BOOK: 23 “CAFFEINE*..-*JUNKIE*/-(!?)-..*BLUES*(!?)” ©
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD©
“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?)
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FIRST EDITIONphilip lawrence sherrod, poetLEGAL*DISCLAIMER:
Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Jan.07, 2001.
All- Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-!../-?-
&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2001
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-For*These*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)
(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is writ
ten/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
*Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!-
*Con-sciously/-&..Or*/-..Un*-Consciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/-..?
..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/-
..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre-
ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)?
..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/-
..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-..
..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?
“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-Acquainted*Frequently/-….Bye*Sarah*Monster/-..Opening*-..(-Her*Mouth/..?-Like*/-Baby*Bird!)?
-Telling*..(Me*/*She’s/-?..At*Edge/-Of*Parent’s*Nest!)?-..*Wanting*-(West*Beth/-?..-*Space!)?..-&*Get-?
*Ting*/-?..*Greedy*(!)?-1st*Bird..(-Get’s*The/-?..*Holy*Worm!)?-..Or*As*N’(*Painting/-..“Sarah*Of*/The-?
*Hearts!/-?..N’Hell!(?)-..*Begging/-..N’*India(!)”?..-Had*Tha’*Nerve(!!!)?-..To*Give*Me/-?..(Sinn*Pills-?
&*..Large*Eraser/-?..To*Erase*Away/-?)..(All*Mye*Tears/-..&*Time!)(?)-..(Will*Have*To/-..-“Duke*It*O*
ut/-?..-Wf’*-Ceceila*Markus!”)?-..EX*Lawyer/-..&*(Phi*Cum/-*Laude!)?-..Over*/Who*Get’s/-..(To*Ride*N’
*Mye/-?..-DJ5C/-?)..-Post*Office*Jeep/-?*-*Suicide’s*Seat(!)?..-Of*Course/-?..Viv*O’Shaunesssey/-..&*Hell-?
en**Liebhaber/-?..-Will*Have*Some*Say/-?..(To*That!)?-..Un*doubtedly*!(?)-..(-Not*Kosher!)?..-As*Jewish*-..?
Museum/-..*Saying/-..(N’*Reply/-..To*Letter/-N’1987!)?-..”Mr.She…./-..We*Cannot*Collect/-?..Your*W-
Ork/-?..We*..(-Only*Collect*/-..?..Jewish*Subjects!)”?-Me*Having*Painted/-..500*Jewish*Girls/-..&*Having-(!?)-
(-Had*Sex/-?..Wf’*All/-?..Of*Them!)?..-Left*Me/..N’*Question/-..(Wat*”appen*/-..Tu*Truth!)?..-&*You*Notice-..?
‘in/-..-MisSpelled*Discrepency!)?-..*Good*(-For*You/-(?)-..”Ant’s*Uv’New*Jersey!(?)”-..But*As*(I*Wuz*Sayin’!)
?-..Sarahh*/-..Going*To*Prom/-(?)..(-&*Drinking*5/-..*Black*Russian’s/-..Under*Table!)(?)-..Left*Me/-..Both*L
-onely/-..&*N’(-Dis*reputable*/-..*Dis*Quite*I*Tude!)?-..So*Be*It/-..For*The/-?..(Master*Race!)?-..”Joke’s*O
-n*You/-?..You*-(Resentful*/-..Anti*Semitic*/-..*Bastards!)(?)-..*Me*Having*Had/-..(Allan*Stone/-..As*Lawyer/-(!?)-
Dealer/-?..Since*1969)?..-Showing*..(Mye*Work/-..At*Random/-?..As*All*Aquarians/-..-*Do(!!))?-*Saying*To-
-*Me/-“She…./-..I*Can’t*/-(?)-..(Give*Your*Work/-..*Away!)”(?)..-Meaning*..(-He*Sold*It/-UNDER*TABLE/-?..On*Artistic*Spot!)(?)
-Wf’(*Tax!!!)?-..&*(100*%/-..*Au*then*-ication!)(?)-Uv’/..(-Luv’..*Tha’*Big*Apple/-?..New*Israel/-?..-NY*Jews!))(?)
-Him*&*I/-(!?)-..*Becoming*Verbal/-(?)..&*(Syn*Tax*ical/-..*Cir*cumsized/-?-..like/-..*Prep*ositonal*/-..*Penised*/-..Prepo*sitions!)..-As*-(!?)_
(“Over*Tha’*Hill/-../-*Buddies!”)(?)-..*Fading*Into*..(*O*blivion/-(!?)-..Like*..(John*Wayne*/-..*Sun*Set!))?-Sun*Riz
E-Ing/-..As*(-Full*Moon/-?..-Lunar*Sphinx!)?-/-....*Pluto*Oriented*/-?..&*De*mented/-..(-Like*/-..*Baby*Bird/-S*J*K/-..at*Edge/-..Uv’*Nest(!)/--..?-*Oral*ly!))(?)
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-After*Tha’-(Verbal*Beating!)?-Uv’*Mye-..(Tendered*Psyche!)?-..Like*A..?-(Mush*../-*Roomed*/-..-Roast*-?
*Beef!)?..-Or*Better*Still/-..(Chopped*Liver!)?..-This*Time/-(Uv’*Year!)?..-Like*Minced/*Meat/-..(-Runned*
-Over!)?..-Bye*SUV/-?..&*(Woman*Driver!)?-..Going*-..(One*Way!)?-..Amateur*Lover/..&..-(Un*Beknown-
st*-To*Some/-?)..A*Tender*Sagittarian(!)?-..Living*N’/..-(So.*Orange/-?..&*Manhattan!)?..-&*-All*Most/-..?
-(Living*N’Mye*Place!)?..-Attacking*Me/..-For*Not*Giving/-(Her*..Mye*Canvas!)?-As*An*-Auto*Ritratto(!)?
-Backing*Up/-..Uv’*Time-..(“Helena*On/-..Bed*Spread/-..*Nude!”)?-..For*Less/-..(Than*Pain!)?-..”Dead*Aft-*
er/-..Life’s*Loving*/-..&-(Tender*Moments!)”?..-Calling*..&*Re*Calling/-(“Working*&Re*Working/-..*Over-?
-Life’s*Mistakes/-..&*Re*Makes(!))?-..As*If/-..It’s*Culd..*Be..(Re*Done!)?..-Her*Problems/-..(-Never*Cease!)?
-But*So..(-Do*Mine!)?-..As*(Peter*Homitsky/-..*Says/-?..”She…./-..You*Gotta*Know(!)?-..When*To*Leave..*
Tha*Cigarette*Butts/-?..Smoking*(?)-..N’(Ash*Tray!)”?-..Tis*A*/-..*Little-(*Brutal!)?-Some*How/-..Tha’*Rice-
/-Tha’..White*Rice(?)-..Wf’(-Pinion*Nuts/-?..&*Mush*Rooms/-..Fades*Away/-..Tha*Day(!))?-..&*Tha’(Stomach *..Sp-eaks*True!)?-..&*(Mye*Digression/-..*Rumbles!)?-..Not*(To*Say-*Digestion!)?-Bumbles(!)?-..Like*Mye*-
Way*Word/-..*Soul!(?)-..But*Who*Knows/-..Where*Tha’(!?)-..”Honey*/-..Bees*Went(!?-..As*Flower’s/-*Don’t
../-Last*Long!”(?)-..Tis*Always’s..(-/A*Problem!)?-N’*America/-..*&*Else*Where’s(!)?-..Iraq*(-Had*It*Right!/-
-Insisting*Woman/-..*Cover*?)..-(Her*Face/-..N’*Shame!)?..-As*Blame/-?..Tis*-(Between*/-..Tha*Sexes!)?-&*H
-*Oney*Bees*Sting!(?)-..”I*Shuld*’Ave*Been/-..An*Enamoured*/-?..Entyomologist!/-..Pruning*Tha’*Flowers!”(
?)-..Petal*Bye/-?..*De*Flowered/-..*Petal!(?)-..Whistling*Dixie(!)?-..&*Smelling/-Only*-(?)..(-French*Parfume!)?
