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Sunday, September 13, 2015

POETRY*BOOK: 26 -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

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Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..-SEPTEMBER. 02 ,2002.
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*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..
*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
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-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!
SEPTEMBER 02, 2OO2

ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Inti*mate*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/-!
*Consciously/-!..Or*UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(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/-..
Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)-..
-*SPOKEN?


POETRY*BOOK: 26
-”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE
SHERROD NA

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1. “*slurpin’/-..-*coffee(!)?

-“*SLURPIN’/-..-*COFFEE(!)”?-..-at*-*O*DES*SA(!)”?
Where-..(Doin’*Greek’s?)-..-Never*Hurt*/-..*No*One(!)?
-But-..(The*Squirrels/-..-N’/-
..(-Yonder*Tree(!))?
-R”*SCURRIN’/-..(-From*Limb*/-
..-To*Limb(!)?

-*Proves*/-..(Gittin’*Up’s(!)/-?..(*Damn*Hard*/-..on*Sunday!!))?
-But*Some*Where’s(?)-..-*Andrea’s*/-..-*Wonder*in/’-?(!??)
What*Wuld*Cause*Her*/-?
..-(From*Boston!)?
(To*Panic?)_..-(*Bolt*Out*Right!)?-
..-From*Elevator*(!)?

-On*Third*Floor(!?)-..-&*Saying*Which*Ways*Exit(!)?
Con*Struck*tion*Crew/-
..-Raising*Eye*Lids(!)?
Like*Whose*Gonna*Know(!?)-
..-Which*Way’s*Exit(!)?
-(Like*Waitress*Asking*/-..*Grin*nin*’/-
..-You*Want*/-..*More*Cof*fee(!)?

-Black*Cof*fee*/-..*Basking*N’/-(Mina*ture*Half/&/Half*Cream*Cups!)?
-Tid*Bits/-..-To*O’Holiyer*Hands(!)?-(Dark*Eyes*Guilty*../-as*She*-*Devil(!)?
-From*-(Last*Nights*Drinkin’*/-..-(&*Happy*Hour’s*/-..-*De*ba*cle*(!)?
-Saying*Which*Ways/-..-14th*Street/-? ..
-*Hearin’s*Geese*Cacklin’*/-..*Over*Head’(?)

-*Hearin’*Ukraine*/-*Julia*Waitress*Say/-
“DO*YOU*(!)?..-*WANT*..-*Another*HOT*Cup/-?
..-Uv*..*JAVA*/-..-*BLACK*(??)?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
Painter/Composer.
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2. -“*waking*Up(!)”?

-From*Sleeping*/-..(-Two*Hours(!)?-..-wf’/-..*MYE*-*EVER*READY’S(!?)-

(100*HOURS*-..-LED*DEL?)-..-(SUPER*HEAVY/-..-*FLOATING*LANTERN!)?
-GIVEN*or*LOANED/-..-*TO*ME/-..(BYE*DE*-CON*STRUCT*ION*OWNER*-*ALI!?)
-TO*(HELP*ME/-..-*HAVE*CLEARER*VISION!)?-..-&*SEPERATE*DREAM*RE*AL*ITY!)?
-FROM*PAK*I*STAN/-..(&*HIRING*GUATE*MALANS/-*MEXICANS/-*DOMINI*CAN’S!?)

TO*REPLACE/-..(the*STOLEN*OBJECTS?-..(AT*THIS*POINT*/-..*R’/-*NUMBER*ING?-(!?)
-13*/-..-*PRIVATE*&*PERSONAL*LOVES(!?)-..&*I*/-..-*WON’T*GO/-..-*NOW*INTO*IT(!)?
-ABOUT*MYE*CONCEPTS/-..(-UV’/-..THIRD*WORLD*POVER-TY!?..-&*DE*PRIVATION*(!?))
-ABOUT*HOW*LUCKY/-..(I*WAS*/-..-TO*HAVE?_..-*BEEN*BORN/-?..-N’/-..*STATE*/-..-UV*

*OK*-LA*/-..*HOMA!)?-..-&*(YELLIN”*JAIME!)?-..(ON*THE*PHONE/-..-”WHERE*AVE’*/?..-*YOU-BEEN*ALL*DAY/-(!?)..-WHEN*I*CAN”T*SEE/-..-(LEFT*or*RIGHT?)-..-BUT*DIA*BET* -E’S*!? -**DOU BLE(!?)-..-MAKES*ME*WONDER/-..(WHY*I*CARE/-..-SO*MUCH/-..-ABOUT*/
-MY*79TH/-*BIRTH*DAY(!))?-(SINCE*ALL*MYE*CHICK*/-CLUCK*RA*CH’AS/*-DIN’T*CALL?
-)DEAD*or-*DYING(!?)(-(From*Some*Disease?-CANCER*AID’S*SYS*PHILLIS-or*EBOLLA*?

-TRIGGER’S*OFF/-..(MYE*Dis*Trust/-..-Uv’/-..-*MYE*PAST*RE*LATIONSHIP’S)-..-GONE*NIL(!)
-AS*I’M*STAGGERING*UP*/-..(1ST*AVENUE/-..&*NO*TICIN’*/-..-ALL*THA*GIRLS*THIGHS/-R’
*WIDER*THAN*MINE!)?-..-BUT*-2*SUNNY*SIDE*UP*EGGS/-..-*2*OVER*EASY/-.BYE*UK*-
-RAINE*DUMMY*WAITRESS(!)”?-..(NOT*KNOWING/-ANY*THING/-..BEYOND*SURVIVAL?)

&*NOT*REM*BER*ING/-..(HOW*SHE*GOT*/-..-*ALL*UP*TIGHT!?)-..-&*(DE*FEN*SIVE*/*A-
RIVING*N’/-*A*MERICA/-..-*PLUMP*&*JUICY/-..-*FROM*IN*-*TER*RIOR/-..-*RUSSIA’S*PUTIN?)
-THINKING*SHE’D*COME/--A*LONG*WAY(!?)-(-TO*HOLLY*WOOD’S*SLIM-NIR*VANNA!)
(GOT*ALL*SKINNY/-..SO*I*WOULD’NT/-..-DESIRE*HER!)?)-..-BE*CAME*A*DISTINCT*PAL- OR(!)?-..(NO*LONGER*ROSIE*CHEEKED!)?-..(DE*CIDED*TO*NOT*GIVE*ME/-..HALF*N’/_..?

-*HALF?-..-*MINU*TURE*CUPS/-..-*Uv’*MILK(!)?-..-*JUST*LIKE*UNCLE*ANNIS?_-*Dying*/-?
At*NINETY?_N’/-..(WYNNE*WOOD*OKLA*HOMA!?)_-*AS*HIS*SECOND*WIFE?-..-AUNTIE*- -*MAUREEN*?_..(STILL*COULD?_..*MAKE*/-..-THE*BEST*-(CHOCO*LATE/-..5*TIERED*?)-..-
-*CAKE*/-(WET&*MOIST!)?-..-THAN*ALL*4*SISTERS/-..-EVEN*IF/-..CHESLEY*WOOD/-SHU*=

-*MATE*STOLE/-..(-*HIS*MOTHER’S*!)..-ER’-LIL*IAN*COCK*RAN’S(!)?-..*(*MONEY*!)..-(?) -&**SPENT*/-&*LOST*- -*HIS*SHIRT!?)-on*(-SURE*FIR-E*WALL*STREET(!))?-..-&*ASKED*ME/-..a*PER*TI*NENT*/-..? -..-*QUES*TION*(!)?-..-*WHY*DID*YOU*/-..- -*LEAVE*US(!?)-&*-.. (!?) _ -..*ME*BEING*TRUE*TO*MYE*/.. -*SELF*/-&*..(-BEING*BROUGHT*UP/--*SOUTH*UV’/-? ..(-MASON* DIX*-ON*LINE!)?-..-LIKE*a-SOUTHERN*UP*BRING*ING/-..-*SAID*YO*MAN(!?)-

”-TOTE*THAT*BAR(!!)?-..(LIFT*THAT*BALE/-..-&*GETTA*a*LITTLE*DRUNK?-(???)-..TO*FAIL(!)?..-&*LAND*IN*JAIL*(!?))-..-or-*BE*LIKE*a-/-..-*BAILED**FE*MALE(?)-..&*..-*JAILED**CHES*- LEY/-..-*******WOULD(!)?_>>(RE*MEMBER*wood*APPLE*-or-(WHAT*EVER*Snake*FRUIT/-..-..-&*GOD’S/-..-&*The*/-..-*EDEN’S*EXPLUSION!)?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
Painter/Composer.
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3. -takin’*LEAK(!)?-..N’*PREM*I*ER/-..-BLUE*CHIP(!)?-

-*TOIL*ET*(!)?-..-(TWIST*ED*TO*LEFT?)-?..(-BYe*STAR*CHILD?)-(-ANGEL*Uv’*REVELATION?)-?..-*GAB*I*ELLE*the*THIRD*(!)?
-SOME*ITALIAN*POLISH/-..-(*BAND*GROUPIE*/-..-..-*WANNA*BE (!))?
-..(THAT*CRIT*IZ*ED*MY*-..-..(ORIGINAL*PIANO*COMPOSITIONS!))?-..
(-DOWN*STROKE/-..-*PLUMBER*BREAKER!?)-..-(DESTRUCTION*ALI*CREW/-..-/-..*BOSS*(!?)--FROM*PAKISTAN*POLITE*/-&*GABRIEL*THE*/-

GREAT(!)?)-..-*THAT*CLAIMS*- ..-TO*HAVE*MADE(!)?-..-(!?)- ..-(HIS*OWN*BOX*GUITAR!)? –“I*MAKE*HOLES*/-*ANY*WHERE*(!?)-..-N’*CEILING*&..-*FLOOR*(!)?”

-THAT*NEED*BE(!)?-..-(&*SAID/-?..-“WE*NEED/-TO*HANG* OUT!)”? -“&*I*MADE*BOX*GUITAR/-..(JUST*BEFORE*MY* -*MOTHER*(!))?-..-(THRU*ME*/-..-*OUTTA*HER*HOUSE(!))?
-FOR*ME*NOT*PAYING/-..-*THE*RENT!)”?-
(-&*BECAUSE*I*DIDN’T*HAVE*/-..-A*-JOB*(!))?

