrible..*Ditties/-(?)-

..Of*..-(Rod*McKuen!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-(Just*Finished/-(?)-..-/*McCutcheons(!))?-..?

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-(Just*Finished/-(?)-..-/*McCutcheons(!))?-..?

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-Sweet*..-(Home*Made!)?-..*Orange*(?)-../(*Marm*alade!)?

-Produced*..(Wf’../-*No*Preservatives!)?..-Bye*Historic*-..(?)

-(Frederick’s(?)../-Of*Maryland!)?..-(Near*State/..-Of*..*Delaware!!)?

Where*(?)-..(Janet*Englemann?)-..(Mye*(?)-..74yr./-..*Old*Student!)?

-That*Draws*Life..(*Form*ally!)?-..From*A*/-

..(-Moraled**Position!?)?

-She*Says/-(?)-..In*..(-New*Jersey!)?-..Wf’(?)-..(Deft*/-..*Touch!)?

-For*Instance(!)?-..(A*Nite*Club*Singer!)?-..(?)-As*A..-(Go*/-Go*..*Dancer!)?

-Rend*ered*(?)-..N’(*Pastel!)?-..Wf’(?)-..-(*Puritan*Look!)?-..Uv’(-Who*/-..*Done*What!)?

-Or*I’ve(?)-..(Been*Around/-(?)..-The*Block(!)?..-More*Than/-..**Twice(!)?

-N’(?)-..(Never*Lost/-(?)-..Mye*Virginity(!)?..-..Er’*..(Citi*-zen*ship../-*Once(!))?

&*-..

-(Write*BLUES(?)-..N’*Goin'(?)-..To*HEAVEN?)?-..On*A*..-(Pulley*BONES/-..*Drum*STICK!)?

-But*Laying(?)-..(All*Kidding*Aside!)?-..Wf’..(Such*Kindness/-(?)../-Such*Tender*ness!)?

-(Last*Tuesday/-..(?)-Without*(A*../-*Cause!)?..-Of*(?)-..(-Nature’s*..*Infi*-deli*ties!)?

-I*-(Got*OFF/-(?)..-To*A/-..(Slow*START!))?-..-She*Said(!)?-..-BECAUSE*..(-IT’S*SO*HARD!)?

-To*DRAW(!)?-..Like*-..(MICHAELANGELO!?)-../*RADIO*/-..(PITCH*MAN!)?..-CHARLIE*SAID(?)-

..&*Like(?)..OR*-(*POCA*..-HONTAS*SAID!?)?-..(I*LIKE*MONEY!)?..-&*AM*/-*STILL..(?)

..(*KING*(!?)?_..-Uv’-(THE*HILL!?)??..-Me*Quitely(?)-..Flabber*Gasted(?)..-At*Statement(!)?

-&*Wonder(!?)-..(To*This*Day!?)-..If*The*Boys(!?)_?-N’(?)-tha'..(*White*Coats/-..*

*Carted*Her/-..*Away!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-Something*Like(?)-..(Prodigal*Son!)?-..With*..(-Prodigal*Spurs/-..!!)?

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-Something*Like(?)-..(Prod*igal*Son!)?-..With*..(-Prod*igal*Spurs/-..!!)?

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-*Leaving(!!)?..-*PanHandle(?)-..*Bowlegged(!!)?..From*/-..Toma*/-..Hawk*ed/-(?)..-Ed(!)?

(N’..*Reversed*State(!)?..-Of*A*..(-1st*Class/-..*Okie!))?-..Going*Off(!)/-?..(To*Win!)?

-His*Fortune()?..-And*There*..(Was*No/-..*Explanation!)?-..That*(?)/..-*Other*Day(?)-?

_Those*Questions/-..(?)-Of*Mye(?)…-(Uncle*Ches!)?

-&-..Mye*Mother’s..(?)-..-/Only*Brother(!)?

-Were*Straight(?)-To*..(((The*Point(!))?-..Why*Did*(?)-?..((-You*../-Leave*Us!))?

-Even*If..(-He*Stole/-(?)..*Mye*..-(Grand*Mother’s/-*Cochran’s!)?-/..*Money(?)