Oh*Where/-..(Tis*She*Now/-..N’*Beloved*Florida/-..Putting*On/-..Layered*Layers/-..Uv’..(-Sun*Flowered*Oil!)?
-&*Peeling/-*Off/-..*(Tha’*Skin/-..Uv’*Sex!)(?)-..Like*(Worded*/-..*Elytras!)?-..Bug**Winged/-..-*For*Ever(!)??
-&*(Bug*Eyed*/-..Like*Terroist/-..*Extinction!)?-..”Jessica*Jessica/-..At*Tha’..(-Well*/-..Gone*Dry!)?”-..For*Soo-th*Woman/-..Let*(Tha’*Little*Pig/*Go!)?-..&*(Wf’(Chinny*Chin*Chin!)?-&Tha’*Wolf/-Blue*/-..At*Tha’*Door!(?)
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-All*The(-Red*Wrapped/-Lindor*Lindt!)?-*Wrappings*/-..-*Wrapped*Around*Bottles/-&Vino*At*Mye-
*Place(!)?..-Decorations*For*(-Santa*Claus!?)-..’S(-White*Christmas!)?-..Among*The*Potatoes/-?
&*Bananas(!?)-&*..One(-Pink*/-..Lady*Apple!)?-Such*A*Celebration/-..Fit*For*(-Fat*Ole*Man!)?
Wf’(-Rosy*Cheeks/-&*Ruddy..-*Complextion!)?..-Produce*USA/-?..&*(Gee*Whiz/-*Fruit*.Com!)?
N’(-This*Zero/-?-*Degree*Weather!)?-Santa*Claus*Has/-?..(Met*His*Match!)?-..One*Such*Darling
-Wf’(-Long*Blond*Hair/-..From*Rockland*County/-..*Gemini*!)?-..Wf’(-Dual*Pipes!)?-&*Inclined*-
To*(-Use*Them!)?-Says*Her*Name’s..(-Kati*Battle/-Warrior*Princess!)?-..&*Not*About/-To*(Take?
-A*..*Lickin’!)?-So*Much/-?..To*Be*Said/-..For*That(!)?-..But*After*Posing-(5hrs.?)-“Says/-Let’s*D -o!..-(It*Again!)?-..Me*Happy*To*Have/-Santa*Work*Shop/-Female*Helpers!)?-Coffee*Growing*Co
-ld!(?)-&*Life*..(Growing*Dim!)?-..Arriving*(Like*/-..Blood*Hound/-?..Wf’*Barrels(-Flowing*Over*-*Brim !))?-..&*A*/-Mental/-*Sexual*Transfusion!)?-..Uv’Tha’(*Twins!)?-Happy*Faced*&Getting*Her?
Masters*N’..(Art*Therapy!)?-..Out*52*Thou/-..Financing*It(!)?-..Asking*Me*To(-*EX*tenuate/-..Her*?
-Cir*cum*Stances(!)?-If*At/-?..*All*Possible(!?)?-..Me*Sayin’..(-Whoa*Babe/-..-Master*Darlin’!)?-??!!
-Drawin’S*..(-Mye*Livin’!)?-..But*Form(?)-..Like*Your’S*..(Es’/-..Hard*To/-..*Cum*Bye!)?-&*Do*I-?
(Haft*Tu/-..*Pay*Tax/-Too!)?-..Her*Grinning*Twins/-..(Times*Two!)?-..But*Ever..So(-Socially*DeLight
-*Full!)?-..Me*Reaching*Into..(Mye*Bag/-..*Uv’Psychological*Astrological/..-Y*Tricks!)?-No*Kiddin’*-*D-Arlin’(!)?-..You*Being(-XX*&*I*Being/-?-XY!)?-..Perfect*Match(!)?-..Before*The..(-Big*Bang*The-
ory!)-One*Must*Not..(-Get*/-..One’s*Over*Head/-?..Greater*Than/-..One’s(-Input*Capita!))?-Like*N’*Of
-f*Broadway*Scandal!(?)-Or*Upstate*(New*City’s*Police*Chief!)-Trying*To(-Wash*His*Wife’s*Mouth-
Out*Wf’*Soap!)?-From*Having*Sex-Wf’(4*Hockey*Minors!?)-..Because*She*Believed/-?..-Literally*N’H-
Er/- Free-?-*Dom/-b?..Uv’*Pleasure(!)?-..&*(Most*Surridly/-?..N’Her*/-Married*Name!?)..-Beth*Modica/-?
..&Mo*Dicka/-?..Tis*Certainly/-?../-Mo*Dicka(!)?
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-de la Chaumette/-?..ILL DE FRANC’E/-..Provi’ANCE/-..As*(Noble*Man/-..Of*LORRAIN’e)-?
-Grand*Father/-?..-As*(Life*Time/-?..George*Edward*SHUMATE!)?-..Inclined*To/-..Dry*Goods(!)
-Pauls*Valley*Residence/-*Merchant(!)?-..Died*Of*(ATHERO***_SCLEROSIS!)?-..ME*EATING?
This/-..ILL DE FRANC’e/-?..Goat’s*LA*BU’CHETTE(!)?-Fresh&Tangy/-?..*Flavor(!)?-Bound*To-
Die*..(Uv’*Sompin!)?-..Like*Mother’s*Father/-?..Like*(STONE*COLD*DEAD!)?-Post*Wisdom(!)
But*After/-?..(THE*FACT!)?-..Hovering*N’(NEW*YORK*CITY!)?-..EVADING*DOC’S/-..Dr.Chue –y(!)?-..Had*Me*Going/-?-..(On*LIPITOR/-..For*3&Half*Years!)?-..My*Poets/-?..(HDL/-..N’*REVE ‘RSAL/-?..To*Mye*LDL(!)?-..Just*Tha’(WALKING*DEAD!)?-But*Living*N’(Eccentric*Pleasure!)?
Wf’*Tha-(TASTE*BUDS!)?-SEZ*YO/-?..HE’S*A*STRANGE*MAN(!)?-WALKING*LIKE*CLOW-
N(!)?-..ON*DA’(HIGH*WIRE/-..NOT*LOOKING*DOWN(!))-Either*Actually/-..(Not*Looking*Any-
WHERE!)?-..But*Straight/-?..Ahead*Like-(Viaggio*Viale*Stretto!)?-My*Limit/-..N’*Con*Versation-
Al/-..*Italian(!)?-Lotta*Good/-*Taking*Lessons/-..N’*ROME(!)?-..Tha’(Carra*Beneirri/-..Finding*My e-..(Drivers*License/-?..Falling*From/-?-..Levi*Pant*Pocket(!)?-Made*Me/-?..(Rambo*&*Giotto/-..Pa-
Inting*N’*Images/-?..(Tha*City*Streets!)?-A*Kind*Of-..(HOLLYWOOD*HERO!)?-WF’ACHIELLE- ’S* TENDON(!)?..THEM*ITALIANS?-..Driving*Bye*N’-(Poqolito*Moto*Scerininos!)?-Very*Fast!?
