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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-*IN*/-..-*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

(FIRST*EDITION)

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-*IN*/-..-*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

(FIRST*EDITION)

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD, POET.-.."DUE*TO/-..POPULAR*DEMAND/-&*..UV'A(-SIDE*WALK*NATURE/-&*..PUBLIC*ROYAL*/-..*PREROGATIVES!(?)-/-&*..-SHUFFLING*ABOUT/-..THRU*VERBAL*/-..*CON*DU*I*TIES(!))"?-??-UV'(-HO?_>>HO?_HO!!!?/-..&*(*LOW*CLASS/-..*MUD*DU-I*-TIES*/-*(!))-*..(THESE*WURDS*/-..WER'*SPOKEN(!)..N'(_BETWEEN*RAIN/-..*DEARS*/-..*SOBBING*(!)?-..&*-"POOR*/-SANTA*CLAWS(!)-..*ROBBING*/-*LIL*/-..*DARLIN"S*BLIND*(!))"?"?.

Photo’d*Pictures/-..-Called*/-(DNA’s/-..*Measure*!)?

&*Pleasure/-..”She*Said/-..I*Won’t*Write!/-

..on*You(!)”?

-“TILL*/-..ALL*THA’/-..(COWS*/-..*CUME*/-

..*HOME*/-

-FROM*/-..CLIFFORD’S*DELUSION*AL*/-*STILL(!))

-&*(R’/-..MOST*LOOPED*/-..&*Liquored*GUILTY!)?

..wf’/-..Bon*A/-..Parte/-*..&*Lizza*/-*D*..(VVoice!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-*IN*/-..-*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

(FIRST*EDITION)

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 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(!)?

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/- ..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

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-6:30am To -1:35am-(Full*Day/..-Tuesday*Teaching!)?..-*Waking*Up..(..-Like*Runover?)-..*Bye*..(-Ryder*Truck!)?

-Picked*Up(?)-..Bye*Siren(?)--Telling*Me*/-She*..(Wuz*Swimming*-..At*Sandy-..(?)-*Hook!)?-N’*Th’*Dark(!)?..-Wf’..(-Red*Jelly*Fish(?)-

-Wrapped*Around*Ankles!)-..&*Worried*About-(?)

(-Shark*Feeding*..*Frenzy!)-(Thinkin’*Uv’*Us*!)?-

&*Pullin’..*Off*/-..*Green*Sweater(!)?-*Saying*(As-..*All*

-ways?)-..(That*She/-..Wuz*Hot!)?..-To*Trot(!)?-

-Me*Thinking(?)-..This*(-*Bronze*Body!)?-..Will*(*Never*..

-*Sober*Up!)?..-Her*Tender(?)..-(Hazel*Eyes!)?-

(Making*Me?)-..*Forgive*Her(!)?..-For*(-Taking*Her/-

..*Own*Life/-?

..N’to-*Hands!)?-Seeing*/-..Some*Sag*i*ttarian/..-(*Bookie*

*Tour*-ing*Agent!)?-

..&**Sci*en*tic*e*ous(!)?-*Fool*..-?

-Adventurer*Predator(!)?..&-(Thrill*Kid)*/-..*Brag*g*-

ado*cio(!)?-..“Trying*(To*Impress*Me*!)?..-To*Be*Jealous!

(?)..-&*How..(*Un*faithful/-..She’d*Been!)?..-&*How*-

(She*Did*It?)..-To*(-Get*Back*/-At*Me!)?..-For*Paint*-

ing*(-*Amy/-*Aries/-?..From/-Carbon*dale/-..*Illinois!)?-

*Well*(!?)..-*Small*World(!?)-

The*(-*Pain*Staking*Love!)”?..-Me*In*/-..*Decis-

ively*Hurt*(!?)..-&*Be*wildered(!)?..-&*(No*Longer!)?-

*Capable*/-..Uv’(-*Hurting*/-..*Beyond/-*..Mye*/-

Present*De-ath!)?..-Mye*Heart*Numbed/-*..-Bye*Her(-

*Absence*/-..*Again!)?-“Telling*Me..(-He*Didn’t*/-..

*Have*a-*Heart!)?

-That*She(?)-..Didn’t*Know/-..Why*The/-..(-Young*Men?)-Are*..(Like*That!)?..-*Mye*..(Eye*Brows*Raised!)?

N’-(Philo*sophical*Question!)?-“Uv’..(-Who*Dat*Baby/-..*Talkin’*To”)(!)?..-Is*She..(-*Outta*../-Her*Mind!)?