-“I*LOST*MY/-..(LAST*JOB*/-..-AS*PLUMBER*BREAKER(!))”?-..-(BE*CAUSE*I*DRILL*HOLES/-..-BE*FORE*I*MEASURE!)”?
-‘DOESN’T*MATTER/-..-*WE*NEED*TO-..(HANG*OUT!)”?
-“WHERE*-..(CON*CRETE*DUST/-..-&*PLASTER*DUST!!)”?

-“(-IS*MY*GIFT*/-..-TO*YOUR*PLACE/-&*TO*GOD’S*/-..-*TIME!)”?
&*I*LIKE*/-..-*(?)-..-to*Grink*..-*WHITE*LIGHTING(!)”?
-LIKE*POI*SEIDON*-or*-..-*LADY**GOD’s*NEPTUNE(!)”?
-(SWISH*ING*LIKE*/-..-the*PIE*CES*FISH*IES(!)?
--“YOU*KNOW/-..-(I*GO*BOTH*WAYS/-..(!?)-?
-Like*..-(GUINESS*STOUT/-..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?
-LIKE*N’/-..-&*OUT(!)”?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod
Painter/Composer.
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4. -Sew*in’/-..(-Hole*N’/-..*Shirt*/-?..(-Like*Lillian*/-..-*Cock*Ran?))-(!?)

-On*My*Favorite-..(L.L.*Bean/-..*Green*&*White*Plaid/-..-*Shirt*!)?
While*En*Dulg*in’/-..-*My*Self/-..-wf’*Trader*Joes*(!?)-..(-Coffee*Bean*Blast!)?
(a-Cold*Cream/-?/-..-For*An*Iced/-..(-Diabetic*Mind*Frozen/--N’*Minute**Wrink*le’s!)?
-&*Cross*/-..-*Hatchin’/-..-(Like*Past*Mistress/-..-La*Dol*ce’/-..-*Showedl*Me*(!))?-

-For*(Greater*Grip(!)?-..N’’/..-(Rotton*Material!)?-As*It’s/-..-*September*/-..&*I*Forgot(!))?
-To*Wish*Her*Happy*Birth*Day(!)?-..Wf’*(No*Heat*N’*Buildin’?)-..-N’*January*February(!)?
-This*Yr./-a*Like*Ly*/-*Re*peat(!)-..-Uv’*Cold(!)?-*Ac*cording*To-*Poor*Richard’s*Al*Man*ac!
-Amer*I*ca’s/-?-..-*Be*Lievin’/-..(-N’Past*Moon*Phases?)-..-n’*Safe*Guard*in’/-..-a*Home*Land(!)?

-Watch*in’/-..-*Vizio*T.V./-..-(MY*SON*GOT*ME!)?-..-*WATCHIN’*/-..(-FL.STATE/-..vs.-..(?) NORTH*CAROLINA(!?))-..wf’/-..(ALL*RED*UNI*FORMS!)?-..-SEEM*IN’*LY*TEARING*UP(!)?
-THEIR*NATURAL*TURF(!)?-..-*CLEATED*TO*THE*MAX*GREEN*GRASs/-..(-*TORN*UP/-..-n’*CHUNKS!)?
-FLOR*I*DA*STATE-56/-..-*NORTH*CAR*O*LINA-41(!?)..-&*GAME*/-..(NOT*OVER*YET(!))?

-I*ROOTIN’/-..(-FOR*UNDER*DOG!)?-..-*&*(LO*SIN’/-..-*MY*SHIRT(!))?-..-*TO*FATE(!)?
-Caught*Up/-..IN*FALL’s*/-..—(*ROUGH*HOUSE*ENTER*TAIN*MENT(!))?-..-Uv’/-..*Turnin’-
(*GOLD**To*Red*(!))?-..-(LEAVES*ONE*LONGIN’(!)?-..-*Not*HEARIN’/-..-*FRANK*SIN-(!)?
-*ATRA’s*-*SINGING**Lazily*/-..(The*Autumn*Leaves*/-..-*CARESSES*THE*LEAVES/-..TEN-..

-ERLY(!)?-&*I*KNOW*FRANK/-..-(YOU*NEVER*MET?-..-*WANNA*BE*GOLFER/-?-(Antonino*-Guisseppo*Longo*Bardo*-Weirdo*/-?..-&*CATHOLIC*HERITIC/-(!?)-..*PSY*-
CHO*..-that*-AFTER * HIS*MOTH*-ER*DIED/-..(!?)--&*WANTED-TO*/-..-*COMMIT*SUICIDE/-..(As*Small*Time*/-*Pool*Hall*/-*Hustler*GAMBLER*!?)-&-..
-RATHER*THAN*WRITE/-.-.*HIS*CA*THAR*IS*..-*By*1stt*/-*of..-*JUNE*/-.-2014.(!?)

-to*Be*TITLED:..-”(-MAN/s*GENIUS*/-..*is*EQUAL*/.--*To**/-..–(* THE*SIM*PLIC*I*TY-(!?)
../*UV’/-***GOD’S (!)”? ..-*AS*WRITTEN/-*BYE*(?)..-*&**other*RAMBLINGS/-..-*UV’/-..-*A*-
..-SCHIZ**o**PHRENIC*/-(!?)-..-**SICILEAN*/-..-NYC*/-..(*CHEL*SEA*ALTERNATE*SIDE*?) -..*PARK*ING/-..*CO*PILOT/-?
..-*MAD*MAN*(!)”?-..-*SAYING*WHOSE*BALLS*R’*YO*-..*BUSTIN’*(?)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

5. –*STANDING*/-..-(On*Corner/-..*Uv’*AVE*A/-
..-&*11TH*STREET)-..-*NYC*(!)”?

-WF’/-JIM*BO/-*P*-(!?)-.a*..-*TEXAS*/-
..*PIANO*TEACHER*/-(?)
..*THAT*RUNS/-..tha’-*BROOKLYN*CLINTON*/-STEIN*WAY*PIANO*SCHOOL (!)?
..-WHO*-(UP*WALKS/--BUT*A*GUY/-..-*THAT*SAYS/-..*HE’S?-..*BILL*RILEY/?)
..(GERMAN*IRISH*!?)-..*THAT*-?-..*SUP*PO*SI*TION*ALLY*/-..-*(SHULD*-AVE’-
..-*BEEN*A*WRITER!?)?
..-*(STUDDERS*(!?))

..-&*SAY’S/-..(HE’S*a*WALKER!)?-..-a*JOHNNIE*TALKER(!?)-..-&*a*RED*BALKER-(!?)
..*-WALKS*THE*AD*I*RON*DAKS?-..*TO*/-*-THA’*APPA*LA*CHIANS/-..(??)
- *TWICE*/-..(TIMES*TWO!)?-..-BE*CAUSE*I*HAD*ASKED*(!?)
-*HIM*3*WEEKS*BEFORE/-..-*WHIN*-..(-*DID*HE*/-*START**STUDDERING!)?-..&*HE’S*GOT*TEN*/-(-**TIMES*TWO?)_..tha’-(!?)-*WORSE*..-*AT*TALKING!)?- ..*&**HIS*BEARD*/-..(-WAS*FILLED*OUT/-..-WF’*O*DESSA--*EGG*/-*YOLKS*-
.. -*ON*IT(!)?
-..AND*-IT*..-(-LOOKED*GOOD/-..-*GRIZZED*&*GRAY/-..-*TO*BLACK*/-(!?)
..-*TO* -a-*YELL-OW*ED***SOCIAL*JOKE(!)?

-THEN*SOME*PIGEON*FLEW/-..-*AT*US/-..-(LIKE*SOME*-*AVIAN*-(!?)-..-IN*TER*-
..*BOMB*ING/- ..-literal*-*INTER*FEAR*-*ANCE!?))..&*-(DROPPIN’/-..A*MO*TEL*ED*-*FEATHER* or-*TWO!)?-..&*”*JIMBO*’s*EYES/-..-(SHONE*COLD*/-..-LIKE*MID*NIGHT/-
*SUN(!?))-..&*(I*KNEW/-..I*WASN’T*GITTING/-..-ANY*SMARTER/-BYE*HIS*TONGUE’S
-..*EMP*TY*VAC**U**OUS*/-..-&*WORD*ED*******-VIBRATION!)?
-SO*I*TOLD*THA’*BOYS/-..(-I*WAS*LOSING*a-*GRIP/-..-ON*REAL*AL*/-ITY/-?..
-..AS*I*WAS*ACH*ING/-..(MORE*THAN*USUAL/-..-FROM*sore*PIANO*FINGERS(!)?
..-BEEN*PLAYING/-..-*TO*HARD*/-..ON*WEBER*/-..(OUT*N’-SOUTH*ORANGE-NJ?)?

-THEN*(SOME*CHIC*/-..-NOT*BEING*/-*SOCIALLY*POLITE/-..-*WIGGLED*BYE(!))?
-(TALKING*LOUD*/-..-*AR*GUE*I*NG*/-..-*VO*RACISIT’s*LY(!)?-..-(COVERED*WF’/-?
-..*TATOOED*INK/-..(ROMANCE*UNTO*/-..-*TATOOED*VISIONS)?-..?)-..*IMAGES*/-?
-*DONE*BADLY*/-..-(BYE*HER*SELF/-..-OR*LES*BO*AN*BUDDY!)?-..(LIPS*TU*LIPS!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

6. -Some*People/-..-*Say/-..-I*HAVE*A?_-*TENDENCY(!)?..-TO*-?