..His*Mom!(?)..-&*InVested-?

(It*/-..(In*Wall*Street(!))?..-&*Lost*(?)..-(His*Shirt!)?-..N’*Lied(?)..About*It(?)..-On*Top*

-Of*(?)..-His*Father’s*Grave!(?)_..(Who*Turns*Over!)(?)-?_..(-Periodally*(?)..-&*A*-..

*bout(!)?-

This*-..(Time*Of*Year!)?-..From*..(-Left*To*Right!)?..-Was*Like/-..*Me*-..(Not*Speaking!)?-

-(Empty*Handed!)?..-&*..Without*/-..*Humil*ity(!)?-&*To*The*Point/-..Of*Absurd*/-..*Con*jecture(!)

-Of*Having*/-*..*Painted(?)..-36*years(!?)?-..&*Now*(Founder*)(?)-..Of*The/-..(Street*Painters!)

-&*Having*Painted..(-Every*Store*Front!)?-..*On(?)-(East*Coast/-..Of*..

-New*York*/-..*City!)?

-Reminds*One(?)..-Of*Rembrandt(?)..-Or*-?*(Pieter*Brueghel/-..*The*Elder(!)?..-‘S*(Prodigal*Son!)?

-As*(In*..*BLIZZARD*/-..N’*SNOW(!))?..-N'-(FOUR*GUYS*WALKING!)?..-OUT*OF..(REXALL-(?)

-DRUG*STORE!)?..-YEL*LIN’(?)-..“WAT/-..A*PAIR(!)?-..*ACORNS!!)?..-WAT*/-A*PAIR*/-..*ACORNS(!)”?

&-*EVEN/-..(WITHOUT*/-..COW*BOY*/-*BOOTS?)-I’VE..BE*COME*/-..A*

..(BIG*CITY*/-..-*SIN*COWBOY(!!))?

Becuz*/-..(MYE*PICTURE/-..SHOWED*UP!)?

Down*N'/-..BOGOTA*COLOUMBIA/-..Frum*1969

(Frost*Bitten/-..Photog*!)

(Shootin'*PICK!)?

-(?)

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-That*(-Hay*Seeded!)?-..*Hat(!)?-..*That*(?)

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-That*(-Hay*Seeded!)?-..*Hat(!)?-..*That*(?)

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(Hung*Over!)-..*That(!?)?-..*Lamp*(!)?-..(Like*A*Lamp-(?)-

-*Shade!?)?-..*Somehow*(?)-..*Found*(?)..(A*Dried*Yellow-..*-*Rose!?)?-

..&-*Blue/-..*Red/-..&-*Green*Rings/-..*Torn(!?)?

-From*(?)-..(DairyLand*Milk!)?-Skim*(?)../1%/2%/3%(?)

-Brought*(-Back*/-../-*Memories!)?-Of..

(-Organic*Arrange*-

Ments(!))?..-Of*..(Better*Times!!)?..-When*(You*&*I?)-..Were*

-On*Better*Terms(!)?-..Like*Life/..-Is*

(-Some*times*Lost!)?

-In*..(The*Hurry/-..*Scurry/-..Uv'*Times?)-Like*..(Ole*Blue*Eyes!)?

Singing*(In*Las*Vegas!)?-..Or*(Parental*Papa!)?-..Who*-

Named*(-Sam*?)..-&*(What..(It*/-..Would*Mean?)-..To*Lay*(?))

-His*Tie*Out(!)?..-For*Any/..-Forth*Coming..*Day(!)?-But*-

No*(Body*!)?-..*But*/-..(Your*Mother!)?-Coulda**Predicted(!?)

(That*The*Scorpio!)?-..*Twin(-Of*22?)-..&’*Number-(One*Yr.?)

-(*Apart!)?..-*Would*(Suddenly*/...-?-Over*Math/-..e*matics/-..&-*Money!)?

-*Problem*!)..-Give*Up/-..The*Ship(!)?..-With*No?(-*Crew*/-..In*Sight!)?

-But*/-..Abandon*Ship/-..Over*-..(Son*Jeff?)-&’*Stroke/-..(Is-*..*UnHeard*Of?)