-Pulling*Down*..(-Skin*Tight/-..*Pants*!)?..&-(*Flesh*Peeling/-Over*board(!)?..-Like*(-*Her/-*..(-*Daddy’s*Boat!))?

-(-*Flooding*/-..Mye*Eyeball(!))?..-Her*Grinning*(!)?-*From(-Ear*To*Ear!)?..-*Me*Saying/-..(What*About*/-..A*

-ids*(!?)?..&-*Her*Saying/-..(Just*-How*Old*/-..*Are)..*You*(!)?-*Then

-*Add*..(-Ten*More*Years!)?..-To*Live(!)?..&*-Me*Not/-

* Lik-ing*This*Joke(!)?..-Er’(State*Uv’/-..Friv*o*lous?)-

*Humor!(?)-..*Crawling*On(*Top!)?..-Uv’*Me/-..&*Sofa*(!)

-Saying*(Black*Man/-..*Just*Delivered/-*TV/-..&*(Set*It*Up!)?-&*He*/-..&**She(*Thinks!)?-..*Is*..(*African*&*Tall*!)

“Black*As*Spades(!)..-(Blue*Shark/-..*Black*!)?”-

-(Asking*Her/-(?)..-Did*She*Have?-..(Boy*friend/-..

Er’*Husband!))?..&*-Tha-t*-

(She*wuz*Angry/-..Wf’*Me!)?-..&*Made*Him/-?

(-A*Cup*/-..Uv’*Coffee/-..&*Asked*Him(?)-..To*Leave!)(?)-

Tel-ling*Me(?)-..(Her*Mother&*Her?)..-Had*A*Great*Time(?)-*Playing*Piano(!)?..-&(-Good*Time*/-..*Singing*-

(?))-*Jewish*Songs/-..&*Drinking*(White*Wine!)?..-N’-(Re*member*ing(?)..-Her*Mother’s/-..*Father*(!?)?..-The*Prof*

-fess*or(!)?..-*Preverted*..(&*That*He*Wuz!)-..&*Might*Have/-(*Molested*/-..His*Granddaughter!)-?..which*was*-(*Her!?)-&*M-

aybe*He*/-..*Wuz’/-..a(-SSS*Officer!)?-But*Better*Still..(*Connected*To*Gestapo!)?..-*Me*Coming*/-..*Back*Home(!)?

-Via-(-NewJersey*/-*Transit*/-Train*/-..*Putting*Ticket..(-From*South*Orange!)?-N’/-..(Seat*-Ticket*Holder!))?

&*(-Black*Conductor/-..*Talkin’/(-*Punchin’/-..a*Ride/-&*Not*Noticing’..(-Givin’Free*Ride?)-..5*Stops*Plus(!)?

Too*Tired(!)-..To*(-Speak*Up!)?..-&*Hearin’*(-Frank*Sinatra’s*Voice!)?..-On*(-Sum*Bodies/-..-*Boom*Box!)?

-Via*(-Hoboken*Path!)?-..*Singing*..(-The*-Autumn*Trees/-*Caress*/-‘es..The*Leaves!..))?-..&*n’/-a..

*Deceased*Voice(!)

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Another*E:Mail-..From*a-..(Desperate*/-..*House*Wives!)?

-On*Tagged(!)?-(MEET*ME/-..n’*PLAY!)?

-Picture*Uv’*Black*Woman/-(Over*Tha’*Hill!)?-..*Dressed N’(Santa*Suit!/-..Wf’/-..*Wurds*?_..Written*N’/-*Black*G-*

Round!)-(?)..N’/-..(White*Letters!?)-..*N’*BLACK*Capitals(!)?

..”Santa*

*Baby!..-*THICK*CHICK/-..”IF*U*AIN’T*LICKIN’/-..(!?)-...U*AIN’ T/- ..*STICKIN’”(!?)-..41, Fe*male,*Single,(!?) -Col*o*r /-..-ad-o*Springs, Col./-..InTer*Ested/ -in*Friends/,&*Net*Work* ing (!)?..-(White*Fuzzy*Hat!)?-&..“Ear*Rings/-..(Bigger*Cir cles/-..That*You/-..*Could*/-..Drive*A/-..(Plane*Through!))”

..&*You/-..Calling*/-..&*Waking(Me*Up!)?/-..Talking*About

(Paloma*/-..&*Samule*VaughN/-..Photo*Grapher/-..That*Slap

*Ped/-..Me*Around/-..”A*Bit/-..*Willy*!”/-..*NILLY*/-..&

-From*&*/-..DRINKING*SAMUEL*ADAMS(!)?n’-*BUBBLES*(!)?_n’Tor*onto(!))