-CUT*MYE*NOSE/-..*OFF(!)?-N’*SPITE(!)?-..UV’(MYE*FACE!)?
..But/-..Wat*Do/-..Some*People/-..*KNOW*(!?)_..’BOUT*TEA(!?)?
..N”*China(!)?-..-Be*IT?_..(*GREEN*?-..or*/-ORANGE*PEKOE!)?
..*DRINKING*/-..-Can*Be*Optional(!)?-..-Wf’/-..One’s*Little*-F*-
.. in*-ger-/-..*UP*/-..&-*LEGS*CROSSED(!?)..-Like*What/-..*Would*/-..-Kate*Schmidt*/-..*Do(!)?
..If*I*LEFT*HER*UP*/-..*TO/-..*SOME*MEANS*/-..NOT*OF*/-..(HER*OWN/-*CHO*SING(!?)..-&-**DUEL*/-..*ING*..-WF’*OUT(!)?
..-ANY*SHARP*/-..-&**SASSY/-..&*TO*/-..-THA’*POINT(!)?
-LIKE*EMPTY*?-/-..*RHE*TORIC*(!)?-..-&NOT**BEING/-..-*LE*NI*ENT(!)?
..-”MEANS*LET/-..(*THE*/-..-*BOAT*FLOAT!)”?
-(TILL*SOME*OTHER/-..-*DAY*/-..-*SHOWS*UP/-(?)
..NOT*QUITE/-..*OUR*SENIOR!)?
..N’-(OTHER*WORDS/-‘S../-DON’T*B/-.*A/-...*CHOO*SY*(!)?-
-*FLOO*SEY(!)?..or-&-BE*CAUSE*AC*CORDING/-..-*tu*WIKI*PED/-**IA(!)?
..(“CHOO*SY*WIVES*/-..-*CHOOSE*SMITH!)?..&*IF*YOU’RE/-..
-NOT*GONNA*MAKE/-..*STEAK*/-..n’*Hot*OVEN(!)?-..-*YOU*’RE/-..-*NOT*GO*ING
..MAKE*A/-..KRAZY*SALAD(!)”?..Or*HIKE/-* ..-*YUR*DRESS*UP(!)?..-*AFTER*-/-*MID*NIGHT(!)?..-*on*A*LAKE(!)?-..-*TU*SHAY*-*ALL*WAY*(!)?
-(ER*RATIUM:-“If you’re/-..Not*Gonna/-..*Make*/-.-.The*Effort(!?)
..-To*Be/-..Enter*taining,?- *I’m*Not/-..-Gonna*Go/-..The*Extra*Mile(!? )-..Like*It’s/-..So*Hard/-..To*Listen*(?)--../(*SNICKER*)-..-To*Some*Body -(!)”?)..-Like*-an*(AMERICAN*DAD!)?-..-*WAT’S*WRONG/-..WF’/-..TEA*BUDS(!)?-..IS*IT(!?)-../-a*..Philosophy-*/-..uv’.LIKE*-..*N’(TEAS*DALE*UTAH!)?
..-It*Has..a-(POST*OFFICE!)?..Wf’/-..ZIP*CODE*84773(!)?
..Some*Wher’/-.-*between*/-..the*DIXIE/-..&*?-_MASON*FISH*LAKE*(?)
-..-..-&*-a*(NATIONAL*FOREST!)”

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

7. –SITTIN’*STILL*/-..-*LIKE*SENIOR*CITI*ZEN/-..-*LOOKIN’*OUT(!)?

-..-THUR*DARK*EN*/-..-*WINDOW*(!)? -NOT*ABLE*TO*TELL-(!)?
-..(WHICH*WAY’S*UP(!)?-..-OR*DOWN(!)”?-CAUGHT*N’/-*MO*MENT’S*LA*MANCE(!)?
-..Uv’-IN*SIDE*/-OUT*SIDE*DREAM(!)?-..-REMI*NISCIN’/..-to-..the*PAIN*UV’*IT*ALL(!)?
-GONE*BLANK/-..-LIKE*ALT*ZEIMER’S/-..-(OLD*MAN*n’/-..(-UH’..-*WRINKLED*SHOES*!)?

-POLISHED*BYE*LIFE’S/-..(SOBERING*MO*MENTS!(?)-..-*UV’/-..-*USING*MYE*PUNCT*U-
-*ATION!)?-..-*STARING*AT*TIME’S*PAST/*/-*BYE(!)?-/-(*UN*FOCUS*ED*&*BLURRED*-? *FORMS?) ..-Ms.*ENGLISH/-..(-SAID*I*COULDN’T*USE!)?-..-(..-OR*NEVER*WOULD!)? ???-.(BE*ABLE*TO(!))? ..-WRITE*LIKE*THIS(!)”?-..(THAT*I*..-*AD*LIB*BED*/-..*TO*MUCH!)?-“HANG*IT*/-..--*ALL”(!?)-?-..-N’*a-(ARTIST’S*LUNCH*BOX/-..-or-*PAINTER’S*HAND*BASK -*KET!)-(LIKE*JESUS’S*HANG*ING/-?-ON*LORRAINE’S*WALL/-WF’*MYE*/WAD*/*GUM(?)

-STUCK*TO*HIS*SHOULDER(!)_..-OR*(BETTER*STILL/-..-*GIVE*a*GOOSE*GOBB*LIN’(!?))-..(LIKE*THIS*ORANGE/-.-*SLICED*IN*8’s! ..*SLICED*IN*4*2’s!)? --(VIT.*C/-..-/-SLICED*IN*8 ’s!)? *RE*DUCE*ED !?)- (-To*(ORANGE*COLORED*/-..-*CRESCENT*YELLOW*ED*MO*ONS- (!))?-..if*icould* /-..-*ONLY*SEE/-(!!?) ..*ZELDA*BROOKS/-Tha’*WAY/-..-SHE*USTA*-/*LOOK! ) ?-..wf’/-..(Her*/-..-*Little*POINTED*TITS!)?_..-*&*RED*LIP*STICK(!)?..-TO*THINK*/-(!?)-..
-SHE*TOLD*ME/-..N’/-..1954(?) -..*THAT*SHE*FUCKED*/-..(SOME*GUY -? ) –for*-..-(!?)-*IF*HE’D/-..-*BRING*HER*/-..-*TO*LAWTON- /-..(TO*GIT*/-..-*TO*SEE*ME?)-..-&*PRO*POSE(!)?-..*MARRIAGE(!)?/-..-(POOR*GIRL!)?-..-*REAL*PATHETIC*/-..-200*MILES/-..*FROM*- -..(OK*CITY!)-..-(&*LOSIN*VIR*GIN*ITY!)?_..-*ON*ROUTE*66/-..-*N’/-..*OKLA*- -*HOMA(!)?--“*HOW*WOMEN*’AVE*NOT*/-..-“*CHANGED*NOW*(!)?..-(*FROM*TIME*/-..-*IM*MORR*IUM(!))?

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POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

8. -Somewher’-..(near*Second*Toilet/-..&*(-light*Switch!/-..
-She*said))?

-“DontWorry/-..-*You*Say*thing’s(!)?..*That*Other*/-*People’s(!)?-..are*Thinking- (!)?-..Then*she*Said/-(!?)- ..-”You*Don’t*Know/-Who*I*-*Am(!)”? &*..reMinding*me/-
..uv’/-“Helena’s*SHERROD’S******Statement(!)?-After*14yrs./-..Of*/-..Off*/-..&*On(!)?..-“You*(never*Knew*me!)”
?-which*-Means*/-..(Ther’/-..”Must*be*Secret*code/-..Going*on/-..*Here*(!) )?-..like/-..MAGNA*CUM’E/-..*LAUDE/-..*Sirens*(!)?-
..WF’/-..(GREAT*PRAISE! )?/-..*PER*TAINinG*/-..To’-*WOMAN’S* *DESIRE/-..T’B’/-..
CON*SCIO- ..*U *S LY*/-..B’-..*Tween!(?)
Factions/-..(?)=*MYSTERIOUSLY*.&.*DECEPTIVE*MEANS(!)?
-ANY*WAY*/-..HELEN*LIEBHABER/-..CALLING*UP/-..
(TODAY’S/-..Jibber*ing(?)-..-BIBBLING*..-*BABBISH(!)?
-after 4*Phone*Calls/-..SPEAKing*/-..a*LANG*uage/-..
..-Iv’e/-..(NEVER*HEARD/-..&*DOESN’T*/-..*EXIST!(?)
..-EXCEPT/-..BYE*literal*ALIENS(!)?
..ME*HEARING/-..-a*WHIRLING*SOUND/-..-LIKE*-(UFO)?

-HER*(IN*CARCE*ARATED/-..-FROM*ONE*LOONEY*BEN*-
..TO*ANOTHER!)?-..-HAS*CALLED*ME*RELIGIOUS*LY_(!?)
..FOR*TIME*IN*MORRIUM/-..BEING*BORN*N’/-..1956?-..A*
CHINESE*CANCER*SHEEPIE/-..INCLINED*TO*NEVER*LEAVE/
-..THA’*FLOCK*/-..(FOR*FEAR/-..UV’/-..*FREEZING**MENTALED*
*LOVE*/-..&*(HER*ATTEMPT*/-..OF*AB*SOLVING*A*MEM-
ORY*-WF’/-..(*TOTAL*/-..-*USE*LESS*RE*CALL/-..(THAT*WE*
HAD *TRIP*LETS(!))?-..40YEARS*WITHOUT*HAVING*SEX/-..OR
*PHYS*I*CAL*CON TACTN’/-..n’*1975(!)?-HER*PEEING*ON*TREE*/-..
IN*/-*(BOSTON*- P-ARK?)-..-HELENA*HANDIN”(Me*DA’*PHONE(!)? ..FROM*TAKING*LSD*DRUG*/-..&*WANTING*ME*TO*BAIL*’ER*OUT(!)))))

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

9. –I*Did’not*Get(!?)-..
-(MYE*SECOND*STROKE(!))?

-UV*/-..-*SO*CRI*AC*TIC*/-*ARTH*RITIS(!?)
-&*SCI*ACT*ICA/-..*ATTACK*/-..*EASY*I*LY(!?)-
..-BUT**ENDING*UP/-..-*IN*CAPE*ABLE-&*=
(NOT*ABLE*TO*WALK!)?_..-*LIKE*LAZARUS-*UV’/-..*BETH*ANY(!?)-
-OR*IN*CIDENTLY*-..(LIKE*-..-MARILYN*LAZIRUS?)
(ONE*UV’*MYE*SUMMIT/-..-*SO.*ORANGE-*STU*-.. DENTS(!?))-..-For*SOME*ODD*YEARS/-..-(MAY*BE*
-18*+26*TORCH*UR*OUS*YEARS(!?)-..-&*TO*TRY/-..-*TO*-..-(TO*GET*HER!?)-..-TO*BE*LIEVE*N’/-..-.*HER* SELF!)?-..-&**HER/-..***PAINTINGS(!)?
-ALL*THE*WAY*BACK*/-..(TO*SYRA*CUSE**UN*I*VERSITY!?)?