-(TRYING*TO*CATCH/-?-THE*SUN*SET!)?-..But*POLITE(!)?-..Trying*TO/-ARRIVO/-LA*CASA
(POST*MORTEUM-?/..MANG’E*MANG’E!)?-..TIS*DIFFERENT/-..AS*(PONTIUS*PILOT/-..*WA
-SHING*HANDS/-..*DE-NY-*ING/-*JESUS!)?-..Like-(CARLOS*HIQUELOS/-..Cuban*Writer/-N’R
ES-I*DENCE!)?-..FOR*A*SAFER/-..SOCIAL*POLITICAL*LIVING(!)?-Galls*Mye*Balls(!)?-..Trait T-OR*/-?..PAR*EXCEL*LLANCE(!)?-&*Saying*Sherrod/-..They*Don’t(!?)-Understand*Us(!)?-US*
-Eatin’Ile*de*Franc’e/-La*Buc^chette*Goat*Cheese..(IMPORTED*BYE*ANCO)-..FAIRFIELD,N.J.(!?)
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-February*22nd/-?..&*(-Black/-*Ice*Forming/-?..Between*The/-?..*2-..(-Night*Clubs/-?..&/-*Cutting*Room!))
-Voices*Echoing/-?..(-Real*/-?-Or*/Un*Real/-?..-&Vivian’s*Verbal*Honey)-?..-(Sweeter*Than*/-?..Sticky*Wh-
ite*/-*Flies(!)?..-*Memory)..-&*No*Bee’s/-?..To*-(*Muster/-?..This*/-?..Mental*Snow!)?-..&Car’s*Motor’s/-?..
-Sputer’..*-ings(!)?-..&*Grinding’s/-?..-&*Dura*Cells/-?..*Batterie’r’s(!)?)-..&*Her*Voice*Shrill/-?..As*-(Beau- mont*Sleet’s!)?-..Large*Flakes/-?..-(Maybe*Female/-?..Fell*Slowly*/-?-&*Fastly!)?-..Mye*Thumbs/-..Turning*
*Numb(!?)-If*-Not*To*Say/-?-(Deaf*/-?..N*Dumb!)?..-A*Teacher’s/-?-Going’s*On’s/-?..-&*(Mye*Hammer!-&
Anvil*Tired -!)?..-As*(Inner*Ear/-?..-Gone*Sour/-?..&*N/-?..*Epi*leptic*Fit!)?..-5:10am/-?..&*/-Day*Birds*/-!? ?..Aren’t*(-Up*Yet !)?..-Woe*Is*Me/-?..N’Epicurean*/-?..*Delight-&*Bon*Vivant/-?..*Gourmet!)?-Savory*Ing/-?..Mye*(Little*Wurd/-*Treasures!?..-A*Connoisseur*Gourmand!)(?)-..Gastronome*But/-*Also?..-APenny*Less/-
..*Hed*On/-..-ist (!)?-..Still*Fighting-(Capitalist*Survival!)?-All*(Mye*/-..Heros*Slain/-?..Only*I/-*Left/-?-*Stand
-ing!)-..But*Not*/-?..WithOut*Abusement(!)?-”For*What*Reason/-?-..Do*I*Deserve*This!”(?)-Mye*Mother*Spe aking/-..To*Me/-?..(-As*If*Here!/-..On*Earth/-?..To*Make*It/-..*More*Plauseable!)-..&*The*Answer/-?-*Comes/-?..Out*Yes(!)?-&*With/-*Out/-?-Mother’s-*Forgiveness!(?)-“You*Should..(-Be*Ever/-..*So*Kind/-..*&Humble!)”?
(-God*Knows!)?..It’s*True(!)?..-But*(-The*Crow’s*Still/-?..At*Top*Uv’Room!)?..-An*Over*Caw’ant*Observor!(?)
-Not*Like-..(Edgar Allen’s*Raven!)?-..But*Same*Fateful*Omen(!)?-..A-*Talking*Albatross/-?..-Bent*On*Flying/-?
-For*Ever(!)?-..N’(This*/-?..(Topsy*Turvy*/-?..Caucious*Lull!)?-..Of*(Space*less/-?..Visual*Demention!)?-..Like*
“Rhyme*/-..Uv’Ancient*Mariner!”?(?)-..Gone*(Street*/-?..People/-?..Or*Just*Bum)-?..Out*Uv’-Memory**Luck!(?)
But*Wat*Tha/-?..’*Fuck(!)?-..As*(Commoner’s*Say/-?..It*Sucks!)?-Being*Aristotelian/-?..&*No*Party*Caucus(!)?
How*Many*Votes/-?.Duz’*A*/-?..(Good*Man*Need!)?-..-Wf’(-Arabian*Stallion/-?..At*His/-?..*Disposal!)?-Up*&
N’-(Tha’Saddle/-?..Like*(-Brahma*Bull/-?*Rider!)?-..Rare’in’TO*Go(!)?-..After*Eatin’(Wolf*Brand*Chilli!/-&*W
F’Out*/-*Beans(!))?-&*Fartin’/-?-Ones’*Way/-?-Into*Second*Child*hood(!)?-..Like*Philly/-?..Tha’*Female*Slid(!)?
-Her*Voice*/-?..Into*Mine/-?..&Beyond*Me/-?-(A*Black*Widow/-?..Counting*Tha’*Numbers(!)?-&Spinning*/-?..(-Her*Needfull*Web/-?..-N’To-..(-Fanatacism*Devoure-ment!)))?
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-Finding*It*Difficult/-..To*Comprehend(!)?-..That*(-*Publisherís/-Clearing*House!)/-*Should*Send-?
-*Me(!)?-..(-SEXUAL*POSITIONS/-?..DVD/-?..-FOR*LOVERS!)?-..&-*CREATIVE*POSITIONS/-(?) ..FOR*LOVERS(!?)?-..For*ONLY/-?..(4*PAYMENTS/-..(-FINAL*MARK*DOWN!)?-..Each*ONLY-?? ($4.49!)*TOTALíING/-?..(SUM*ABSURD*PAYMENT!)?-..When*Iíve/-..DoneThem*/..?-All*Ready(!)?
-As(-FREE*/-..-*BEEsies!)?..-But*It*Proves/-?..(Street*People*Talk!)?-About*..-(Watís*Important!)?-&*
Rel*~Eívant(!)?-&..îLet*Americans*(-Top*Sex*Educators/-..Help*You/-..To*Achieve/-..(-A*Full&*Fun-?
-Sex*Life!)î?-..íWhose*Kidding/-*Who(!)?-..From*The*Privacy/-..Of*Your*Home(!)?-To*Like*Lorraine-
Likes*Best/-..To*Do*It/-..Ní*Cars/-?-..Any*Where(!)?-..(So*Do*I!)?-..But*(4*Typical*Couples/-(?)-Will*
Illustrate/-(?)-..(Specific*Positions/-For*Longer/-..Than*20Minutes?)-..Wfí(More*Pleasureable*LOVE*M
-AKING!)?..-Which*Is/-..(Exactly*Thaí*Problem!)?-The*Issue/-..Uví*Sexxx!(?)-Wf*A*Triple*X(!)?)..Sh-
uld*N- ot*Be*Telegraph-ed*(Bye*Time!)?-..Rather*Than*Love(!)?-Which*Presents/-..(No*Performance*P-
rob- lems!)?-Much*Less-?(How*Big*Am*i?)..Ní*Your(-Living*Room/-..Erí*Bed*Room!)?-Am*i*Pleasing/ *Mye*Self!?)-..&*Not*Yu-(!)?-..Erí..(Like*Thaí*Dirty*Dozen!)?-..How*Many*Times/-..(Can*I*Climax*Y-
ou! )? -Yet*Sheila*Remember-S(!?)?-..With*Myself/-..Climaxing*(52*Times/-..Ní*2*Hours/-..&*A*Half!)(?)-*Hours!)?..Eyes*Fluttering/-..Like*Butt-ter*Fly/-..On*Opium*Recall(!)?-..Licking*Thaí(Poppy*Seeds!)?-Not*
At(-Cait*Ní*Abbeyís!)-..Like*Jessica(!)?-..Erí*Chole(!)?-..Looking*At(-Red*Hearts/-..On*Valentineís*Day!)?