&*(Trying/-..*To/-..*Leave*(Sum*Cigarettes!)?-..*Burning*/-..N’/-..Ash*Tray!)?-..Via*Time*/-..&*Moraled*/-..*Circum*/-..*Stance-(!)?-THEN*..

-I*Get/-This*..(Blonde*Curly*Haired/-..*Black*Chick/-(!?)..Grin*Ning/-..Like*Momkey(!))?-..”LIKE*Going*Out/-..Wf’*Sister/-&-*Friends/!”-..Wf’A/-*Smile/-*..That*Will/-(?)..&*Last*/-..For*Ever!!(?)..-&*/-..”(MR.Mr. says/-(?)-You*are*So*SmokE

in’/-..*HOT*/-(?)-..You*Can/-..(Send*/-..SMOKE*SIGNALS/-..WF’*OUT*/-..A*FIRE!)”?

-Her*Teeth/-..*Proving*/-..She*Uses*Crest*(!)?-..WF’/-

..”ALL*WHITE*GIRL/-..16*PIC*TUR’S/-..*HAVFT’/-*SEE*..(UNDRESSED!!)”?-&*SEE(!)?

..”ALL*WHIT-E..**FLORIDE(!)-..&*(WHITE*STRIPS!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

Another*Seasons*Greeting(?)-*Card(!)?-N’(-Purple*..&..*Off*White!)?-‘o4?

Wf’(?)..9*Scrawled/-(John*Hancock*Signatures!)-N’Conversion*/-Uv’*&*Frum..*Summit,NJ!)

?Signifiying*/*Nothing(!)?-But/-De*mented*Pedophiles(!)?-PHD’s&Possibly*..(Cro*Magnums!)

?-Or*Father’s*Possibly(?-/..Police*Officer’s..

Wf’(-Philosophical*Problems/-Uv’Adolescent*

C-

on-..** Troll?/-&*Corrective*Behaviour!!)?-Uv’(Middle*Class*Values!)?-Signin’*Card*N’..*Side

-Out(!?)-Like(?)-(Declaration*Uv’*Independence!?)-Or George*Washington's..(Mye*Relative!?)-

Wuld *Turn-Over..(N’*His*Grave!)?-On..(Mye*Grandmother’s*Side!)?-Like*(These*Females/-

Belt-in’Out)-/(The*Ballpoints!)?-(Black*N’*Blue(!))?-&*Full*Blown..(N’Domestic*Laughter!)?

-Pregnant*(Tu’Th’/-..*Gills!)?-Wf’(Small*Town/-Bric*a*Brac!)?-*Talkin’(?)-But*(Keepin’*Eye*O-

pen!)?-To*See..(If*What*We*See?)-Really*Happened!(?)-“Time*Repeated*Itself!(?)”-“Again!”

-A*Fool*N’..Every*Corner(!)?-But*Dis*Bastard/-*Weasel*(Lawyer*N’*Residence/-NJCVA?)-N'

Narrow*Eyed*/-Sumpthin*Weiser?)-Said..("Let*It*Ride/-Time*Will/-(?)-Sweep*It?/-..-Under*The*Carpet

!)"?-Den’*Receiving/Letter/-From(Self*Appointed!?)-Black*Affirmation(Political/-(*Chimney's/-*Sw

-eep!?)?-N’-Frum*(State*Uv’..*Michigan!)?-(Mye*Award*Givin’..!)?*Bro(!?)?-N’(International *Show*’03?)-Wf’Superfiscial*Exclamation!?)-&*Social*Commentary Uv’-(!)?-(Shit*Kissin’*W urds!)?-*..”He’s..OneUv’*Ours(!)?”Taking*Credit(-For*Quality/&*Had/-..Asked*Me/-If*He*C- ould*Cum(?)-N’To(-Mye*Class/-(To*Learn/-*How*To?)/-*Paint!)?-Sending”MeLetter”Quote!”

-Dec.17,’03(!)?-“The Art Center WillNot Be Extending (ToYo!)-An*Offer.. Of*Employment- As *Instructor For*Winter*Term(Uv’04!)?-Nor will the..(Art Center/-be*Extending(?)-An*Offer(?)- Uv’*Employment(?)-to*You/-For*(Future*Terms!))?”-signed(E.P./-President..Uv’*Deceit!)?-E ven*Tho/-you..(Taught*Here/-For*26years!)-Wer’(Never-*Tardy/Late/..-or*Absent!)?..-&*Con

-sidered*A..(-Master*Teacher!)?Tis*Nothing*Like(Hot* M-ama’s!)?-Original*Hummus(!)?-Freshly*Made/-All*Natural(?)-With(Organic*Beans!)?-Organic ally*Grown/-N’*Accordance..Wf’C- alifornia’s*Organic*A- ct..Uv’1990!(?)-Wf..(Green*Dragon/-Wearing(Chef’s*Hat!)-&*Content- ed*Look!(?))-”This *Is- ..The(-Good*Stuff!)?”