-WHERE*HER/-..(ABILITY/-..TO*DRAW!?)-..*GAVE*-
*HER?_>>(SOME*NAT*UR*AL/-..-*COMFORT*!)?-..-*AND*BEFORE*/-..*SHE*RE*AL*LIZED/-..*AFTER*3-
CHILDREN/-..-&*YALE*/-..*HER*HUSBAND*/(!?)-..-(THAT*THEY*WEREN’T/-..-ALL*** -*THAT*(!?)-..(-“HAS*RETURNED/-..TO*CON*/-..*FRONT*/-..(THE*WORLD/-..-UNDER*MYE*/-..*MASTER*SHIP*/-..-*TUTE*A*LEDGE(!))”?
-BUT*-(COULD*NOT*RE*CON*CILE/-..-THE*PASSION*ATE*/ -..-DIFFER*ENCES/-..-*’WITH*IN/-*or-..-(*WITH*OUT*ME(!))?
-&*(Had*Two*Brothers!?)-..-THAT*OPTED*OUT(!)?
-OF*LIFE(!)?-..-MAY*BE/-..(LEAVE*NING*HER*SL-
IGHT*LY*CON*FUSED(!)?-..-TO*SAY*THE*LEAST!(?)

-FOR*RES*POND*ING/-..(&*RE*TURN*ING/-..-TO*DRAWING*/-..(-CARE*FULLY*RENDER*ING-
..-SOME*IL*LUSIONS*/-..-*TO*GLANDS!))?-..
-&*IN*HER(*BLACK*MOODS/-?)..-COMES*UP/-..?
-WF’-..(SOME*/-..-*BEAUTIFUL*THINGS(!))?

-UV’/-..(LIFE*BEING*/-..(!?)-
..(-CON*SIDER*ED*DOWN*HILL/-..-*SINCE*30yrs-
..-(-old-(?)..-&*BYE*TWO*COMMAS?_-BEING*a--..*NO*MAD*IC*NEW*Jersey*JEW(!)-Wandering*Around*N’/-..(PSYCH*COTIC*JAIL?)-
-&*(BECAUSE*NEVER*VISITING*tha’..-WAILING*WALL*!?)_..-&*BECAUSE*JESUS/-..-*WASN’T*POPULAR/-..N’/-..20TH&*21st*Century(!)”?
-GOT*A*JOB/-..*MARRIED*ARIES/-..*MALE*YALE/-..&*Went*thru*/-
..(THE*DO*MES*TIC*RIG*A*MA-
..*GA*/-..*ROE(!)?
..-AS*(BEST*SHE*COULD!)(?)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

10. -”*Falling*For/-..(TWO*RED*CAR*NA*TIONS!)_
&*ONE*GREEN*BUD(!)-..-(ON*-*DIRTY*SIDE*WALK(!)”?

-”*&*(-AGAIN*BRINGING*/-..(-INTO*POCKET(!))”?
-&*TAKING*HOME?_>-*TO*TAPERED*/-..-*WHITE*CUP*(!)”?
-*&*POUR*ING*?_>>*COLD*WATER*/-..-*OVER*THEM*(!)”??_
>>&*(-LETTING*tha-/..-*THREE*SOME*/-..*FLOAT*!)”?

-I*AM*BE*COMING/-..-*HAPPY*ABOUT*/-..tha’-*SER*RATED*ED*GES!)”?
-*REMIND*ed*ME*-*Uv’/-..-*PASSION*ATE*/-..*RE*PASTS*)_ ..-(*LIP’S*-..
..-*RE*CEI-V*ING*)-..-*Mye*..-*PAST*/-..-(COM*PLAINTS*&*LOVE*SCARS!)”?
-..(I*DON”T*KNOW?_>>WHY*HER*LOVE*DIED*?_>>WF’/-*OUT*ME(!))”?

-GIV*E*ING/-..-*ME*LITTLE*/-..-*PLEAS*URES*/-..-*FOR*SOME*?_
>-(LA*CON*IC*&*TERSE*/-..-&*HIS*TOR*I*CAL**REA*SONS(!))”?
&*(THE*PICTURE*STILL*EXISTS/-..N’*YONDER*AN*TIQ*UE*DRAWER(!))”?-..(I*MUST*RE*MIND*MYE*SON/-..-*LOOK*ON*IT*/--Wf’/-..*HUMOR*(!)” ?

-BUT*THEN/-..(*SOME*BLUE*MOLD/-..-START*ED*TO*SHOW/-*AT*EDGE*-
*UV’/-..(THA’/-*BLEED*ING*TRANS*FORMATION/-..-OR*THREE*SOME*/-..? -*PLOT* */-..UV’-..(NAT*URE*’S-UNDER*MINING/-..-WHAT*WAS*NOT*TO-..
-BE*/-*HAD*..&*I*HAD*TO*/-..-*LET*GO*UV’/-..(*MYE*RED*FIX*ATIONS!))))
”?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

11. AS*FOR*/-(PRACT*I*CAL*MEASURES!?)?

-I*LIKE*IT*/-..(WHEN*I*SEE!)?
-(SWAMP*GRASS*WAVING*..*N’-*FIELDS*
-GUSTING***AS’/-..*OUT*UV’/-*WINDS*..-*NU*MER*I*CAL*/-..-*IN*/-*AC*CU*RAC*I*T-*IES!)?

-IT’-S*LIKE*OWN*ING/-..(MORE*OBJECTS/-..*THAN-..ONE*WANTS/-..-TO*TAKE*CARE*UV(!?

)-*LIKE*..-(HOW*MANY*SEEDS/-..TO*a-*SWAMP*GRASS*-
..-*HEA*VEN!)?

-LIKE*HUMANS*TOSSED*UP/-..*TO-(RE*PEATING*-*PREVAIL*ING*WINDS!)?

-I*WISH*/-..(SHE*HAD*N’*O*-T*/-.?.-&*I*COUNTED*THEM!)?
-ON*TWO*FINGERS/-..-*TIMES*10(!)?-or*-*SHE*SHOULD*’AVE*/-..(USED*/-..-*HER*OWN*COM*PU*TER!)?
-A(**FE*MINIST*/-..WF*IRISH*’*HEARTS*UP/-..&*DOWN*/-..*MA*CHINE*(!?)
-TALK*ING*ON*PHONE/-..-*FAK*ING*TO*HER*SELF/-
TO*BE/-..a*YOUNGER-..-*Ms.CARNEY(!)?
(A*Small*Time*Fi*AS*CO*/-..jr.*Cameron*college*MATH*TEACHER!)
IN*CLINE*D/-..(TO*EX*TREME*LY*LOUD*VOICE!)
-&*A*BUSING*HER*STUDENTS*/-..-*EVEN*MORE!)?
-*PI*R’/-..&*I*SOS*CLES*SQUARE*(!)?-DE*CLARING*MATH*-
..-(*******TO*BE*-IM*POR*TANT(!)?

-FOR*LIFE(!)?-..”Mr.*SHER*ROD*/-.
.-DO*YOU*STILL*HEAR/-..**MYE*VOICE(!?)?

-“E*RASE/-..(THA’/-..*WHITE*CHALK*FORM*U*LAS?-..-ON*
(THA’*BLACK*BOARD(!))?
-&*(START*AGAIN!!!!!!!)?

-I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-WHY*YOU*DON’T*GET-
IT(!)? –“YOU*GOTTA*STOP*/-..*PLAYING*-
(TOUCH*FOOT*BALL/-..-ON*CAMPUS*LAWN(!))?
-COME*TO*CLASS/-..*IN*STEAD*OF/-..*GO*ING
-*FISH*ING(!)? -DID*YOU*CLEAN/-..YOUR*M-1-..-*R.O.T.C.*RIFLE(!?)-..*THIS*WEEK(!)?
-“IS*THA’*BARREL/-..*BORE*/-..-&**SEE*THRU(!)?

-To*BE*CON*TIN*UED(!)?-
-After*hitting*CAP*TAIN/-..(-*HIM*CALL*ING*ME?_
-a*-SON*OF*BITCH!”/-..(FOR*MARCH*ING/-..MY*SQUAD-..-*BACK*WARDS/-..-AS*JOKE/-..&**FUN-..&*RID*I*CUL/-..*UV’/-(COM*PULSEA*TORY*MILI*TARY*2*YEAR*COLLEGE!) !(?)-..-*DAVID*FUNK*/-..-*CAP*TAIN*THEN-..
(!?)-..-&*TO*BE*COME*/->>..*ONE*STAR/-..-TO*4*STAR****BROWN*NOSE*GENERAL(!?)-

-SET*ME*UP*/-..(-FOR*COURT*/-..-*MAR*SHALL!)?
-BUT*THE*/-..*PRE*SIDING/-..(-MAJOR*N’/-..*CHARGE**POWERS*THAT*BE/-..*GAVE*ME/-..-An*HONOR*ABLE/-..*DIS*CHARGE(!!)?-..in*STEAD*/-..-&*PROMOTED*ME*/-..(FROM*PRI*VATE/-..To*SARGE*ENT*MAJOR(!)”? ..-&*N’/-..
the*-*OKLA*HOMA*SUN*/-..-“I*GOT*THA’*BOYS/-
N*/-..*SHAPE*/-(!?)-..(-bye*MARCH*ING*THEM/-..-*4TO-..-*5HRS./-
N’/-..105*Degree*Weather*/-....*TILL*-
..-*THEy*-..-*PASSED*OuT!)?

..-(WITH*OUT*ANY*FUR*THER/-?
..-*O*BLI*GA*TORY*/-..-*ARMY*SER*VICE(!)?
-(*POSS*I*BLE*!)? -*&*..-WHOOP*PEEE(!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

12. -START*A*GAIN(!)?-..

-“I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..(WHY*YO*GOT*IT!)”? ..(PRO*MOT*ED/-..N’/-*LIFE*/-..-TO*SARGE*NT*MA*JOR*/-..(ENDING*UP*N’/-..SOUTH*ORANGE*/-..-*PLAYING*PIANO)-..(?)
-&*TEACH*ING*(MASTER*LIFE*CLASS*/-..WF’*LIVE*-
*NUDE*MODEL(!))?-..or-(*STILL*LIFE*wf’/-..*VASE*/-..UV’/-*some*-..(DEAD*WINTER*FLOWERS!)?