Note: Her*Father/..-at*82(?)..-Gets*Stroke!

after*/-..(Finding*Out/-..Your*Mother/-..*Had-

-Bought*/-..a*New/-..Fur*Coat(!)?..n'*Skiddin'/-?

N'To*..(SNOW*PLOW!)?..

-(BREAKIN'/-..HER*NECK!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-The(-*Nite!?-../-You*Suggested!)!?-..(?)

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-The(-*Nite!?-../-You*Suggested!)!?-..(?)

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-That*We*Go(!)..(?)-&*See/-..(-5th*Ave!)?..-(Rock-e-feller*..*Center(!))?

-(Ice*Skating!?)..-(*Rink!)?..-Wf’-/..-(Christmas*Lights!)?../-&*Tree(!!)?

-Not*Yet(!)?-..-/*Lit(!)?..-But*..(-Sca*ffold*In!)?..-(Italian*-*Layers.. *Like(!))

-(?)-*Fettuccini(!)?..Er’-..(Wedding*Cake!)?..&-It*Was*No*Surprise/..-To*Me(!)?

-That*You*Wore(!)?-..Those*..-(Ole*Green/-..*Softball?)..(?)-*Cotton-/*Pants(?)

-That*I*Had..(-*Played!)?..-(*With!)?-..N’-(Prospect*Park!)?..&*-(3rd*Base!)?-&*..?

-(Patched*On(!))?-..(Left*Knee!)?..-From*Sliding..*On(!?)..(The*-*Concrete!!(?))..?

-Scoring*Run(!)?-..That*Beat(!)?-..(-Avenue*I!)?..-For*The..(-Iron*Horse..IRISH*Team!)?

-7th(Ave*Brooklyn*Bar(!))?-..-*Temp.(-3oDegrees/-..-*Wind/..-5oMiles/..-Per*Hour!)

-DIPLO*MATIC*/(?)..&*..-*FLAGS*FLYING(!!)?-..OF*..MANY*COUNTRIES(!!!)?

-COLOR*POPPIN’/-..(MYE*EYEBALLS!)?-(*OFF!!)?..-Like*..(Paul*Manship!)?’s

-(Tasteless**Statue/-(?)..-(SLICK*/-N’GOLD*/-..(&*-*SUPER*HERO!?)?)-..*Image(!)?

-Opposite*Of../-(BLUE*COLLAR!)?-..-*WORKER(!?)-..Of*The/-..(MIDDLE*CLASS!)?

-(*AMERICA*/-..*GLORIFIED*N’../-*GLIT*ZED(!)?)-..But*Not*/-..*TRUE(!)?-..YOU*SAID(!)

-(How’d**You’d(!?)..-(?)..-Like*To(!?))..-(?)-..(-*CUT*A*/-..*FIGURE/-(?)..-ON*THE*ICE!)???

-WF’*ME(!)?..(?)-AS*..YOUR*..(-SANTA*CLAUS!)?..-*HOLDING*..-*YOU/-..&*(-YOU-(R*?)..

-*SILK*STOCKINGS/-?..-*LEGGS*OPEN*/-&..*OUT(!)?..WF'OBSCENE*/-..*BLACK*GARTER-..*BELT!(?)

&*/-..*NAME*TAG(!?)

(BLONDE*/-..*PUSS!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-They*Say(?)../-N’/-..*Germany(!)?

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-They*Say(?)../-N’/-..*Germany(!)?

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-That*Experiments(!?)?-..(Have*Been/-..*Made/-(?)..Wf’-..(Wild*Canarys!)?

-(Keeping*/-..*Lights*On!)?-..Till*They*Sing/-(?)..-Themselves*/-..To*Death!)?

-That*Lights/..-*Motivate*/..-(Our*Cells!)?..To*A*/-..(-*Constant*Burning!!)?

-Maybe*..(It*Was!)?..As*N’..-(SPARROWS*/?..-ROBINS*/?..-or../-*CROWS(!))?

-(Don’t*../-Make*Me*Laugh!?)..-She*..*Said(!)?-But*..As*N’-..(-*Every*/-..*Twilight!)?