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-*Battlin’..(It*Out!)..*Between/-..Tha’Inter*Net!/-..Uv’/-..(*E*Mail/-ed?..&-*Password*/ed-..*Con*Fusion!)?

-Trying*Tu*Mate/-..*Sexually*..(On*Line!)?..-Wf’’..(-*Sum/*Mis*/-*Gendered*/-..*Fe*Males!)?..-&’(*Mechani*- cal*/-.(!?).*Ro*bot/-....*Ical-?/..*Life*Giving/-(?)-..*Positions*/-..Uv’*DNA(!)?-..As*If/-..(Mye*Jeep!(?)-..Won’t*-..

Start*?-..For*(Sum*Odd/-..*Reasons/-..&*/-..*5Mo./-..Cam*Shaft?)-..Dis*Inte*Grating(!)?-..Wf’..(Mentaled*/..-*Metaled*/-..*Fatigue!?)

-&*Trying/-..To*Re*Gener*Rate/-..at*75yrs/-**Old(!?)

-Bye*Eating/-(Late*At*Nite!).-(Triple*Ginger*Snaps!)?-Wf’*Fresh-

Cryst*Allized*/-..&*Ground*Ginger(!)-..*From*/-..Trader*Joe’s(!?)-

-Sounds*Like/-..the*(1850’s/-..N’*A*Mer*I*Ca!)?-..As*Fur**Trapp-

er(!)?-..Wandering*Cautiousy/-..Along*The*Ridges/-..Uv’*Lewis*&

Clark*Trail/-?..*North*West/-..Wf’-(Full*Beard!)-..-Be*Cum*in’(!)? ..&*(*Dumb*/-..wf’*Dread*/-..*Lock!)?

-*Curlin’/-..*Round*Neck!)-..Like*..(Mark*Madoff’s/-Material*Neck *Lie/ ..-&*Stripped *Tie(!?)-..&*..LisT*/-en*Ing/-..Tu*(North*Korea’s/-.. ..Raving*&*Rantin’/-..&*Threatening/-..-..-South*Korea’s/-..&*(Even*/-..-I*Ran’s*History?)

Uv’/-..(Beaut*i*-ful/-..Text*t-iled/-..*Love*?-..*Man*U*-Scripts(!)?-Uv*Blu-..Lover**Sex(!?)

-Wher’/-..(Nothings*New!)?-..Ex*Cept/-..Dis*Cover*-ing*Plutoniam!

-Wf’/-..(Chemical*Symbol-Pu!)?-..&*(Atomic*Num*Ber/-

..94(!)?)-

..-(Which*Can/-..N’*Turn(!?)_..*Flake*Off/-..&*(Spon*Taineously*/-

..*Ig*Nite!)????