-Like*/-..When*I*(Grow*Up/-..I*Will!)?-..Do*(Something/-..Like*That!)?-..&*îGod*Bless*America/-..She*W
-ill!)?()-..But*/-..(Wonder*What*Happen/-..To*Architect/-?..That*Was*Turned*Down!)?-..Down*town-Offer-
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rs/-..Of-Timid*Moral*Bliss(!)?-..&*Life*Too(!)?-..Along*Amster*Dam’s/-Canals*/-..Shore*Boating-?
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-Joyce*In*Love?/-..Wf’*Beethoven?..-David*In*Love?/-..-Wf’Jessica?/-..Jessica*?..In*Love?/-..??
..Wf’*Me?/-..Me*In*Love?-..Wf’Stupid*(-Old*Testa*Ment/-Genesis(!))?-..&Tha’s/-..The*Word-?/..-
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..On*Valent-Ines*Day!)?-Being*Only*3yrs.old(!)?-..&*Wat’A’Time/-..It*Was(!)?-Jessica*&*I*Talk- ing*At*Rand-dom/-?-About*..(Our*Past*Loves!)?..-People*(-Cumin’..&*Going!?-At-Train*Station!)?
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But*Be*It/-..As*I*May/-?..She*Is*Romantically/*Inclined/-..To*Drive*Her(-Red*Honda/-Always*Ver- ing*To(-The*Right!)?-..While*Living*A/-(Left*Political*Life!)?..-But*What*Does*One*Expect/-..Fru- M*Bhoore/-Of?..(Her*Wurds!)?-..Uv’*Beirut!)?..Or*Istanbul(!)?-Which*Ever(!)?..-One*Suits*You(!)??
(Maker*/-..Uv’Internal*/Verbal*Weave!)?-..But*The*Muse/-..No’s*Not*Herself(!)?-Aways*Hungry*(F-
or*/-..Internal*Color/-*Conflict(!)?-On*A*Day..(-Like*This!)?..-Or*(-Hour*/-Before*Da’*Psychological
*Rain!)?-Me*Getting*High/-?..Off*Of/-?..*Poppy*Seeded/-*Repast!(?)-&*Hearing*Later/-*Afghanistan
*Fields?/-..(Were*Not/-*Saved!)?-From*(-Da’*Burning!)?-So*(Much*Helps/-For*Confessional*Poetry!)
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-(JR’s*Eyes/-*Flashing/-..Like*Disco/-Lights!)?..Run*Amuck!)-..&*(-Garden*Spider/-Hanging*..
On/-?.To(-Web*Spun/-?..At*(-45Miles/-Per*Hour!)?-..&The*(-Small*Red/-..*Toyota/-*Almost*Hit-
-Ting*The*Curb(!))..-If*She*Had*Not/-..(*Screamed!)?-Look*Out(!)?-..Me*Looking/-Over*Mye*..
Should-ered*Past(!)?-&*The(-Garden*Spider/-Trying*/-..To*(Cut*Loose/-..His*Web/-Wailing*N’-?
*Wind(!)))?-Leaves*Some*Doubt/-..As*To*(Whose*N’*Control/-Here*..*Anyway!)?-&*Rosa*Kat-
Zen*Nelson/-?..Driving*Cross*Country/-..(Like*Argentinean*Immigrant!)?-Me*Smiling/-Which*I..
-(Never*Do!)?-At*(The*Excited*Look/-?..Of*Sagittarian*Joker)-?../-Trying*To(-Put*On*Her*Lips-
*Tick*/-..As*A*Normal/-)*Dysfunction!(?)-..Her*Claiming/-..(Constant*Dis*Ablement!)?-Made*Me
*Realize/-..(-I*had*To/-?..Take*The/-..-Bull*Bye*Horns/-*Stuff(!)?..-As*Maybe/-..(That*Black*For-
Rest*Ham/-(?))-1/2*Sandwich..*Was/-..Stronger*(..Than*Expected!)?-Or*Tha’..(Need*To*Poppy*Se-eded*Repast!)?-..At*(Cait&*Abbeys!)?-..Where*(Officer*Aimes/-..&His*Burly*Fore*Arms!)?..-Wf’* Freckles*Bigger*Than/-..His*(Big*Mouth!)?-..”Yelling/-..Don’t*Take/-..(All*Day!)”?-..Unloading*My
-*Self/-..From*Sarah*Green*Bergs’(SUV!)?-..Wf’(-Barbara*Rosenbaum’s/-..60lb.*Bag!)-Uv’*Kos
-her*Goodies!(?)-..Left*Me*Perplexed/-?..After*Tickling..(Tha’*Chauffer’s/-..*Adam’s*Apple!)?-)Off
-cer*Aimes/-..Yelling*At-(Train*Station’s*Door!)?-Reminding*Me/-?..(-Agatha*Christie/-..Had*Noth-ing*On*Me!)?-..Not*Life’s*Plot/-..Or*(Morbid*Imagination!)?-But*(To*Be*Arrested/-?..For*Dis*Tur-
bing*The*Peace!)-..Me*Not*Making/-?..Any*Sounds/-..*Audible/-..On*Da’Piano/-..Or*/-..Otherwize!)?
-Me*Finally/-Saying*(Wat’s*New/-..N’*Mudville!)?-..Decided*To*Also..(-Break*/-..Babe*Ruth’s*60*-
Homer*Record/-?..As*It*Wuz/-..That*Time*Uv’*Year!)?-..Wf’(Mye*/-..Continual*Rubbing/-*Uv’(Ster-
Oidal*Creame!)?..&*Putting*Plenty/-..Uv’(Creosoted*Black*Tar!)?-..On*Da’..(-Hitting*Implement!)?-C-
All*It/-?(A*Bat/-..Or*A/-..Louisville*Slugger!)-..Made*N’/-(Abraham*Lincoln’s/-..Oak*Ville*Kentucky!)?
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-Long*Tall/-..*Sinewy/-?..Legs*Crossed*Over/-?..-*Pisces*/At*(Historical/-?..*Society’s/-Ash*Can*Eight(!)?)
-?..-Placing*Mye/*Testosterone/-?..Count*Up(!)?-Between*The..(-Fleecing*Uv’*Pictures/-.?-&*Furtive..?*
Glances*?)..&*Looks(!)?-..Yet*Another*Salome..&*(-Moving*/-..Wf’*Grace!)?..-So*Henri/-..Yore*Art*
SpIrit/-?..(-Finally*Ran*Out!)?-..Not*To*Say(-Luks*Drinking..(?)-Companions*To*Avoid/-..Tha’*Pain(!)?)
-With*/-..As*Always/-..William*Glackens/-..(The*Surprise/-?-..&*Pene du Bois/-?-..&*Altercation)-?..To*-
-Being*Introverted*&*Private(!)?-..Wf’..Everett*Shinn/-?..So*-Transparent*&*Thin(!)?-..Wf’*Paint(!?)-..If*N-
Ot*..(To*Say*Image!)?-..But*(Leon*Kroll/-?-Friend*Of/-..Ms.*Parker/-*Cripple..ly*Around/-?..On*Crutches!)
-Seeing*To*It/-..(That*I*Receive/-?..Three*(Childe*Hassam/-..*Purchases/-1967-69-74!)?-..The*Very*Year/-?
-He*Died(!)?-Was*A*(Shocking*Revolution/-..To*Me!)?-&*(Those*Dated*Booths/-..Wf’Facetious*Moments!)