-I*Get*SAD(!)?..-&*(-DARKNESS(!?)?-..*DOESN’T(!?)-/(?)..BE*HOOVE/-..*ME(!)?

-You*Said..-*That(!)?..-Not*I(!?)?..-“&*Every*Time(!)?-/..I*Take*/-..A*Trip(!)?”

-To*Hoboken(!)?..(VIA*THE*TRAIN!)?-..*Late*(?)..-I*Am*Watching/-..The*Lights(!?)?

-POP*ON(!)..-&**OFF!(?)..-LIKE*../-*BUTTONS(!!)?-..OFF*/-..*MYE(!?)?-/..*PAJAMAS(!)?

-“You*Know/-(?)..-You*Have*A-/..(Way*(?)..-Wf’*Words(!)”?..-&*Sleep*/-..They*Say(!)?

-Tis..(*NECESSARY/-?..-TO*HEAL/-..(?)-..THE*../-*CELLS*!)?..-&*”I*Have*..Always*B-

een (!)?..-IN*TRIGRED*/-..BYE*NITE*LIGHTS(!)?..-ON*FACTORIES/-..(*DARK*/-..*SHAP-ES!)”?- ..They*Seem..(-*Evil/..(?)-Even*/-?..For*Boding!)?-A*Kind*Of(!)?-..*SATAN’S*-

..-(*DARK!?)?

(?)-*CHAMBER*(!)?-..&*THE..(/-NIGHT*LIGHTS!!)..(?)-SEEM*TO*/-..*CONTROL/-(?)..-MYS*-

..-TICAL*/-..*SHADOWS*(!)?..-WHERE*THINGS../-?..-*LURK(!)?..-LIKE*..(-CREEPY*/-..*CRAWLERS!)?

-I*Need*-some*Sleep(!)?-..But*N'..The*Parking(?)..-*Lot*(?)..-Night*Lights/-..

..***LIGHTS*(!)?

(Get*Under*Mye*Eyelids!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-Those*(-*Morbid*/-..*Black*Smears!)?

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-Wandering*..(-Uptown?)-..As*(-S.C.)?-..*Looking*..(For-/-..*Some*Chimney!)?-To*Squeeze-*..-?-(N)

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-Wandering*..(-Uptown?)-..As*(-S.C.)?-*Looking*..(For-/-..*Some*Chimney!)?-To*Squeeze-*..-?-(N)

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-*to(!?)?..-On..Dec.25th/..-‘05/-..(*Jesus’s*/-..*Birthday(!))-..How*Old/-..*Would../(-He*Be/-*Today!(??))

-(A.D?)-..-All*Those*/-..*Centuries(?)-Of*..(-Ill*Begotten*Fame?)..-Dying*On*Cross/..-For*Miserable-?

*Human*/-..*Beings(!)?-“*Jesus*..(Yur*An*Old/..-?/-..Out*Moded/-..*Model!)?..-Like*A*/-..Valuable*Antique?”

&*-“Not*Too*..(Pop*-ular*..At/-..*The*Moment!)?-*Probably*..(-Never*Were!/-?..-Beyond*Mary*/-

*Magdal

-ene’s*/-(!?)-..*Material*Reproach(!))”?-

“I’ll..Give*Yu/-..2 to*One/-..Yu*/-..*Won’t(-Come*N’/-..*First?)-N’3rd*..

*Race*../-At*Belmont(!)”..-?-“Happy*Birthday/-..*Sir!”(?)-But*On-..Daunder*&*Blitzen/..Cupid*&Co-

Met*!/-Etc.(!)?..-“Wher’Da’*Hell/-..Tis*Da’..(Perfict*Chimney/..-Red*Bricks/..-Grey*Bricks/-..*Gold-*-

..-*Bricks(!))?..-Like*..(ASL*/-..*Fund*Raiser(!)?)-Dis*gusting*/-..Down*Trend/..-N’..(The*Arts!)?

-Have’not-

-Sold*Out/-(!?)-..Er’*Painting..(-N’Maybe*/-..*3yrs.)?-Doesn’t*Matter/-..*Rudolph(!)?..-Ralph*..Er’What-

‘s*Es*Name(!)?..-*Moisture*..(-Comein’*Down/-?N’*Fine*Rain*/-..-*Drops/-..Like*Dew!)?..-Leaves*Me-

*Real*izing/-..Yu*Can’t*/-..Take*It/-..-Wf’*Yu(!)?-Neither*..(Can*I?)-?..-Trying*..(To*Find/-..81stSt.?)