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-COMING*&*GOING(!?)-

..FROM*MYE*/-..*LAIR*/-..-LIKE*A**BEAR(!)?-..UV’/-*A-..(N.Y.C.*/-..*DARK*/-..*LIT*/-..*CAVE*!)?-*EXILED*?-..FROM*SOCIETY*/-..AS*AN*-*URSUS*/-*HOR*RI*B*I*LIS(!)?-..-FOR*/-..*SOCIETY’S*SAKE(!)?-&*CON*SIDERED/-..TO*BE/-..*AN*EX*CELLANT*/-..* *MISO*GY*NIST/-..&*IN*CLINED*TO-..*MIS*OG*YNY/-(?) &*((NARROW*MINDED(?)-..*!(?))-&(*NARROW*SIDED/-..(?)))-&*REALLY*/-..INCLINED*TO*BEING/-..A*(*MIS-AN*DR*YIST(!!!!))?..WHICH*PROVES*/-..THE*WORLD/-'S..*Under*STAND*ing(!)?TIS*..(*BACK*/-..*ASS*WARD(!))?...&**PROVES*/-..(I*HAVE/-A*DRY*SENSE/-..UV’*HUMOR(!)?-..&*A-*CALLOUSED*/-SENSE*Uv'/-..*WIT*(!)?-..WHICH*GOES/-..TO*SHOW/-..THAT*THE*WORLD/-..&*/-..THE*PEOPLE/-..IN*IT/-(!?)-..*LIVE*OFF/-..OF/-..*FEAR*!(?)?..&*I’M*SURE/-THAT*..SCOTTIE*AMMONS*/-..WOULD*AGREE/-..N’*PRIVATE/-..BEING*A/-..*BIG**STRONG/-..6’5”..-NORTH*AMERI*CAN*LAD(!)?-..&*IN*CLINED/-..TO*LIKE*NG*-(NORMAN*ROCK*WELL’S*/-..*PAINTINGS*/-..BETTER*THAN*MINE/-..*BECAUSE*/-..HE*SAID*SO(!))?-..N’*(SIDE*WALK/-..IDEAL*IC/-(!?)..-*CON*VERS*ATIONS(!))?-..&*IF*HE*EVER/-..*DROPPED*/-..*HIS*/-..(*FEAR*UV/-..*TERRIOST*/-..*WE*MIGHT/-..ALL*BE*DEAD!)?..”SO*HOO*RAY/-(!!!)?..FOR*SCOTTIE(!)”?-..AS*I*TOLD*HIM/-..(”WE*ARE*ALL*ON/-..-THE*/-..*SAME*SIDE(!))”?-..(SNOW*SHOVEL!/-..N’*HAND(!)?-..&*QUIT*/-..BEING*..-and*cain’t/-..b’(BIG*LITTLE*/-..*BOY!)(?)..BE*CAUSE*/-.N’*SUR*VIVIAL/-..HE*HAS*..(-3*BOYS!/-..TO*FEED!)?-..&*FAKE*VERBAL*/-..*POLICE*CREDITS/-..&*CI*TAT*IONS../-*BYE*HELPING*/-..STOP*DRUG*TRAFFIC(!)?..*BUT*/-..TO*(LIKE*/-..NORMAN*ROCK*WELL’S/-..*PAINT*INGS/-(!?)-OVUR*MINE(!!!)?..-*STILL*/-..*KEEPS*../-..*CHRIST*MAS*/-..N’*CON*NECT/-(*I?)../-..*CUT(!?)-..*OVER*MINE/(!?)--(???)“IS*WHY*AMER(I*)-CA(!)?-..TIS*N’*TROUBLE/-..N’(THA’*/-..FIRST*PLACE!)”?-&*Sees*Me/-..AS*PRED*A*TOR(!)?....*&*JESUS*CHRIST’S/-..&*MYE*SER*(I*)OUS/-..*CAM*/-..A*RAD**ERI (!)?..*-OR*-(“GIVE*OR/-..*TAKE*A/-..-NATUR*/-..*ALE*/-*IST(!)?-..*falling*/-*melting*/-

..*SNOW*FLAKE(!))”?

Philip Lawernce Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-DOWN*/-..AT*BEING*/*DOWN(!)?-

..-GRAHAM’s*SUB* *WAY/-*STOP*../-*BROOKLYN*L/-*TRAIN(!)?

-DOWN*/-..AT*BEING*DOWN(!)?-..AT*JAIME’S/-!?) ..&*KATO’S-(!?)-&*’…-(*DARLIN’/’s-..-2YR*OLD*/-..*PALOMA’S*!)?

..*Move*Ment(!)?

-HER*DANCIN’/-..TU*’a(BABY’S*/-..*WITCH*CRAFT!)?..-(FOR*SAKE/-..UV’/-..(HER*MOTHER’S/-..*SAVIN’*/TO-.. *..*FACE/-..&*GRACE*?)

..TO*/-…-a(ROCKA*BYE/-..*BABY!)?

..WF’/-..(SMILE*&*SALVIA/-..THAT*CULD*KILL!)-

..AN*OLD*MAN!)?..WF’(OUT*SEX!)?

-HOLDIN’/-..HER*DOLL*/-(*NUDE*?)/-..WF’(RUBY*LIPS!)?

..N’*(*COLOMBIAN’s*/-..Drug*STYLE!)?

-Tu-..NO*?_>>NO*? >> NO*? >>(!?)

&*RE*LATING/-..TO*CUM*PUTER/-..AS*NURSING*- &*becuz/-..*DANCING*/-..*MAMA's(!)?..-(GONE*TO*WORK!)?

N’-..(HEALTH*FOOD*CUISINE!)?-..uv’-*LOWER*-EAST*SIDE*SOHO!?..&*to*Change*The-*Subject(!)?