?..-Uv’..(The*Way/-?-..It*Was!)?-..HollyWood’s*Impression(!)?-..”Historically*Speaking(!)”?-Those*(-Dark*D
-ays!/-N’Personal*Ways/-As*N’*Estrangement!)?-..As*N’(William*Glackens/-..(The*Tray!))?-“Chez*Mouquin” Rich*/Burger *Miser(!)/-?..&*(Lady*Resturant*Wife/-?&N’*Drunk*/-Nostalgic*Dream!)?-..Wondering/-?..Will* This*Artist-*Ever/-..*Be*Finished(!)?..-Looking*(Like*/-Sea*Gull/-?-..Flying!)?-Most*Impeccably*Illustrators/-?
..Wf’Out?-Camera’s*/-?-Industrial*Age!(?)-..&*(-To*Find/-?-Mye*Friend/-?..Ken*Ratner/-?*Owning/-?..*Glack-
en ’s*Couple(!))?-..”Chez*Mouquin!”?-I*Hope*/-..Mye*Husband/-..Doesn’t*(Find*Out!)?-..Tray*Stuff(!)?-..&*F-ood*For*Tha’*Eating(!)?-But*Bellows/-..You*Were*Right(!)?-Wf’(1904*Front*Row!)?..-Rough*House*/-?(Slug Fest!)?..-As*Always/-..(-Sloan*Mye*Favorite*!)?-..”Painter/-..Uv’(South*Beach*Bathers!)”?-Again*Reporting(!!)
“Dempsey&Firpo -?-Dempsey*Almost(Gittin’*His*Ass*Whipped!)”?-1924*Slick*Lighting(!)?-To*M.Prendergast!?
-Tha*Dim*Pictures/-?..Some*Say*..(-Master*/Piece*Pictures/-?..-Are*A*Thing)-?..Only*A*/..-Thing*Uv’*Past!(?)
-But*(Walking/-?..Out*Uv’*Picture!)-..Like*3*Paris/-..*Graces(!?)-..She*Moved*Among/-?..The*-Dark*Room(!?)
-Long*Tall/-..&*Sinewy/-?(White*Irish*/-*Female!)?-”Asking*/..-&*Begging*/For*Artist*Card/-?..I*Gave*Her(!)?”
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-Looking*At/-?..Last*Can/-?..Uv’*2(?)-..-Nestle’s*Carnation/-?..*Sweet*/-?..Con*densed*Milk(!)?
-Left*Over*From(?)-..Up*State/-*Purchase/-?..N.Y.-Selling*For/-?..$3.15*Each(!)?....-N’*Month-?
Uv’*September/-?..Finishing*It*Up/-?..(?)-..N’January/-?..Uv’..(-Following*Year!)?-Wf’*A*Kind
-Uv’(Metaled*Taste!))?-..Some*Said*..It*(Cudn’t*Be*Done!)?-..So*Much/-?..For*That(!)?--Con-*
Stant*Boobs(!)?-..Bobbling*All*Around*Me(!)?-..Tilting*To*..(-Left*Th’N’..-*Right!)?-Kinda*On
A*Diagonal(!)?-..Frum*True*/-?..Magnetic*North(!)?-..A*(Mammalary*Compass!)?-..Times*Two!
&*She*Should*Be/-?..So*Kind(!?)-..That*I*Consider*This(!?)-Her*Constant/-*Fan/-?..N’*Demar* Cation(!?)-Uv’..(Tha’*Sexes!)?-..”Needing*To*Suckle/..Tis*No*Joke/-..N’*(-Second*Childhood!)”?
It’s*(Titty*This/-..Titty*That!)?-..Her*Fixation/-..N’(*Abundance!)?-..A*Pun/-?-..Pie*Ar*Square(!)?
-But*She*Insisted/-..That*I*Await*Her/-..*Arrival(!)?-..Me*Caught*Between/-?..-A*Lust*An*A*Hu-mility!-..Salivating*..At*The*(Gills!)?-As*Some*(-Indistinct*Reptile/-..Gone*Extinct!)?-A**Shadow!
-Uv’..Mye*Repast(!)?-..Genus*Species*N’(Litteral*Type/-..Somewhat*Blurred!)?-..Maybe*Science*-?
-Gone*Wrong/-?..After*The*(-Supposed*Big*Bang*Theory!)?-&*Memory*Uv’(-Bang*Fever/-As*A-
*Child!)?-..Uv’(-Fear*To*Suckle/-?..&*Became*A*Terror!)?-*Ist..N’(Mind*!)?-..A*Common*Dilem-
ma(!?)-..To*Be*Solved/-?..(Wf’N’..UnUsual*Circumstances!)?-..AnAnagram*Solution/-?..Wf’N-Dy*G -rammamic*/-?..*Personality*Penalties(!)?-Like*(Street*Language/-?-One*Titty*N’Mouth/-Not*Worth
Two*N’*Bush!)?-..Meaning*B*Cup/-..A*Cup/-..C*Cup/-.Could*Equate*To-(Old*Algebraic*Equation-
..Or*D*Cup*Sumation*Like-..(“Bottoms*Up!))?-..*Baby(!)”?-&*When*She*Arrived/-?-She*Seemed* So*Flustered/-?..-So*Apathetically/-..*Inclined(!)?-..That*I*Took*(-HerTwo*Small*Feet/-..N’*Hand(!) -&*Rubbed*(-Ever*So*Slowly/-?..(!)?-Wf’(Her*Intellect/-Held*Over*Her*Head/-Like*Two*Elbows/-Bent*Back/-Behind*Knees!)?Till*She(-Cryed*Out/-Like*Some*Small*Child/--N’/-..Orgy*astic*/-..*Silence!?
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-Opening*Up/-..(?)-4*/-Wrapped*Packages/-?..N’*One.-(?)-..&’*Colors/-..N’/-Orange &*Green(!)?
Straight*From*Jessica’s/-..Hands*/-..Into*Mine(!)?-..A*(Kind*Of*-/Con-*Vo-*lution!)?-..Uv’*Will(!?)
Uv’(Heart*/-..&*Mind!)?-..Maybe*As*Spiritual/-..As*It*Comes(!)?-..-Although*Sexually-*Concerned!
Wf’*Why/-?-Her*Hand*/-Written*Note/-*Card(!)?-..Said*..(“here’s a novia!/-..a bride/-..for the*purp-
-Le*/-..frog*prince!”)?-..All*Be*It/-?..from*Mexico(!)?-..-“An*Ultr/-A*Marine*Blue/-..Squatting*Bra-
-Ying*Bull/-..*Ass/-..Or*Donkey/-..Or*Dog/-..Wf’*Rabies(!)?-..&*Red*Polka*Dots(!)”?--&*Written-? ..”I*Hope/-He*Likes/-..His*(-Girls*Buxom!)?-..Careful*/-(Her*Tail/-..is*Detached!)-..(Butt*Only/-..?F -or*Tax*Purposes)(?)&*PacKing!(?)-Love*Jess(!)?-Mye*Father’s*Name/-?Spoken/-..From*(Davie*Jo
-nes/-(?)-..*Locker!)???-&*Signed/-..N’White(!?)-Wf’(White*Ink!)?-..(”Blanca*Gomez!”)?-If*Barbara-
*Ledesma*Esquinca/-?..-Sees*This/-?..It*Will*(Not*Only/-..Be*-/Jealousy..Uv’*Paolita?)- ..But*/-But- -t*Jealousy/-?..-Uv’Blanca*Gomez!(?)..-&*..(-Re*member/-..The*Alamo!)?-..She*Said(!)?-Laughing*-
..-IN*DOM*I*TAB*LY/-..Like*(South*Orange*Joker(!))?-Me*N’(Total*Query!)?-..-Butt*Looking(!)?