-WF’/-..(HEAVY*BROGUE’s*
HY*STER*I*CAL*-s*JEW*ISH*MOTHER’s!)?
-MUMB*LING*N’/-..*YID*DISH(!)?
-N’/-..*CO*HER*ENT*LY*(!)”?

-How*THEY*WANT*TO*GO*-(to*PROMISED*
-*LAND*/-..or*-/Visit*NEW*YORK*CITY/-..-*On*LOWER*EAST*SIDE/-..(FOR*PICKLE*FEST-*I*VAL(!))?)
(-&*-THAT*THE*PICKLES/-..-*TASTE*BETTER!(?)-..-*oN’/-(?)
-(NAT*ION*AL*PICKLE*DAY!)”?

*me*missing*LOW*ER*EAST*SIDE*/-..*RE*VEIL*RIE(!)? =(GIVE*or*-TAKE*a-*KOSH*ER*PAR*’-VE*/-..or-(HOR*I*ZON*TAL-
or*VERTI*CLE*THRUST(!)?

-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..-CAESAR*THAT*WHICH-
..-IS*CAE*SAR’S(!)”?

-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..-SHER*ROD*THAT*WHICH-
..-IS*SHER*ROD’S’”(!)”?

-fini!

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!
©Copyright-2014

POETRY*BOOK:26
-”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

©CopyRight..-2014

POETRY*BOOK 27:

“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(-*I*DREAMS*(!))?”

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer.
(C)COPY*RIGHT-2014

First Edition

No part of this book-can be-re*produced by
any modern reproductive*means-
without written
consent of author & publisher.

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:
Original*Poems were*Created..&©*Copyrighted..
Jan.07, 2001.
All-Personal*Names..*Used..are*
Fictional-!../-?-&..-*Created./-...as*Original*Characters/-!..-To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?) ..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -The*Work..*Represents/-! ..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?of*Being*
Modern*/-?..&*-Dealing*With*/-?…Modern*Living/-?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)

Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2001
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-For*These*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)

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

Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is writ
ten/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
*Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!-
*Con-sciously/-&..Or*/-..Un*-Consciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/-..?
..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/-
..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre-
ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)?
..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/-
..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-..
..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..-With*Hier*/-Archial*Voice(!)?-..(-AS*
..-SPOK*EN*WORD!)

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POETRY*BOOK 27:

“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(-*I*DREAMS*(!))?”
First Edition

1. -*Sitting*Alone*(!)?

-wf’One-*LARGE*Draft*BOTTLE*(!)?
-..(UV’/-..*-BOSTON*LAGER!)?-..-
…-(*SAMUEL*ADAMS*!)(?)

N’-(*OUT*BACK!)?-..-*Sipping*a-(COOL*
-..(*ONE!))?-..(-BEFORE*i*/-..-*NOTICE*!)?
..-*TWO*/-..-*PALE*/-..-*BLUE*EYES(!!)??
-*STAR*ing*-..(-Right*At*ME(!)?..-(!!??)
-*HER*BIG*/-..-&*(SUMP*TIOUS*BODY*-!))?
-(WF’*a-..-*GENER*OUS*SMILE*!)?

-ME* BEING*BUSY*POET/-..-*SCRIB*BLING(!)”..-*OUT*/-..-*MYE*NATURE(!)-..-*MYE*FILTHY*/-..-RE*PRESSED*-*DRUTH*ERS(!)
-&*WONDER*ING*/-..-(?)-..-*HOW*INTENSE*IS*/-..-(THIS*ONE*!)?

-as*-(*BLUE*&*RED*/-..*LIGHTS*?)-*FLICKER*ED^/-..(^OFF*-&*-*ON(!?)-..&*^*WHITE*DREAMS*/-..-&**ON*-..(!))?
-N*/-..(DARK*EN*ED/-..-*ROOM*LIT*^-
N’a*/-..-^*ORANGE*&*BLACK*^/-..-*WF’*-*YET*
-*FULLER*SHADOW*ED*FORMS/-..-*CALL*THEM*FALL*LEAVES)!?)-
(-FARM*TOOLS!)?..-(&*^HUGE***PUMP*KINS!)-?

-*THEN*IT*/-..-^*HIT*ME(!)?
-SOME*WHERE/-..N’*..*MIDDLE*of-*..-A*SWIG*^..(!)
-THIS*WAS*/-..(^*NO*DREAM*/-..-*AND*ACTION*/-..-WAS*NEEDED/-..TO*(BE*TAKEN!)?-..*TO*-
-*COM*PLETE*^THE*/-..-Fe*MALES**DESIRE*(!?)?

-*Uv/-..*ME*(!)?
-*UV’/-..an^(-UN**CON*CIOUS*/-^*LITERAL*^-..-*LI*QUID*ITY*!)?

&*-(I*SAID/-..-HOW*YA*/-..-^*DO*ING*!)?
-*BABE*(!)???

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

2. -MYE*HANDS/-..-(SEEM*ED*COLD-!?)

-*ER’*/-..(THAN*USUAL!?-..???)?
-*WAS*DEATH*/-..(*-RIDING*/-..-*A*PALE*HORSE*/-..(-*BACK*WARDS*-..(ALBERT*PINK*HAM*RYDER?)-
or*-*FORE*WARDS!)?
-Wf’/-..(-..MYE**FATHER*/-..(*CLOCK*ED*/-..-*BYE*NAT*UR*AL*TIME!))?

-Why*DOES*The*-..-*WRONG*WOMAN*(?)
-*CALL*ME*/-..*ON*/-..*CUE*-..(!)?
-*FLAUNT*-ING*/-..
-*All*/-..-*MYE*PORN*O*GRAPHIC*/-..-*VIRTUES*(!)?
-Like*EDITING*/-..-a*BOOK*UV’/-..-LETHAL**POETRY(!)?-..*Since*SHE*LOST-
..(-HER*VIR*GIN*ITY/-..-At*17*TEEN*/-....&*-N’/-..*THE*ACT*/-..(WAS*MOAN*ING/-..-(MY*NAME*/-..-THE*WHOLE*TIME*(!))?
-..-WE*SHOULD*ALL*BE*/-
..-SO-*FUCK*Y*LUCK*Y(!)? ..-(-&*HE*HAD*/-..(*DONE*IT!)?-
&*a-*FULL*HOT*=(-BLOOD*ED*FLOOD*ED/-..-*MYE*FINGER*ED*DIGITS*!)?
-*LIKE*/-*SOME*..-*LOTTA*HOT*TA*-..-**MAL*E*’S(!)?
-(*N’*HEAT/-..-as*a*LATIN’S*CON*CERN(!)?-..-*OR**ELK*/-..N’/-..(*RUTT*ING*BREED*ING*SEA*SON(!?))

-&*I*-*a-*..-(HAP*PY*CAMP*ER!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

3. -*IT*..(-HAD*MELTED/-..-*LIKE*an*/..-ICE*CREAM!)?

-*&*NO*ONE*WILL*BE*LIVE*’E(!)?
-N’/-..(1986/-*N’-/-..-*Mye*-..-*PRIX*de*ROMA*/-*TIME*!)?
i*TURNED/-..the* (SISTINE*ART*COLLECTION*/-..-*Down*!)?

-Offer*ing*-(THE*GEMINI*TWINS? _>>*RE*MUS/-
&*ROM*U**LUS*?_-
*N’/-..-*A*PIECE*(!)?_..-*Uv’/-..*MINE*CALL*ED/-
..-(“the*GEM*i*Ni-**TWINS?_>>..an-*AL*TER*NA*TIVE*HAT*RACK(!)?
-”SOMETHING?_>>TO*?_*DO*>>ER’-
(-HANG*YOUR*HAT*ON(!))”?

(-TWO*AUTO*/-..*RE*TRAT*T*O’S!)?
-uv’/-..*Me*(!)?

-THE*ACTING*CURATOR/-..-AT*THAT*TIME/-..
-*AR*GUED*/-..(-THIS*PIECE/-..-WAS*TWO*PIECES(!))?
-I*SAID*(ONE*PIECE!)?_>>”TAKE*IT*?_>>OR*LEAVE*IT(!)?
-..-(HE*DID!)?

-“&*I*HAVE*ALL*WAY’s/-..-*SAID*/-..*THAT*-..-*MYE*ART*-
-..-(*LIKE*CRÈA*ME*-*RISES*/-..n’/-..*COF*FEE*/-..-*TO*THA’/-..-*TOP*(!)”?

-“&*THAT*-*TRUTH*/-..-*TIS*STRAN*GER*..-
..*THAN*/-..-*MYE*ART*IS*TIC*-/../-*FIC*TION*(!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

4. -”a*-..-CONSTANT*BUZ*ZING*(!)?

-*DRIL*LING*n’/-..-Like*a*Denist*-n’-
(MYE*DIA*BET*IC/-..-*NOG*GIN*(!))”?
-”AKIN*TO*NOTHING(!)”? -&*SHE*SAID/-..-*HE*SAID(!)?
-*YOU*R’/-..(-DO*ING*FINE!)?
-SHE*WON’T*BE*BACK*/-..-&*BUT*T*-../SHORTLY*(!)?
-I*DON’T*KNOW/-..(WHETHER*TO*BE*LIEVE*HIM!?)-
-OR*NOT(!)?
-BUT*I*GUESS?-..-(I*HAVE*NO*OTHER*CHOICE!)?
-HE*SAID/-..the*(-IN*FECTION*Tis*/-..-*GETTING*WORSE*!)?

-BUT*ENOUGH*A*BOUT*THAT(!)?

-SHE*ENTER*ED/-..(THE*ROOM/-..-Like*n’A-..*DREAM*!)”?
-(SKIN*SMOOTH*AS/-..*SILK*(!)?

-..&*I*HAD/-..-*HAD*ENOUGH(!)?-
-(SINCE*I’M*A/-..-*HAND’S*ON*GUY*!)?
-&*UV*/-..(-SECOND*HAND*!)?-
..-(ANAL*STAR*GAZING!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

5. -”HIM*CALLING*ME*-(?)-/-..(-OUTTA*MYE*-*MIND!?)?