“(SEASON*SARDINES!_?-..IM*PORTED/-..&*SKIN*LESS!”(?)-..n’(SALT*ADDED/-..in**PURE*OLIVE-

*OIL!)”?..-*From/-..Tha’..-(FAMILY*UV/-..

-..LAUREN*/-..-BI*AN*CARD*I(!)?

-..(BLOND*ENGLISH/-..*GERMAN!)?

-..(THAT*FOR*ROMANCE(!)?-..*MARRIED*AN*ITALIAN/-..WF’/-..(BUM*RIGHT*KNEE!)?..&*HAD*CHARLOTTE(!)?

-..&*SIDE*KICK/-..a*TIMID*LIBRIAN/-../-*BEING*KIND(!)?

-UV’(*STRANGE/-..N*Back*Yard!)?-..Wf’/-..*SISTER(!)?

..&*THE/-..(THREE*YEARS/-..UV’-..CHRISTMAS*CARDS!)

..&*LAUREN/-..”KILLING*TWO*BIRDS/-..WF’(ONE*STONE!)?-..-WRITING*ON*CARD/-(!?)

..”HAPPY*HOL*I**DAY’s(!?)”?

-when*She/-..Should*Be*Do*ing/-..-*Tha’*Wash(!)?

..&*(Painting*/-..N’*Sherrod’s*Class!)?

(CLEAN*ED/-..***IMAGES!)?

..”Wf’/-..Her*(Teeth*Braced!)(?)

-..*For*..an*-(Upper*Soul’s*/-

..-/*Bite’s*/-..*Sake!)

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-From*Your/-..*Iri*descent*/-..*Eye*Lids/-..*Painted*Like/-..

(The*Female*/-..-*DANCING*/-..*Devils*/-..*Den!)?

-Tu*Your*/-..*Full*Blown*Forms/-..Uv’-(Suc*U*Lent*/-..&*Oval*/-?..*Flesh*/-?

..Uv’*(!)?-Jus’Tha’*Right*/-*Move*ment..N’/-..(Just*Tha’/-..*Right*Places!)(?)-..Tu*Tha’-(Stiff*Prick!)?-..”Guy*/-..*From*Texas*/-..&*Nor*Way(!)”?- “That*Thinks*tha’/-..*Music/-*..Tis*a-(Mathe*Matical*/-..Teacher’s**Rigid*ity(!))”?-..*Tu*/-..3-Over*Easy*Eggs/-..*Fried*Bye*-a*Mex*/-..*i-*Can(!)?..Wf’/-..(*Spuds*/-..&*Rose*Mary(!?)..-

-..-That*Wuld*/-..*make/-..*Gabriel*Weep!(?_

-Tu*/-..*Me*Uttering/-..”Yore*All/-..I*Ever/-..Wanted*/-N’A*-..-*Woe*man(!)”?-..-Tu*The*/-..*Wait*Ress(!)?

..-Kinda*Tarty*/-..*Like/-..*This*Straw*Berry*/-..N’*Sticky*/-..*Marm*E*Laded/-..*Jam*(!)?

.._”Im*n’/-..*Butt*/-..(Tu*/-..Top*It/-..All*Off!)?-

..*Seeing*/-..This*(Plastic*bag!)?-…\Wf’/-(“Please*/-..Re*Cycle*/-..-Your*Grocery*Bags(!)”?..*Made*Me*/-..

-..*Feel*Guilty(!)?-..(That*all*6/..-Can*Can/-..*Girls!?)

..On*Bag’s*Printing(!)?-..Had*(Stiff*Legs/-..&*None*Kicking-

-..Their*Legs*/-..*Up/-..N’***Thighs/-..Up*/-..(To*PARIS*/-..’S/-..*High*/-..*Heaven!)?”(?)-..Er’(Shope*Rite/-..!!/-*CHICKS*..40%Anni*Versity(!)?-..*Sale*/-?)..-(&*Visit*Us/-..On*Tha’-

..*LIFE’S*Web!?))-..WWW.SHOP*RITE.COM(!)?

..Wuz*merely/-..A*Case/-..Uv’/-..*Me*/-..as*

-A*..(MALE*/-..GOLDEN*STAG*/-..***BEETLE(!))?..er’-

..BLUE*MORPHO*ed/-..*Butter*Fly/-ed..(!?)-

..Er’/-..Soap*Bubbled*/-..*Case(!?).-uv’.-.

-Gon*-i*o/-..*Chrom*ism(!)?

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BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Girl*Scout’s/-..*Dark*Chocolate(!)?-

..&*

The*Corrupted*Green-?-?