As*(Chick*Shopping..N’Mill*/-..Burns*/Macy’s/-?..Walks*Bye!)?-Me*..(-Totally*Engulphed/-.N’Spr-
Ng*(!?))-..(Bob**Bing!)?-..-Mammalerian**Phantasy’s(!))?-Why*Should/-(?)..(Bobbing*For*Apples/-?*Orbs/..Be*Only*N’(-Fall*Time!))?..-Er’Do-(?)…(-Titties*/-..Bounce*More*/-(?)..N’-*Spring(!))))?-..Must*’Ave/-Some*Thing/-(To*Do*/-Wf’/-(?)..-Proto*/-..*Plasmic/-..*Moto/-..*Ring!)-Any*way*M-..
Ost*Men’s/-(Hang*Up’s!)?-..&*Most*Certainly*(Not*Mine!)?-“I’Am/-..(A*Legg*Man!)?..He*Said!”?
Me*Wondering/-..(Why*There/-..Had*To*Be/-..Such*A*Choice(!)?)..-Pre*Ferring/-*Most*(Mye* Ani -*Mals/-?..(Bad*Girls!)?-..Or*Pri*Mates/-?..*Primitive*/-?..&*Hot*Blooded!)?..-Like*/Live*N’(*Love –Rs/-(?).. Live*N’..(&*Ani*Mal*istic/-?-Cave*/-..Woe*Man’s!)?-Like*Caves/-Uv’(..*Altamira/-*Er’..-
Laus*caux(!?)-..Gathering*Fire*Wood/-..Wf’(Itchy*Scratchy*Arms/-Sun*Burnt/-Red*Painted*Lips!)
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?) philip lawrence sherrod, poet
-Showing*Up/-?..Ringing*Doorbell/-?..At*Time/-(Uv’/-The*N.Y.C.-/-Building*Inspectors!)?-..Pro*
-Liferation/-?..Wf’*Out..(-Poetical*Deliberation!)?-Wandering*-(N’*&*Out/-..Uv’*Mye*Life!)(?)
-At*Random/-..Like*Any*Typical/-?..*Pie*ces!(?)-..Or*(Dominican*Uv’*Republican!)..-Citizen*?
&*(-Inclined*To*Drink/-(INunez?)..&*To*Celebrate/-?..(Our*Loneliness!)?-..Said*He/-(Drinks?-?
-Only*Hard*Liquour/-(*Now?))-The*Whiskey’s/-..(Like*Jim*Beam/-Seagrams*7?)-Or*Good*Ole
-Jack**Daniels(!)?-No*More*Beer/-?..Cause*It*-(Bloats*You!)?-..&*(That’s*Why/-..He’s*Lost*W-
-eight!)?-..Him*Looking/-?..(Younger*Than/-..*Usual!)?-..But*If..(Truth*Hurts/-..He’s*Proof/-..Uv’*
It!)?-..As*Any/-..(Liar*Knows!)?-..Then*/-Shows*Me/-..(His*Ford*Mustang/-..2006!)?-Black*&*Sh-
Iney(!)?-..Pretending*/-..To*Ask*Me/-?..(About*Tha’Street/-?..Parking*Rules!)?-..Me*Saying/-..You*
Got*Me/-?..Street*Painter/-*Buster(!)?-..&*Famous*Omaha/-..Nebraskar(!)?-..For*(-Painting*Es’/NY*
-Hibbie*Jeebies!)?-..”Got*Noteirity/-?..Over*Night*Scene/-?..&*Homo*Sexual*Kindness(!)”?-..Born*-
N’(1976/-?..Like*Mye*Son/-?..A*Fire*Dragon/-..Drinking*Tha’(Fire*Water!))?-..Too*Long/-..Will*Ki-
Ll(!?)..-Tha’*Kidney’s(!)?-&*(Liver*Too!)?..-Sez*You/-?..Only*Got*Degree/-?..(N’Upstate*Purchase/-?
..College*/-&Concussion*Twice)-..N*8mos./-..(Bye*Falling/-..On*Head!)?-..After*Taking*Leak(!)?-Like
*Marc*Chagall’s/-..(Fiddler*On*Roof!)?-The*Other*Time/-?..Showing*Off/-..(For*Chick/-..As*Fear*B-
-et!)?..-Two*Stories*Down(!)?..(They*Put/-..Staples*/-..N’*Skull!)?-..Both*Times(!)?-&Guess*He/-..?
(Didn’t*Use*His/-..Noggin!)?-..Or*Street*Painter/-..*Wings!)(?)-Skull*Hanging*Apart/-..Brain*Ab*
-Sorbing*Concrete/-..*Words/-..&*Artistic*Educational/-..*Gravel!(?)-His*Father/-..Calling*Me*Up!
“Ivan’s..N’*Trouble(!)”?-..You*Mean/-..(Wf’*The*Law!/-..Yes*Law/-..Uv’*Gravity!(?)..-Me*Saying?
-&Dividing*Tip*&-Ending*Up*Ill!..(?)..After*Having..(Hot*Pastrami*Sandwich!)?-..At*/-Malibu*Diner(!)
?-&The*Chocolate*Milk*Shake(!)?-...Thinking*..(-He*Must*’Ave/-?..Sleapt*Me/-(?)..(-Date*Rape*Drug!))?
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-Taking*(-Life’s*Circumstances..Into*Consideration!?)-..Has*Always*Been/-..Difficult*/-For*Me-?
But*Out*..&*On/-(F*Train/-?..-Down*To*Brooklyn)-?..(-Jay*St.*Borough*Hall!)?-..&*Out*On/-?
-Willoueby*Street/-..Over*Cast/-..&*Wf’/Slight*Wind/-..(Seeing*Long*Legged/-..*Dark*Chick(!?))
-Cutting*A*Silhouette!)?-..Against*Concrete*Roads(-?..Tells*Me/-?..She’s*Going/-..*(Mye*Way!)?
-Because*She*Feels/-?..*UN*Easy(!)?-..Me*Saying/-..(I*Wish*I*Could*Empathize!)?-But*I*Was?
-..Completely*(Over*Taken/-..Bye*Her*Proportions!?)?-Her*Giggling/-..IN*Abandonment(!)?-..Was
-Off*Putting/-..As*Well*As/-?..UN*Nerving(!)?-..To*(Mye*Somber*Self!)?-..Even*Tho’/-..Most*D-
on’t*(Talk*About/-..-Psychological*Tendencies!)?-..At*Least/-..(On*Rainy*Day/-..N’*Upper*Brook- lyn!)-..But*She/-..Being*(So*Kind/-..To*Mye*Haggard*Self/-..Left*Me/-..Looking*More*At*Her!)?
-Finding*Out/-?..(The*Smaller*Details/-?..Were*Very*../-Pleasing*Too!)?-Us*Caring*On/-?..SuchA* Concern*/-(?)..-For*-Four*Blocks/-?..That*I*Thought/-?..We*Were*Married(!?)-Her*Telling*Me/-..?
She*Culd’/-?..Do*Worse(!)?-..Then*(Opening*/-Her*Pink/-?..Mouth*Wf’Flashing/-..White*Teeth!!?)
-Laughing*Hysterically(!)?-..Made*Me/-..Wonder*How/-?-She*/-..Ever*Culd’(-Be*Caught*Lonely!)?