“Carrying..(12*Roses/-..*Multi*Colored/-?-(*Wrapped*Up*Tight/)..-Bye*..(-Korean*Wf’..*Voice*/-*Sweeter*

Than*..(CHRIST*MAS*/-..*CANDY!)?

-Than*Hell?)-“..Or*-Like*..*Voice*-..(Rest*Of*Year!)-If*She*Thinks/-..She’s*Puttin’..*Somethin’(??)_

-Over*On*Me/-..&*She’s..(Probably*-*Right!)?-Winter*Roses/-(?)..-Shed*Petals/-..At*Best/-N’-

..-(A*Week!)?

-Or*..(Three*Days/-..After*Christmas(!))?..-But*Me(-Still*Intent!)?..-On*Finding*(Mye*/-..*Favorite*Chim-

ney?)?..-&*(Thinking*How*/-..*I/-(?))-Was*Completely*/-..*Seduced/-(?)..-Bye*..(-Olga*Bralove!?)-..*Argent-..

inean?-..*&’Her*Fallen Circles(?)..-Of*Nature(!)?

-Dr./-..&*Psychia*trist..(For*30yrs?)..-From*(Doing/-(?)-To*Many-..Tango*Sessions/-..Wf’-Ex*traneous*Lovers?)-Me*Telling*Her/-..At(Age*90?)..-(Me*..70?)-&*Tha

-t*She*Was/-.."1st*Woman*90yrsold/-..I*Had*Dated?"..-"&*Maybe/..-Wuld*Not/-..Be*THA'..(Last*One!)"?-"So*-.. Don’t(?)..-Get*’Er*Hopes/-Up/..-?To*High(!)..-Cause*..

(Santa*Claus..Tis*/-

*Coming*Down*/-?..-*Chim*ney!)(?)

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-Those*(-*Morbid*/-..*Black*Smears!)?

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-Those*(-*Morbid*/-..*Black*Smears!)?-

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-(*Power*Plays?)-..Of*Gray..(!)?-Like*..-(Fran*..*Hals!)?

-Gone*..(-*Drunk!/-..At*Bar!)-..(*With?)-..(Sunney*Side*/-..*Up(!))?

-(*Eggs*!)..(-Like*Your*/-..*Gams!)?..-(*Gleaming*/-&*Robust*/-..&*..

-*Kicking!!)..to*(-High*..*Heaven!)?..-*Cracks*/-(?)-*Runn*..(?)-

/-ing-?-N’..(All*Directions!)?..-From..(16th*Century/-

-Old**Painting!)?

-(Seeing*?)-..*&*It(?)..-(Is*Not*/-..*Believing!)?-But*Clouds/-(?)..Wer-

er*-(Hung*Over!(?)..-That*Day(!)/..-De*pressive*/-*Forms*N'-../-*Dead!)?

-She*..(Must*’Ave/-..Said*No!)??..as-*Rape*(?)-

(A-*Lessor!)?..-Con*se-

*q-uence(!)?..-Of*a-(-*Natures*Run?)-..*Amuck(!)?-(Stinging/-..The*Eye(!)?

-*Ball!)?..-To*Lucid*/-..*Erect*ion(?)-/..Of*Mental*/-..*Con*Tainment/-..*Of-

*Mind(!)?..-(Blown*Out*/-..*Window!)?..-*Like..(-One*/-..*Sex*ual*/-..*Leaf/-(!))?

&*Hung(!)?..-Up*Side*Down(!)?..-To*Dry(!)?As*Manne*quin/-..Of*..*Pleasure(!)?

To*Picture..(?)-Of*..(-20th*Century/-*Dekooning*../-Playing*With!)?-

-(Marilyn*Monroe!)?..-(Bet*ween*-/..*LipStick/-..N’..Blonde*Color*!)?

-(?)-Like*(?)..-Throw*ing*Up(!)?..-Or*(Throwing*N'-*Blue/-..*Colored*Snow/-?)