*Fade*Out/-(?)-..-Uv’..Tha’/-*Colored*Bottom’d*

..*Box(!)?-..”Courage*/-..*Con*-Fi*/-..*dence/-

..&*Character”/-..&*Thin*Lips/-..Wf’..-(Thin*M- ints!)?..-&*..”Little*Women*/-‘s..Louisa*Mae*?-..*Alcott’s*..-POOR*

(Little*Woe*-mon?)”..-*Like*..(*Little/-..11yr.old/-*ELIZABETH*..N*Brooklyn?)-..Per*Forming/-..1st*C

-hello?-..&*(Her*Attempt*At-*Creating*?)-..*On*Piano/-

..What*It*Is(!)?-

-To*Be/-..(N’*Love/-..Wf’/-Old*Man/-..64yrs(!?)_..Her*Senior/-)..

*Teach-

-er(!)?)-..A*Bout/-..(Tha’*Work/-..Uv’*War!)?..-ON*..Black*-

N*White/-?

Key*Board/-*Fingerin’/-..Care*Fully/-

..’Tween*-..(*Tickin’/-Tha*adolescent*Ivories!)?

-Off*Keyed/-..Like..*(21st*Centurie’s/-(!?)..Ado*lesent*Cum*

/-puter’s*..*Porno’s!)?-..*Locking*Into-

..Wat*Er’/-

..(*Mother*/-?..-Had*Lost/-..To*-

..(Tha’*World/-

..As*a-Mother’s/-*VIRGIN*/-Patient*-

*AM*BITION(!)?-or-*Killer’s*/-(*Self(!)?-

..&*Won’t!*/-..Yet*/-*R(!?)..-Only*Pro*fessional*/-

..*Rendition?)..-as*POOR*

..Not*A*Ware/-..Of?-(Her*Daughter’s/-..*Throbbing*Swell/-..&*TENDERED*..*Thigh’s?)

-Wrapped*Around/-..(The*In*Stru*Ment!)?-&(Her*

*Dreamy*/-..*Trembling*/-..Steel*/..*Open/-.*Grey*Eyes!)?

-A*Throbbing*Linger?-..Uv’/-..(Up*&

*Down/-..*Strokeing*/-..*Strings*Too?-..(Nessun*dorma!)?-&*..-

-*Stretched*/-..C*Tight(!)?-..But*Wf’..(Torrid*Feelin’!)?-

..Not*Yet/-..*Able*To/-..*Say..(?)-*hello?..-

-To*Complete/-..as*An*Adult’s*Run/-..Uv’(?)_

*C-..a*Sexless*Girl*/-..-N’*Distress!(?)

-..*ELIZABETH*/-

..A*LASS!(?)

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Going*To*Bed/-..Wf’/-..(Mye*Shoes/-..*On*!)-

Like*/-..Nap*-

pol*-*..*e*..on(!?)?

Or/-..(Six*Gunn*/-*Billy/-..Or/-..*Pistol*Pete-

..*Dreams!(?))-..(Socks*Stucke-/-(Like*Elmer’s/-

..*Glue!)?-..To*Mye*Feet!)?

From*2009/-..To*2010/-..&-It*ching*Toes/-

..(!?)-..Wf’/-..*Machio’d*/Test*-(!?)..-*Tos*..*terone/-

..(?)- ..”Proving/-..(The*Cattle/-..*Drive/-‘s/-..a*

H-Ard*Issue(!) ”?-..&*/-..Gonna*(Round*Em’*Up!/-

..*Like’s/-..*Mye/-‘s ..NY*’S-*Virgin*’s*Cows?)-

..*Like/*-..(Slides*/-..Uv’/-*Sides*..&*-(Verbal*Beef/-..Wf’..*Belief!))?-&*..*Makin’/-..(Mye*Way/-

..To*Feminist*/-*Cum’*Plaint/-

..*Cum*Pliant/-..Wf’*Those/-..(Big*/-..*Brown*Eyes!)?

..(Suckin’*N'-*Bust!)?

..&*Yurs‘s..To*Chicago!)?-..&*Supporting*

..*Tha’-(*Hoof/..-..&*Mouth/-*..*Disease*!)?-

..Which*Drives/-..(All*Cow*Boy’s-

*Silly*(!)?)-..&-*Yodelin*/-..Like*Cactus*Charlie/-....(From*Studio*Dust!)

-*Blastin’/-..Tha’/-..(*Deaths*Head/-..To*Armidillo*

*Heaven!)?

-“Diggin’/-N'..Mye*Spurs/-..N’/-..Like*/-

..(Mye*Favorite*/-..*Village*/-..*Sorrel!)”?