-Telling*Her/-..I*Was*Going/-..To*(Art*Opening!)?-..Asked*Me/-..If*She(!?)-..(Culd’*Cum!)?-..I*D-
on’t*Know/-..(I*Said/-?..Even*Though/-..I*Knew*Better!)?-..I*Took*Her*Arm/-..N’(*Hand/-..&*Off-
We*Went(!))?..-To-(Saint*Francis*College/-..180*Remson St.)?-To*..(Federation*Of*Painters/-..&*S-
Culptors*Exhibition!)?-..Where*I*Had/-?..(A*Piece/-?-..Uv’)-?-..Well*23*Pieces*Uv’/-..Moon*Melon
(?)-..7*Pieces/-..Uv’(-Cantelope/-..5*Chocho*late*Cookies)-?-&*Her*Asking*Me/-?..Culd*We*Go*H ome -*Now(!)?-..Me*(Finding*/-?..It*Difficult/-?..To*Decide!)?-..Like*N’(Cameron*State*College!)?-..Saint*Augustine/-?..Wondering*How/-..Or*If*He*Shouldn’t/-?-..(Slay*/-..The*Algebraic*/-.Pie*R’* Square*/-?..Dragon!)?-..Her*(Doing*Mye*Hair/-?..Up*N’Knots/-?..Like*Dominican/-..Dread*Locks!!)?
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-Telling*Jessica/-..(Mye*So. Orange/-..*Floosey!)?..&*Argueing*With/-?..*Her..(-The*Other*Day!)
..That*She’s/-?..(No*Competition/-?..For*A*Man!)?-..&*Territorial*Rights(!)?..-Oranges*/..&Vit.C(!)?
-Her*Just*About/-..Taking*Off/-?..(Front*Red*Fender/-..&*Mirror!)-..Always*Right/-..Sided**Side(!)?
-Of*Her/-..(Dyslectic*/-Little*Toyota!)?-..Front*Door’s/-..Like*Getting*Into/-?..(Cracked*Up/*Helicop-
Ter!)-?..Although*All*Transportation/-?..*Appreciated(!)?..But*-No*Matter/-?...(How*Weird!)?-..This*-
*Visual*Witch/-?..(Smiling*Like*Desmona!)?-&*Drawing*Like/-?..Demented*-(Fra*Angelico!)?-Loves*
-(To*Be*N’*Love!)?-..Fixing*Mye/-?..(So.Orange/-..Black*Forrest*Sandwiches!)?-..Wf’*Plenty*Uv’-
*Mayo(!)?-..IfYou/-?..(Know*/-..What*I*Mean!)?-..Smiling*Like*Cat/-..Got*Tha’*Canary(!)?-..N’*Park-
Ing*Lot/-?..Next*To*Building/-..Her*Husband*Built!(?)-..To*Husltle/-..Tha’*Community/-..&*Com
*Fort/-..Tha’Arts(!)?-..”How*About*That/-..Howard!”(?)-Some*People/-..Don’t*Know/-..Where*Their/-?
..Coming*From(!)?-..Or*Who/-?..Their*Talking*To!(?)-..Babbling*On/-..(About*An’tole’/-?..Her*1st*Hus-
*Band/-..Before*She/-?..(Married*David!))?-..Sticks*Foot/-?..N’*Sagittarian*Mouth/-..Telling*Me*Always/
-(..(How*He*..-(!?)?*Abused/-..*Her(!)?-..”Looking*At*Me/-?..Wf’*Smiling*Expectancy!-..If*Not/-?..(-
A*Little*Re-Grettable!(?)”-..Me*Feigning*InDifference!(?)-..At*(Least*To/-*(Her*Painted/-*Lips!))?-?
-Her*Doing*Her/-..(Usual*Thing/-..Planting/-..(One*On*Me/-..!))?-..Every*Tuesday/-?..Just*Before-(?)
-I*Board-(NJT/-../////////*Penn*Station*Express(!)?-..(Lugging*/-..B.*Rosen*Baum’s/-?..60Lb*Bag/-)?..?
-Of*-..(Pass*Over/-?..Non*Orthodox*Goodies!)(?)-..Wf’..(-Candies*/-&*Diet*Coke/-..Gefelte*Fish/-/Wf’
*Aviva(?)-(Looking*On/-)?..All*(-Three*Hundred*Pounds/-?..Salivating*/-?)..From*Her(-Operatic*Canc-
Ered*Glands/-?)..(Having*Painted/..Her*Luscious*Lips/-..Larger*(Than*Normal!)?-..But*Trembling*N’*
Desire*(!)?-..(Looking*Only/-?..At*Mye/-?..(Black*Forrest*Ham!))?-..*Sandwich(!)?-..Me*Feeling/-..Just*-
A(-Little*Guilty/-?..For*Having*Taught/-?..Tha’(Master*Class/-?..About*/-?..Torrid*Sexual*Perspective!)?
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?)
-The*(Three*Graces/-..*Appearing(!?)-..As*If*N’*Apparition(!?))-..On*October 5th’07(!?)-..Drunk*On-?
-Ego*Id/-(!?)..&*Peach*Martini’s(!?)-..&*(-53*Years/-..Uv’(-Painted*Images!)?-“&(..*Shari*Cuming*N’)(!?)
-AsNo*Virgin(!?)-..Demanding*Repro/-*Mand*ment(!?)-For*(48*Years/-..Uv’*Cuming/-..&*Going)-?..-Mo*- del(!?)*(-Lk*Your’s/-Gonna*Do*!)?..-Before*(Any*One/-?-Can*(-Do*Mine!)?..Or*Can*Say)-?..*Gypsy*Ro-binson(!?))-..&*Evelyn*(-ASelf*Proclaimed*/-..Dealer!)?-..Saying*(-She’d*Like/-..To*Do*Tha’*Work/-..N’*-
?-Paris*)-?..As*I*Have/-?..Tha’..(-de la Chaumette/-?..-Provi’ance/-?-*Lorr’raine/-?..*Pastiche!)?-Atti*Tude(!?)-
?-Mouth*Water-*ing/-?..(-Titties*Bursting/-?..To*Complaint!)?-..&*(-27yr.old*Maggie/-?..-N’(-Delirium*Tre-
mens!)?-Quip*-Ing*ItUp/-?..-That*She’d(!?)-..Be*(-Mye*/-Physical*/-(!?).._Mince*Meat!))?-..Being*Catho-lic/-&*Not*Allow-Ed*/-?..To*Say*(Tha’*Word!)?-..*Muck(!)?-..Me*(-N’*Awe/-?..About*Promenade/-?..-Uv’Eye*-
*Balling/-?..Woe-*Man*)-?../-(Eye*Balling*Canvases/-?..(-Charrodo*/-Cha*-*Rade/-(!))?-..-Was*(An*Upper*Jist
-?-To*Mye/-?..*Loner)-?..*Downer*Attitude(!?)-..&Left*Me/-?-N’*Nausium*/-Sum*-Hours*..(Before*&At*Mid*
-*Night!)?-..”So*Do*/-These*Grace*Ful/-?(-Witches*Appear/-?..As*If*Salem/-Has*Run*Out)-?..Uv’(Boston*Be- ans!)?-No*/-&* /-?..(-The*Clam*Chowder/-?..Has*Become*Contaminated!)”?.-Yes*-Tha*(Jig/-?../-Tis*/-..Up!)?/-?
-Abrupt*As*/-..(-Back*Woods*Flame!)?-..-Leaving*Only*..-Mye*Charred/-..*Heart/-(?)-..On*(Valentines*Day!)?
-Adrift*N’*Miffed(!?)-..No*(-Russell*Stover/-*Chocolate*Creames/-..Only*Nutts!)?-&*Wf’Aplumb*/-..She*Tell-
ing*Me/-..”She*Had*No*Patience/-Any*How(!)?-&*Wuldn’t-Be*Around/-?-This*Place/-But/-About*A/-..Year*M
ore!”..-Me*Listening*(Wf’-Lust*Ful/-In*tent!)?..-Saying-It’s*More/-..Than*You*Want*To*No!(?)..-Her*Getting/-
?-Up*T-?..-Bout*Need*(-To*Smoke!)?-..Running*Out/-..N’(Cold*Air/-?..To*Push*Pull/-..-Her*Lungs)-(?)..To*D- eath !-Me*(-Looking*At*Maggie/-Un*Fold*(Her*Legs!)?-&*Smiling/-Moved*Over/-..&*Slid*Arm*Around*Me!)