-BOUN*CING*..(OUTTA*BED!?)-..(-SO*I*DON’T*/-..
-*WET*-THE*BED!)?
-SOME*RE*PET*I*TIVE*NUMBER*/-..(-THE*ODDS*DON’T*WORK!)?
-*AGAINST*ME/-..-I*am*-ALL*WAYS*CHASE*ING*ME/-..=THRU*ARCHI-
TECT*TONIC/-..*STRUCT*URE*/-..-AS*THE*HAMMER***NOISE’S/-..
START*ED*AGAIN*-../*&*INCREASED*-..-*AD*NAUSE-UM(!?)-..
-(-&*THERE*OUGHT*TO*BE*A*LAW*/-..
-AGAINST*THIS*SENIOR/-..-*CITIZEN’S*/-..-*IM*PRISION*MENT(!)?-..
-(IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..-FOR**A*YEAR!)?

-*THEN*THAT*/-..-UN*CON*TROL*FULL*NOISE*REPEAT(!)”?
-*DRILLING*/-..JACK*HAMMAR*/-..UV”?_>>*SLAM*BAM/-..-
(-THANK*YOU*MAM!)?
-”HELLO/-..(HELLO/-..HELLO!)”?
-THEN*OP*ER*ATOR/-..-*SAYING*/-..(-THERE*SEEMS/-..TO*BE-
-SOME*PHONE*/-..-*OFF*/-..-*THE*HOOK*/-..-*&*LINE(!)”?
-”HELLO/-..(HELLO/-..HELLO!)”?
..-&*HELL’S*BELLS(!)?
I*HUNG*UP/--TO*O’LEARY(!)?.......-*THEN*SHE*SAID/-..-*THIS*IS/-..
(-OK(!)-..-*BLUE*JAY?)...(*YOUR*FRENCH*RE*SIS*TENCE/-*FE*MALE*/-..-*IN*SANE*?_>>*CO*MAM*-*MAN*DER!)
-ME*DUMB*FOUNDED/-..(-*AS*I*SUDDEN*LY*/-
..(?)-*HAD*TO*/-..*LAUGH*)?
-AT*(-HER*..-*IN*TER*EST/-..N’/-..-*THE*AVIAN*ORDER/-?..&*NO*-
-*MEN*/-..-*CLA*TURE*/-../*BEFORE*(!)?

-SHE*HAD*ALL*WAYS/-..(*CALLED*WING*LESS/--..-&*BE*FORE*(!)?
..-*WITH*OUT*A-*BIRD*ED*CODE!?))?
-MORE*LIKE/-..(!?)_..-*LIKE*-(!?)-
WF’/-..(-LIP*STICK/-..-&*HER*NAILS*PAINTED*/-..
-*BOTH*****N’-*****TOES/-..&*FINGERS*/-..-&*BE*FORE(!))?-/-..-

-..(-&*N’/-..-*MONTH*/-..UV’/-*DREAM(!)?-........-*NO*VEM*BER*(!)?
-EVE*O*LUTIN’/-..-WF’*/..-(HER*EYES?)_&*CHECK*IN’/-..(N’-*HER*/-..
-..-*OIL*-/-...-*TO*VEG*A*TABLE*/-..-*VARN*ISH*-(!)?-..
-(-*TO*-..*MACHINE*OIL*ED*/-..-*SEX*(!))?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

6. -no*One/-..-X*Pected*MORE*(!)?

-But*I*..-(!*)?-..-COM*PLAIN*ING*ABOUT*/-..-(HOLE*N’/-*CEIL*ING(!))?
-THE*WORK*MEN/-..(BEING*ONLY/-..-4FOOT2/-..-COULD*NOT*/-*FIX(!)?
-WITH*OUT*A*LADDER(!))?-..(THE*PORT*LAND*CON*CRETE/-..*WENT*
-*WELL*/-WITH*OUT*A*HITCH(!))”?-..(DARK*&*UGLY/-..-&*a-DIRTY*AT*- *TRI*BUTE/-..-TO*MYE*/-..-*BO*HEM*IAN*/-..-(XXXXXXX!)?- ..*LONE*LY***XXX*XIST*ANCE(!)?

-SUM*HOW/-..-*SINCE*HER*VISIT*/-..-*TO*BOGOTA*/-..
-SHE*WAS*DIFF*-ER*-*ENT(!)?-..- *NO*LONG*ER/-..-*MYE*LITTLE*/-
..-(-NEW*YORK*/-*BROOK*LYN*/-..*SEXY*/-..-5yr.*old*VAMP*!)???
-BUT*BETTER*STILL*/-..(-*MYE*LITTLE*CATHOLIC*/-..-*VIR*GIN*..-*PRIN*CESS*(!))?
-&*(HER*BIRTH*DAY/-..-OF*/-..*SIX*-*TIS*-..-*TO*MOR*ROW*/-..-BUT*BEING*/-..-*CEL*EBRAT*ED/-..(!?)-..-
-TO*DAY(!)?

-WHEN*I*TALKED*TO*HER(!)?-..(-HER*LITTLE*VOICE/-..*TREMB*LED*/-..?
WITH*XXX*CITE*MENT(!)? -”THAT*FIGURES(!)”? -&*..(TO*MOR*ROW’S
-A*NOTH*ER*DAY(!))?

-&*TO*DAY/-..-*NOV. ONE*..(-THEY*TURNED/-..-THE*STEAM*-..*HEAT*ON!)?
-EVEN*THOUGH/-..-*THERE*WAS*NO*HEAT*/-..(-N’JAN.-FEB.-2014!)?
-&*(30)*-..-*YEAR*(OLD!?(-..*COLD*SNAP(!)?

-&*SURE*ENOUGH/-..?-
(a-*LITTLE*PART*OF*ME/-..
-(-HAS*TURNED*/-..-a*-*DIA*BETIC*TRUE**BLUE*!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

7. -”SIT*TING*WAIT*ING(!)-..
-(*DO*ING*HARD*CORE*PARK*ING(!))?

-BLONDE*PUSS/-(SHOWING*UP/-..WF’/-(*BABY*DOG*CARRIAGE!))?
-”&*HER*SAYING/-(?)-..”(I*AM*LEAVING*-..-(-*TWO*CARS*UP!))?
-(*ME*SAY*ING*THANK*YOU!)”?..-&*(*THINK*ING*?_..-WHAT*DID*
I*-DO*/-*TO*/-..-(DE*SERVE*THIS*!)”?-..(GETTING*READY*TO*DO/-(?)-..-*TUES*DAY*..
(-IN*STEAD*OF*/-..-*MON*DAY*(!)?-..
-*LIKE*..-(ALTER*NATE*SIDE*/-..-*REALITIES!)?
-BUT*SHE’S*RIGHT/-..(-TUES*DAY’S*VOTING*DAY!)?-
(IN*MYE*LIFE?)-
-&*HEAVEN*HELP*/-..-*THE*LAZY*VOTER(!)?

-(&*SHE*MIGHT*FIND*OUT/-..-I’VE*NEVER*VOTED!)?
-&*(IN*FORM*THA’/-..-*RIGHT*WING*GROUP*IES!)?
-VI*VA(!?)_..(PAT*TRICH*/-..-*HEN*RY’S*PLEDGE/-..
-”to*(GIVE*ME*LIBERTY*/-..-*OR*GIVE*ME*DEATH!)”?

-”&*ME*(-PASSING*BYE*-..-(GARDEN*UV’/-*EDEN(!))”?
-&*(PICKING*UP/-..-(TWO*-..-*BART*LETT*PEARS/-..(!)?
-*THAT*I*PAID*FOR!!))))”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

8. -”*GETTING*LARGE*/-..-*BLACK*COFFEE/-..-(FROM*6th*AVE.-..-*STREET*VENDOR!)”?

-’”&*WAIT*ING?_>>(FOR*THE*RAIN!)”?
-”&*PAYING*$2.50*A*CLIP(!)”?-..
-&*(-”*THEY*SAY*IN*FLA*TION’S/-..*ECONO*-*MY-*IS/-?
-ON*THE*RISE*(!))??”? ..&-*ONE*GET’S*TIRED/-..*FROM*..-LIS*TEN*ING*TO*WALL*-*STREET*/-..-*ALL*WET*-IN*VES*TORS*(!)?..- (ALSO*GALLON’S*MILK’S/-..-*HIGH*ER*THAN-..
-GAL*LON*UV’/-..-*GAS*NOW(!)”?
WHAT*WULD*ACHILLE’S*/-..-‘AVE*DONE/-..WF’/-..(SUCH*A*BRUISED*/-..-*WET*GAS*SED*HEEL(!))?
-(to*RIDING*THE*TRO*JAN*HORSE!)?-
-(*LIM*PING*home*FROM*.-..(*SCI*AT*ICA’S/-..(*BRUISED*CHARLE*HORSE*D(!)?)..-
-*HIP*(!)?-..
(disambiguation)..
-&-..-(RE*GURGE*I*CA*TION(!)?

-(boy*Scout’s*Honor!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

9. -”*FLESH*/-..-(*THE*ONLY*KISS*/-..-&*ASS*hole*ISSUE*/-*NOW*(!))”?

-”WHY*IS*IT/-..(-*LEG*G’S*WOMEN*/-..vs.-..-2*BREAST’S*WOMEN!)”?
-&*(THE*BOY’S/-..vs. -THE*MEN*SAY!)? ..-”(GIT*O’VER*IT!)?
-S’LIKE*/-..(*BOB*BING*/-..(-FOR*HALLO*WEEN’s*APPLES!)”?
-”ALL’S*SO*FULL*-..-*UV’/-..(*PLUM*P*KIN*ORANGE*/-.._&**PAID*for*/-..-*SUR*PRISES*!!!)”?
-(NAT*UR*AL/-..vs.-/..-(HARD*ROCK*APPLES!))”?
-”*SOFT*&*SLIPPERY*FLESH(!)”? -vs.-(*IM*PLANT*HARD*ROCK’s*/-..-*BREAST’S**SPECIALS(!))?

-at*Least/-..-at*Best/-..(TRANS*IL*VAN*IA’s-..-*FE*MALE’s*-
..-*R’*a-n*EVIL*HOST’-es?)-
-(MIGHT*‘ave”/-..-*BEEN*/-(!?)_..-(THE*T.V’s*/-*ADAM’S*CORE*/-..-*FAM*I*LY?)_!))- ..uv*/-..-(*HARD*ass**SCI*AT*ICA’S**a-*CHIL*LASS)”?