-&*Ballin'*/-..It*Straight!*(?))..-*Straight*..As(-*HardBall*Strike!)?..-Up*(‘er*/-..

*Blonde*/-..*Arrears*!)?

&*N'/-..*Pay*ment!(?)

Acknowledgement: To*Common*Man’s*Confusion/-..Between*Art/-..*Violence/-&*..*Sex(!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-Wash*ing(?)-../-Of*Hands(!)?

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-Even*Though-(?)..(-We*Shouldn’t/-?../-(*Seemed*Spoiled!)?

-It*Hasn’t..(-Come*/-..Any*Easier(!))?-Working*Every*Minute(!)?

-Scour*Maids(!)?..-*Working(!)..-On*The*Pots..&*Pans(!)?

-*Scrubbing*(?)-Till*..(?)-Blue*N’/-*...(The*Ass!)?

-Face*It(?)..-We*Must(!!)?

-Whether*/-..Only*Child/-(?)-..Or*(-One*Of*A../-(*Brooding*Nature!)?

-Mis*takes*(?)-..Whether*Children(!)?-..Or*From-..(Social**Causes!)?

-(To*Brood*Over/-..(*Minor*Losses!)?..-Could*/-..*Delay*Us(!!)?

&*-(In*This*Moment!)/-..Of*..(-Birth*Right*/-..*Caring!)?

-Like*Picasso(?)-..We*Slay*Our*Viewer/..-(?)-For*A-..(*Public!)?

&*As*..(-*Politicians*(?)-..With*Some-..-(*Water*Plan?)

-Before*/-..The-(Gates*(!)?-../-Of*Heaven(!)?

(Brillo*/-..Well*-*Wishers!)?-..Never*Had/-..-*Halo’s(?)-..?-..So*Good!)?

“One*Kink(!)?-/..Be*fore*-..(Tha’*Cog!)?..-One*Stink(?)-/..(Before*/-..*The*Bog!)?

-Like*(-Nervous*../-..*Children*Rising!)?..-From*..(-*Swamp*Fed*/-..*Lies!)?

Lik'-..*Wrapped*Over*/-..*Mummies/-(?)-..From*Some../-(*Eygptian*Plan!)?

-Looking*For/-(?)..a'-..*Tanner’s*Oil(?)-..Or*..(*Eucalyptus*..*/-*Secret!)?

-One*Cup/-..Before*..tha'-..(-*Flying*Saucers!)?..-Before*..(Bubbles*Pop!)?

In*(Cubist-/-*istic*Plan!)?-..”Just*A*Drag(!)?..-Be*fore/-Our*Last*(Cup-..

..*Of*Coffee!)”?

-&*We*Watch/-..(-*Our*Images*Grow!)?-..-Before*..(-Genie*/-..*Fingers!)?

&***-..“(No*Clean*Cut/-(?)-..*Emporer*/-..Like*Webster(!)?-..Can*/-..*Save*Us(!)?”

“(small*Words/-..Are*a-..(-tiny*bit!)/-..-Of*devil(!)”?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-Well*..(Vicky*Baldwin!)..You*Knew*(-I*..&*Time-!)?

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-Well*..(Vicky*Baldwin!)..You*Knew*

(-I*..-&*Time-!)?

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-Was*..(-Getting*Short!)?-(?)..&*I*Guess(?)..-*You(!)?

-Are*..(-*Better/-*Off!)?-..*Now(!)?..Wf'..-No*Trips*To-?)?

-*Portugal(!)?-..&*/-..*No*Paintings/(?)..-(To*Lug*/-

..-*Around!)?

-No*Coming/-(?)-..In*(-To*Class!)?..-&*Wf'/-..Your*Hair(!?)?

-84yr.old..(-*Bundle..Of*/-..(Red*Fur!))?

(Your*Vision?)?-..&*(Those*Two?)-..***Strokes(!!)?

You*Had/-(?)-..Just*Short(!?)?..-Of*Midnight(!!)?

&*That*Form(?)..-You*Talked*About(!)?..-“To*Get-

-It*/-..*Right!)?..-You*Said(!?)?..(&-..Know*What..*I/-..*Mean!)”?