-Aint*Right/-?..About*Aids/-&*All(!)?-..Me*Wondering/-..If*(-Her*Last/-..20Years/-Uv*(Escort*Service/-..Had*-
*Rendered/-?-Her*Judgement*Terminal!)?-Being*(Rosenberg*Spy/-..Or*That/-Big*Barbara*Weeks/-..Was*Back!)?
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-We’re*Going(-Thru-*Strange*Times?)..-*Stranger*Yet/-Wf’*This-..(Weirdo*Papodich?)-
Hit*/- & Running(Down*Twenty-Six?)-..*Pedestrians/-..At*Thirty-? Fourth*St. &/7th*Ave.(?)-On-*
(Tuesday/Thursday N’*ManHattan?)-Wf’*2Cars/1st*One(His*Own?)-2nd*One(He*HiJac
-ked?)-After*Shooting(His*GirlFriend/N’New*Jersey?)?-N’(Killing*Her?)-ThenThere’sThis-
*Guy..(Garcia?/Stabbing*)..-(Boy*Sixteeen*Times?..-Eleven(Years*Old?)_Holding *Him*-
(For*Ransom?)-Taking(HimTo*Roof?)-&Not*Getting*Money/-N’Rolling*Him(N’*A*Rug?)
-But(-Th’*Boy*Lived?)-&I’ve*Said”(For*50yrs./-Life’s*A*Living*Hell?)-&*Time(-Has*Proov-
en*Me*Right?)-Remember(When*I*Was?)_A*Child?Th’1st-(Murder/I*Heard*Of?)-Was..?
a*(Knife*Stabbing/-Uv’Young*Woman?)-I*Spoke*To(..-Every*Day?)_Goin’ToSchool?-N’..
Bethany*Oklahoma(?)-I*was(N’Fourth*Grade?)&-*Eight!?-Years*Old(?)-N*She*Died(?)-&(I*Felt*Funny/Well*Scared/-Walking?)_That*Way/-Path*To*School(?)-I*Thought(Uv’H
e-r*Often?)-She*Was/-Very*Curvy/-Attractive?-N’I*Thought?_What*A*Waste(??)-She*S-
eemed/-Very*Nice_Who/-Could*Do?-Such*A(-Creepy*Thing?)-They*Never*Caught*Th’-
-*Killer(?)-I*Thought(I*Might/Become*A/-*Detective?)-Course(Ther’es*No*Space?)-To* -Talk*About/(?)-The(Many*Violent?)-*Strange*Times?-Been*Predicting/For*35years/Tha
‘-(HollyWood’s(..Gotta*Quit*Blowing*Up?)-Every*Frame/Uv’*Film..(Every*Scene?)-If*We
Can’t(Killl*It..It’s*Not*Worth*Filming??)?”We(Must*Kill*Time/-Wf’*Violence?)-Th’(Blue*M
-eannies?)*-Are*Winning(?)Life’s-(Not*Worth*Living?)-N’*Terror(?)-But*Bush/”Two*Gun
-&*(Billy*/-The*Kidd?)-Gonna*Head*Em?-Off*At(-Th’*Pass?)/-Smoke*Em’Out*Charlie?/
N’-Lynch*Em’(To*The*Nearest*Tree?)-*Texan(?)-President*Uv’(United*States*Uv’Ame-
-rica?)-Is*A(Loose*Cannon?)-IfNot*The(Right*Man/At*Right*Time?)-Missin’Es’Marbles?
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“DRINK*/-..(MYE*DEAR/-..WITH*SOME/-..*DE*GREE*/-(!?)../-UV’*PRUDENCE!)”(?)
-Waiting*For*Me/-(?)-After*Class/-?..Like*the/-?*Little..(-School*Girl/-?/-..-That*She/-?..-*is’nt(!))?
-A*Photo*Blanco(!?)-..&*On*(-Her*Self/-*Albino..-Momento*/-?.. *Table-?..At*Age*8!)?..-Starin’*/-(Into*Space!)?-A*(-Beaumont*Vestial*Virgin!)?-..Used*Up/-?..(Bye/-*Her*Father’s/-..*Intent!)?..-Sit-tin’..(N’-The*/.. *Dark!)?!(?)..-&*../-Doesn’t*’Ave*/A*Clue(!)?..Wants*To*Take*Me/-?..-For*A*Cl-eaning/-?..Or*Like-(-Girl*N’*Street/-..Writing*(On*..Paper*Sack!))?..-“Please/-?..(Take*Me*To*The-
*Cleaners!)?”-Me*Find-Ing/-?..This*Note*Later..(-N’*Pants*Pocket!)?-@..Hotmail.cum?-..-&*Smiling (!) ?-..At(-P.J.Carney’s!?)-on/..-57th*Street/-?-7th*Ave!(?))-While*/-?..’Aving*Guiness(!)?-..Us*Talking -&*Jawing(!)?-..About*(-World*Issues!)?-..Of*(Which*I*Knew*Little!)?-..But*Be*It/-?.As*(I*May!)?
N’(Background/-..Looking*At/-?..(The*George*Gross/-?..Cenedella*Painting!)?..-Raucous*ing/-..N’(-P
resent*Room!)?-..Her*Reaching*Out/..&*Trying/-?..(-To*Clutch*Me/-..Wf’Her*/-Scorpionic*Fingers!)?
-Blue*Veins/-?-*Breaking?(-On*Backside/-?..Of*Hand!)(?)-..Her*Being/-..(-Fire*rat!/-?..N’Chinese*Cal-endar!)(?)-..&*Very/-?..*Very*Aggressive(!)?-..&*Talking/-?..(All*The*While!)?-..Gave*Me/-..Tha’*Sh-
udders(!)?-..Her*Piercing/-..Blue*Eyes/-..Searching*(Me*Nude!?)-..So’s*She/-..Could*Catch*Me/..*UnA
-wares(!)?-..&*Maybe*(-Plant*One/-?..On*Me(!))?-“Being*Villianized/-?..Bye*Local*Loco*Texan(!)”?-
Or*Draw/-..(Mye*Cock&*Balls/-..To*Her(!)?)?-..Having*Become/-(*Obscene/-?...-Female*Predator!!)??
-Ex*Teacher/-..N’(-NYC*System!)?-..Let*Out/-..To*Do*(-Probational*Community*Service/-?-On*Mye*
Watch(!)?-Always*Apologizing/-*Eloquently/-..(She’s*So*Lonely/-..Always*Servess*cing)-*Ducmond’s
(Plastic*Dick/-..That*Has*Become*Broken/-..&*Can’t(Be*Fixed!)?-..Called*Up*Crying/-?-He’s*bleeding
-From*..(-Broken*Ass*/-..Hole*/-*Also!)?-Leads*Me/-..To*(-Modern*Dilemma*Question!)?-..What*Hap- pened/-?..To*(-The*Banker/-?..&*His*Wife!)?-..Melanie*&*(Her*Husband/-..N’*Arizonia!)?-Ex*Lindsey
Admin*istraitor*/-..*Italian/-..(That*Boasted/-..There*Was*A*Demand)-?..For*Mye..(-Street*Paintings?/-
.. -/Cum.Laude(!))?
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-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*Balloon?)..-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*Juan../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*S
ell*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’*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/-
Er’..*Hysterical?)-/*You*Standing(*UpRight?)..InUnDated*-UnDaunted*As*Citizen(?)-N’(Virgin*W 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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