-”&*-..-At*-(THE*ART*STUD*ENT’S*-*LEAG*UE(!)”?
-AS*ART*SCHOOL/-..(NYC?)-..(-HAD*TO*CON*TRIVE*UP/-
..a-*TITLE*-*UV’/-..?-DE*FENSE*/!)-..-*For*-a*-*FART*/-..***EX*/-..-*XXX*H*I*BI*/-..-*TION!)”?-
..(WHY*THE*NUDE*?_..-*(2005?)-..-&*-..
..-be*CAUSE*MYE*OIL*ED/-*TITLE: ..-”JO*ANN’S/-..(-*RED*NAILS!)”?
-BEING*ONE*UV’/-..the*..-(DE*LIB*ER*ATE*?)_>>*******-*&*TITLED?-..(FLESH*GIV*ING*/-..-*HON*EST*HUMPS*/-?)-..-&**CON*TRI*BUT*/-..-*TION’S(?)-
-*eR’s(!)”- ...-&*-..*CON*SE*QUENT*AL*LY*-..the*-*PATRI*O*TIC*SAYING(!)?
-ON*A*SIL*VER*NICKLE*-(?)
(-WAT*YO*SEE?_>>-is*Wat*/-..-*-*YO*GIT*(!))?
&*THE*NASTY*/-..-*AMER*I*CAN*WOR*DS***-..
-*UV/’/-..(?)-
-”E*_PLU*I*BUS*..-*UN(*I*)-UM(!)”?
..-N’*LATIN*(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

10. -”NOISE’S/-..-*LIKE*/-a*..-(-*RAT’S*KNO*WING*(!))”?

-USTA*BE/-..(-HERE*N’/-..-N’*DIS’*/-..(-*COLD*WATER*FLAT*!)”?
-NOTHING*LIKE*-..-*LIKE*(!)?...-*I*-&*RE*MEMBER-..*ING-..-(THAT*that*GUY*/-..-*STUDDER*ING-
-..*DOWN*ON*AVE*NUE*A*(!))?-..(-HIM*STILL*..-*CHATTER*ING!)?
-WF’/-..(TORT*URED*RAISED*/-..-*EYE*BROWS*/-..-*KNAW*ING*AT*THE*WORD(!)_..&*(MAY*BE*/-..0*GROWING*-a*-
..-*RAT’S*TAIL(!))?
-”&*SHE*SAID*THAT/-.._*PER*TAIN*ING*_../-..(*-TO*NONE*(!)?(TO*MYE*FRENCH*DOM*I*CAN*DREAD*LOCK/-..&*NINE*IN’*-.._
..*TRO*VERT*ED*/-..*CAT*TAILS*(!)?
-I*WAS*A*WIN*NER/-..-*CHIEF*TAIN*/-..-*UV’/-..(ISLE*UV’/-..-*MAN*-
*HATTAN*(!)?-..-*LIKE’S*TIME*/-..-*ON*a-*NUMBER*1*TRAIN(!)?
-THA’*BLACK*CHIC(!)?-..(-CAME*RUN*NING*IN*TO*SUB*WAY!)?-

-YELL*ING*HE’S*MINE(!)?-..-*FROM*28TH*STREET/-..-*LEX*ING*TON*(!)?
-(*STOP*(!)-..(-RUN*NING*OVER*-&*(-SITTING*ON*MYE*LEFT*KNEE?))
-*LAUGH*ING/-..&*SAYING*/-..-AF*TER*STICK*ING*HER*TONGUE(!)?
-N*/-..-*MYE*LEFT*EAR*-..-&*WIG*G*LING*-*TEAS*ING*LY*/-(!?)-..--&*THEy*HEARD*WORD/-..*YELL*ING*/-..(TO*THE*WHOLE*SUR*PRISED*CAR*’s-..(?)
*CROWD*/-..-(”I*JUST*LOVE*HIM(!)”?..-BE*CAUSE*I*’VE*NEVER*SEEN-
A*WHITE*Y/-..-*WITH*A*DREAD*LOCK*/-....-&*HE’S*GOT*/-..-*NINE*SLIV*VER*/-..*IN’*-.._
..*TRO*VERT*ED*/-..*CAT*TAILS*(!)?

-&*(SHE*SAID!)?

-..(You(R’/-..(NOW*CHIE*TAIN?_>>UV’/-..(-THIS*-*IS*MAN’S*LAND!))”?

-..(“-AGAIN*JUMPS*UP/-..-*AT*-(GRAND*CENTRAL*LEX*ING*TON*STOP!)?-..&*YELLS*-*XX*IT*ING*LY*(!)”?
-..(“*I*REALLY*LOVE*YOU*/-..-*SWEET*LY*(!)”?
-..-&*WAV*ING*/-..-(-GET”S*OFF*(!))?(&*THE*CROWD*_*ROARS*/-..AT*..(-MYE*PLEASED*/-*BUT*BUTT*-
..-*EM*BAR*RASSED*/-..-&*RED**BALD*PATE*/-..-&*PSY*CHO*/-..-*LOG*I*CAL*STATE(!)?

-”SO*MUCH*/-..*FOR*-..(-MYE*PUBLIC*/-..-*SILENT*POET’s*/-..
-*MAN*Hat*tan*/-..-*DE*BUE*(!))?
-&”*I*-WAS*SI*LENC*ED/-..-*BYE*20*YEAR*OLD*/-..-*BLACK*-
*LIT*ERAL*/-..-*HUM*ER*OUS*/-..-*LOVING*CHIC*(!)?
-..(THAT*HAD*ON/-..-*VERY*LITTLE*/-..(!?)-
-..(&*SMELLED*STRONG*LEY/-..-&**POSI*TIVE*LY*(!)?
-..(&*-a-*FIRM*BUTT*******&*-XXX*_EX*O*XT*TIC?_
>>-*BREAST’S*N’/-..-&*’-*TENDER*FLESHED*/-*SCENTED*
-*PAR*FUME*/-..(???)_-uv’/-
..-*PAT*-*CHOU*-*LE(!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

11. -”AS*CEND*ING*SO.*ORANGE’S*..-*ART*LOFT*-/..-*STAIRS*(!)”?

-WF’/-..(CO*MUN*I*CATION*SONG’s*/-..-N’/-a*-(BIRD*ED*MIND!))”?
-&**The-..(-*CANAL*UV’/-..-*BIRDS*/-..-&*a*..--SMALL*GREY*HERON!)?
-WF’/-..(-BLUE*LEG**STOCK*INGS/-..-*&*BLACK*FEET*(!)?-..-*HOW*-..
*THis*/-..*RE*MIND*ED*ME/-..-*Uv’/-..*SUSAN*/-..(-*AL*WAY’s*CURL*

-*ed*UP*/-..-(-IN*TO*HER*SELF*/-..-*HER*-../*PLEA*SANT*SELF*(!))?-..-
-*POSE*ING*/-..&*-(*WEAR*-ING*HER*HAPPY*/-..-*YOUTH*?)/-..-N’*-(SOME*/-..*ACT*I*VATED*/-..-*POLKA*DOTS*!)?-..-(-*GR-IN*NING*/-..-*LIKE*A*MON*KEY*(!)?-..-&**PO*SSE*SS*ING/-..-*a*-YELL*..-OW*ED*
-BA*- NAN*A(!)?-..-&*AT*TI*-*TUD*ED/-..(-KNEE*SOCKS/-..-*PULL*ED*-

-*UP*/-..-*TO*HER*HAIRY*/-..*CROTCH*(!)?-..or-*(MAY*BE*/-..-*STRIPES *N’/--*LARGE*SHAD*OW*ED*PAT*TERNS*/-..(-*MOVE*ING*DOWN*/-..-*HER*LEG*GS*!)?-..-&**HER*MID*DRIFT*OPEN*/-..-*TO*HER*/-..-*FULL*BUSH*ED*/-*MIND*-*BRUSHED*-..-*LIG H- TLY*/-..-*BYE*HER*DE*SIRE*/-..-*TO*/-.. *TO*GIVE*UP(!))? -..-(*ME* /-..*-TO*HER-*SELF!)?-..-*SMIL*ING*/-..-*FROM*SUB*CON*SC- -*IOUS*- LY/-..- *CON*TROL*ING*/-..-&*WAN-* -*DER*ING*--N’/-..-*DREAM*PSYCHE*- (!)? -..-*&*A*LONG/-..
(-THE*CAN*- AL* /-..AT*/-..-*SOM E*-..-*POINT*(!))?

-*BUT*JUST*ALONG*/-..-*(THE*SO.*/-*ORANGE*CANAL*!)?-*I*WIT*NESS* -*ED/-..-*SOME*THING*A*MISS*(!))?-../-*LIKE*WEED*ED*-*BRANCH*ES/-..-&*HAR VES-*TING*CUT*TING*!)?-..(A*TREM*MEN*DOUS/-..-USE*UV”?_>>MODERN**MACHINE(!))-?-*CUT-
*DOWN*/-..(ANY*SPRING*WEEDS?)-..-*LEAV*ING*THE*BANKS*BARE!)
-WF’/-..-*OUT*HAB*I*TAT/-..-FOR*DUCKS/-..-&*OTHER*BIRD*SPECIES(!)?

-A*LONG*CANAL/-..(MYE*RIGHT*EYE/-..WAS*GROW*ING*DIM*MER!)
-UN*ABLE*TO*FOCUS/-*ER’/*CRIT*I*ZE..-MYE*SON’S*TAKING*TRIP(!)?
-BE*CAUSE*AF*TER*ALL/-I*DID’NT*PUT*COM*PUTER/-..-N’-MYE*PLACE?
-TO-(DRY*OUT*ONE’S*LAUN*DRY/-.N”*PUBLIC*or-*SING*IN*VEC*TIVE’ -S-(!?)-..-*lik*SANTA--*CLAUS*/-..Wf’/-..WHITE*BEARD/-..As*SARG*ent*MA*- *JOR*(!?)) _..*BARK*ING*OUT**N’/-..*CAD*ENCE*D*an-*OR*DER!)?(!)?

_”*DE*STROY*ALL/-..-*HAIRY*_*WEEDY*/_..*NAT*URAL**NA*TURE*’S*WEEDS*-(!)”?
-&*-..(-WE*END*UP*/-..-*NUETER*ED*?_>>_&*DE*NUDE*ED!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

12. -Same*Old*Thing(!?)?