&*To..(*Attend/-?..Your*Funeral!)?..-on*../-23rdSt.(?)

&*(-What*Ever*Ave.?)..-(As*A*Child/-..-I*Refused*Ever/-(?)

To*Go/-..To*Funeral!)?..-After*(-Grandfather*/-..Shu*mate’s/-..*Death!)?

The*Talking/-..The*Pain/-..&*The*Stealing(?)-Of*

..-(Heirloom*/-..*Money!)?

The*Demented*Look(!)?..-On*..(All*-*Those*../-*That*..*Remain!)?

-Your*Husband/-..a'(Cancer*/-..Nice*Guy!)?-&*Your*Son/..-From*/-..*CA.)?

To*(-Think*You(!?)?_***Cashed*In(!)?-..Your*

..-(*Gambling*/-..*Chips!)?

-With*Out(?)-..(Taking*Me/-(?)..-&*(Hitting*..The*/-..*Las*Vegas*/-..***Tables(!))?

&*BLACK*JACK(!)?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?

-When*I../-(?)..-(Got*Wind?)..(?)/-Of..

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-(You*Sputtering!?)..-Like*An(?)..-/..(Out*Moded!?)-/(?)..(*Model*T/-..*Ford!)??

-(Your*Eyes!?)-..(All*Glassey!?)-..N’(?)-..(Green*/-&*Yellow/-)..*Speaking(!)?

N’..(Home*Spun*/-..*Philos*ophy!)?-..Like*-(Mye*/-..Aunt*/-..*Ophelia’s/-..-*Covering*Her?)

-*Furniture(!)?..-With*Plastic(!?)/-..-So*No*(?)-..-(*Dust!?)?..-Could*Or-..(-Finger*P-

rints!)?..-Be*Taken(!?)?-..Of*Me/-(?)..-Or*(Pretty*Boy/-(?)-*Floyd!)?..-&**Me(?)

-(Or*Mye*Buddy/-(?)-..Bobby*Wray../-*Wainwright(!))?..-For*Stealing*/-..*Pies(!!)?

-Off*..(-Mother*/-..*Edrie’s!)?..(-*Window*/-..*Sills!)?-Was*Not*/-..*So(?)-..*Un*common(!)?

For*Boy(?)..-(Aged*9?)-..At*Least/-..&**Not*In(?)..-(*Oklahoma!)?..-&*The*/-..*Tumble*-

-*Weeds(!?)?-..(Also*Blew!)?-..Across*The..

(-Dust*Bowl!)?-..*Area(!?)-&..*(-Horney*

-*Toads!)?-..For*Some/-..*Reason(!)?-..I*Never*Figured(?)-..(*Out!)?-..*Ran*Horizontal-

-To*(?)..-(*Pink*Livered/-..-*Dreams!)?-..Like*(-Zelda*Brooks!?)-..One*Of*-..(Mye*1st

-*Sweet*/-*Hearts(!!)?..-N'..(-Wore*A*../-(*Pushed*UP?)/-

..-Half*Bra!)?..&*She-Was*-*Always-..*Gripping*..(BACK*DROP/-..**FENCE!)?..&*Ther*at-..(Ho-

Me*Plate!)?-..Wf’(-Her*(?)..*Long/-(?)-/..-Red*Nails(!?))?..-Yellin’*(?)-..(-C’Mon*/-..*Sherrod-

(!!))?-..(-Lets*Get*A(!?)-..*Hit(!?))?-Me*Playing..(3rd*Base/-..Wf’(Deviled’*/-..*Inclinations!)?)

-On*(-*Bethany’s*../-(?)..-*Bibled*/-..*Narazenes!!)?-..*Recollected(!?)-..(-N’*Memory!)?-..(??)

As*..(-Mye*Father/-..Usta’*Say(!?))?-.”.Don’t*Look/-(?)-

-A*..(?)-Gift*Horse(!?)

_N’Tha'-..*Mouth(!)”?

"BLUE*BEARDS/-..(*-WILL!)"?
AUTHOR:PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

philip lawrence sherrod, poet

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:

OOriginal*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

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