-O*DESSA/-..-AVE.*A/-..-8th*ST./-..-9th*ST./-..-*WAIT*IN’(!)?
-SAME*NEEDS/-..-*SAME*COFFEE/-..-(SAME*OLD* CON*-*VER*-*SA*TION(!))?
-*WAIT*RESS*/-..-*IG*NOR*IN’*ME/-..-(AS*USUAL!)???
-*MAN*WF’/- ..(ANGRY*FACE/-..*GES*TIC*U*LATE’N/-..-*N’*WF’/-..-*JUP*ITER*?)-..-?..-*FINGER* ING*/-..*UP(!))?-..-*&*CUR*SING*(!)?-

-*HER*-(!?)-..*SNOW*/-..-&**HANGING*OUT*?_..-*ACROSS*THOMPSON*PARK(!!)?
-*WAIT*-*IN’/-..-*AS*USUAL/-..ON*JIM*?_(FREE*PORT*/-..*NATIVE/-(!?))
..-*TEXAS*(?))-..(-*SHOW*ING*UP/-..*DRESS*ED*IN/-
..(-APACHE*BRO*WN/-..-&*WEST*ERN***AT*TIRE(?)-..-*DARIN’*MY*SELF/-..*TO*PUT/-(!?)-
..*CANE*-*SUGAR*?_..-N*COFFEE(!)?..(-TO*CURE*MY*DIA*BETES!)?

-*LOOK*’N*/-..-AT*GREEK*/-..(VISUAL*ART*I*FACTS/-..-CALL*THEM
-*PIC*TURE’S/-WF’/-..-(AC*DC*/-..*DECORA*TIVE/-..*SUB*TONES*!))
-*(OUT*SIDE*-*UV’/..*NOW*(!?))-..-*NO*REA*SON/-..-*TO*DIS*PLACE*S’E-..-LF(!?))- ..-(CALL*THEM*STRONG*IMAGES*/-..-OUT*UV’/-..-*TIME*/-..-&*RAT -*HER*/-..-*USE*LESS(!)-)..-(HIM*RE*PEATIN’/-A*BLUE*EYED*CON*-

-*CERN(!)?-..UV’*WHETHER/-..-THE*-(VENITIAN*OMELETTES*COUL-*D/-.. *BE*MUCH*/-..(-*WETTER*/-*SOFTER*..-THAN*LAST*WEEK(!?)-)?..-*&**WHI- CH*/-..-*BOUNCED*/-..(LIKE*RUBBER*BALLS!)?-..(STUDY*ING* MEN*U *E’S/-..-*LIKE*JES*U*IT*/-..-*RABBI*PRIEST*)”?-*HIM*RE*PENT*N’/-..(LIKE**BLUE*-*MARY*/-..-*&*ME*TURN*ING*OVER/-..-*PIECE*/-..*BLUE*PAPER(!)??-FIND*IN’/-..-*DENIST*SONG’S/-..*DRAWIN’*(!?))

-UV’*/-..(NEC*ES*SARY*ALUM*I*NUM*..-*MESH*(!)?-..&*CA*DAV*IER--*BONE*/-..WF’/-..-(*TWO*ALUM*I*NUM*PINS!)?
-SOME*WAY*TO*BULD*A*BRIDGE/-..-(-FROM*WHO*KNOWS!?)-MAY*BE/-..(HIV*/-*AIDS/-*CAN*CER?)_..-*&*HAD*NEVER*TALK*ED(?)-
-(TO*OUR*WAITRESS(!?)_..-*WF’/-..(-BLACK*EYES!)?-..-(-*OR*DRUNK*-
..*FROM*GREEK*COFFEE*CUPS*/-..*STILL*SMILING*/-....-*&*/-..-STILL**LOOK*IN’*/-..-*-DES*POND*ENT/-..(LIKE*THE*TIP*/-..-WE*GAVE-..*HER*/-..(N’*GREEK*COINS/-(!?)-..-WOULD*N’T*COVER/-..(-COULDN’T*COVER/-..-*OUR*EXIT!))???

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/Painter/Composer
(C)Copyright-2015

13. -”LOOK*ING*AT*/-..(*THE*/-..-*LARGE*SQUARE*/-..*PATTERN*(!)?

&*WON*DER*ING*WAT(!)?-..(-TOU*LOUSE*LAU*TREC/-..*WULD*‘AVE*
-*DONE * (!?)-..-FROM*HIS*PERS*PEC*TIVE/-..(-uv’-*KNEE*HIGH*TO*a-*GRASS -*- ..-*HOP*PER*!)?-..(&*HIS*WON*DER*FUL*/-..(OFF*BROAD*WAY*/-..-*MON*-?
-*MARTE*/--..-(DE*LAYS/-*UV’!)??/-..-*DE*CAD*ENT***TOLL*/-..-&**PAINT*ER*LY*DREAMS*/-(!?)-r’-.-*TILL*DEATH*/-..(-DO*US*SPEAK*A*PART(!)?!?

-&*PARIS’S*BROAD’S/-..(WF’-*LIP*STICK’s!?)-..-(*STUCK*&*SMEARED*LIKE*-..
!?)_..-(-*LOCAL*COW’S*AT*COUNTRY*FAIR’S(!))?-..-(STRUT*TING*THEIR*BEEF(!?_*AT*JUST*RIGHT*ANGLE(!)?
-*TO*WIN*a-..-(BLUE*RIBBON!)? -..(-*LUST*ING*TO_*BUST*OUT!)?-
*AS*-(!?)-(-*NINE*TEEN*CENTRY*WHORES*!))?-..-&*VERY*MUCH*-(HARD*EN*ED?_>>-*BYE*MAN’S*GULITY*/-.._>>*GUL*LI*BIL*ITY(!?))-THAT*HE*SHOULD*BE*/-..
(?)_-(BROUGHT*DOWN*/-..(TO*EARTH!)?-..(-as*CIGAR*N’*HAND/-..-N’/-..*MOUTH*!))? -.(Puffing*A*Way!)?-..(-*TILL*CLI*MAX*!))?

-*PROVES*THEY*DE*LIGHT*ED/-..(N’-..*BEING*-*TAKEN*A*WAY*SCREAM*ING!(???))? -..(N’/-*SOME*DARK*EN*BED*ROOM*?)_>>(-TO*DE*CA*DENT*-*COR*NER!)?
-(*PROVES*SPI*RO*CHET’I’ES/-..-*WERE*ON*THE*MASS*MOVE?)
-(GIVE*OR*TAKE*-a*/-..(-*PICK*UP*/-..-*RE*WARD*!)?)

-BUT*NOT*WAS*/-..(-SUCH*THE*CASE*a-*-*TENDER*ED*HISTORY(!))?
-AS*a*-*COUPLE*Uv’*Tha’*Girls?/-..-(*FELT*SORRY*/-..-FOR*SHORTY*!)?
-or*/-..-*RE*CLUSE*Toul*ouse(!)?-..
-&*(HIS*MONEY/-(!?(?)-..-&*LOVE*D**HIM*/-..(-*TO*DEATH!))?
-(*SER*VICE*ING*/-..-*HIS*EQUAL*I*TY*..-CO*M*MUN*I*TY?_>>(!>)-*PAINT*ER*LY*/-..-*HEAVEN*LY*NEEDS!)?

-LIKE*(-SOME*ONE*CALL*ING*ME*UP*/-..-*AT*JUST*THE*RIGHT*TIME!)?
-(BYE*DROP*PING*a-*DIME*(!)?-&*TO*UN*LOAD*ONE’S*JEWELS(!))?
-(From*Their*/-*DARK*EN*ED*CAR*CASS*E’S(!)?-..-*KISS*BUT*DON’T*-
-*TELL*(!!!)?-..-(*AS*COWS/-..-WF*BELLS(!?)-R’*/-..AL*WAY’S/.._*PUT*OUT*to-*PAST*_
-*URE(!))? ..-(-*DIS*EAS*ED*-er’/-..-*NOT!)?

-(Like*Large*Pat*tern*’s?)-..(*DRAWN*TO*IN*FIN*I*TY!)?_..
-(BE*CAUSE*-ALEX*AN*DER**CALD*ER/-..-*He*LIVE*ED(!)?
-N’/-..(-PAR*RELL*ED/-..-*UN*I*VERS*I*TIES!)? ..-(-&*You*Put*THE*-*COUN*TRY*SQUIRE/-?)..-*uV’/-(*a-*...-*WEALTH*Y*FAM*I*LY*-
-(IN*CLIN*ED*?_>>TO*WIN?_>>(AT*LOS*ING*(!))?_..
-4’11”/-..TO*-..5’1”/-..WF’*ART*-..-*SENSE*I*TIVE*I*TY’S(!)?
_(A*SHORTY*SMARTY*!)?-..(-*IN*CLINED*TO*-.._*I*DENT*I*FY?)-

_(FROM*HIS*LOW*LY*/-..(-short**PERS*PECT*IVE*(!))?-
_-OF*(-..*HIGHER*BIRTH*/-..-*COL*LECTIVE’S?)?
_(&*BEAUTY*-a*LONE?_>>*ALL*WAYS**is*!?)-..
_(*FORM*/-..-*FROM*-/..-a*DIF*FER*ENT*-*SUG*GES*ST*IVE’S*/-..-*SAKE(!!!)?
-(-&*LAID*OUT*/-..-*TO*REST*!)???
-(-FROM*FORM*BE*fore*/-..*FUNC*TION*(!)>
-a*-(*LESS*PLAUS*I*BLE*)?-..-*N’/-..-*DE*MEN*TION*(!)?-

-Like*-..(*BAU*HAUS*/-..*Neue*Vo*/-..-*RE*-*IN*STI*TUTION(!))?

-*end*/-..-*SIDE*OUT*(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

second*13. -”-*OR*-..-*END*eD*..--SIDE*IN*(!)”?

-*END*ED*(!)?
-to*END*(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer
©Copyright-2014

POETRY*BOOK 27:

“-HARD*CORE*/-..-(*I*DREAMS*(!))?”

Philip Lawrence Sherrod NA
Poet/-Painter/-Composer.
(C)COPY*RIGHT-2014

First Edition(C)

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Saturday, September 12, 2015