-*S’*Like/-..”Galloping*/-..Mye*Way/-..Tu*/-

..(Stuckel*Berg* *Taunus!)?

-..(Location*Un*Known!)?-..&*”Remember*in’/-

..Wat’s*It*Like(!)- ..(To*Be/-..*Most*Sex*ually*/-

..*Wanted!)?

“Posters*Plastered/-..N’(Post*Office/-..s’Like-

*One-s*Up(!)?-..*Sperm*Decal/-‘S..&*..*Sperm*Count*Down!)?..Wf’/-

..*Photo’d*Pictures/-..-Called*/-(DNA’s/-..*Measure*!)?

-Wf’*Pleasure/-..”She*Said/-..I*Won’t*Write!/-

..on*You(!)”?

-“TILL*/-..ALL*THA’/-..(COWS*/-..*CUME*/-

..HOME*/-

-FROM*/-..CLIFFORD’S*DELUSION*AL*/-*STILL(!))

-&*(R’/-..MOST*LOOPED*/-..&*Liquored*GUILTY!)?

..wf’/-..Bon*A/-..Parte/-*..&*Lizza*/-*D*..(VVoice!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Hershey’s*Cocoa/-..Con*Tainer(?)-..At*Edge/-..Of*Table/-..Just*Like/-..the*Fra*Gility/-..of-..(Mye*Life!?)..-&*Wanted*-(?)...-Pushin’*Sisyphus/-*Balls*/-..(Up*Hill!)?..-A*..-Kinda*Goner!(?)..-Saturn*Smotherin’/-..*Us*(!)?-..Like*/-*These/-(Snow*Storms!)?-..N’(Winter*2011!)?-..Like*When/-..asa*Child(!?)-..-The*Blizz-..ard/-..Uv’1948(!?)-..*Carrying*/-..(Mye*Sis/-..On*Back/-..*Snow*-up*To*Waist(!?))-..&*Chest*))-?..Trying*To*Catch/-..The*Put*-*Nam*/-../-City*Bus/-..(One*Country*Block!)?-..From*Dirt*Road--uv’-Ole*Connelly*Mansion!(?)-..Like*Now/-..Being*Way*Laid/-Bye*Taste/-..&-(Helen*Liebhaber’s*Insanity!)?-&..I*So*Lating- *Problem(!)?-..*Calling*/-..Every*Day/-..At*-(Different*Hours!?)-..*Like*/-..*Being*/-..Tha’*Last/-..Uv’Tha’(French*Resistance!)?..”Drunk*On/-..Got*Chocolate/-..*Milk*/-..On*/-*Mye*..(Upper*Lip!)?”..But*Not(!?)-..*Gonna*Lose/-..(Mye*Berlin*/-'S..*Virgin*ity!)?-..*All*

*Hunkered*Down/-..(Like*Mad*man/-..Wf’/-..*Bunkered*/-..N’(?)-*Futility(!))?..Kinda*Lost/-..*Like*/-..*Some*(Stop*Gadget!)-*Tick* ing/-....N’*Time(!?)?-..Wf’*out/-..Tha’..(Faith*Ful*Minute/-..&*!)?

-Second*Hand/-..*Scrambling*/-..To*Ward’s/-..(Papa’s**House!)?

-Which*Brings/-..To*Mind/-*..All*Those*Miles/-..I*Hitch*Hiked(!?)

-..Without*Getting*Killed/-..Er’*Robbed/-..at*Gun*Point(!)?-But*-

*Now/-..”She’s/-..*N/-..*Hot*Pursuit(!)?-Uv’Tha’(Chicken's*Feather’s

/-..Just*Out*Side/-..Uv’/-..Provo*Utah(!))?-..Which*Proves/-..All*-

“Real*Men’s/-..Got*Milk(!)”?-..But*I*Am/-..Still*Disturbed*Bye-

*Dreams*/-..Last*night/-..As*(Sil*ver*Omen!)?-..Wf’/-..Out*Da’*G-

old/-..Where*Did/-..This*Floosy*Bury*It(!)?-..Playing*The*Part(!)

-..Uv’/-..Eva*Braun(!)?-..wf’/-..Salt*n’*Pepper/-..*Hair(!)?-..In*St-

ead/-..Uv’/-..(Blonde*Puss*/-..*Persephone!)?..&*Some*How/-*Dis

is-..(!?)-(Out*Uv’/-..*Per*Spective/-..As*Greeks/-..Wuld*Have*It(!)?

-..for*Living/-..N’-(New*York/-‘S../-*Under*World!)?-..S’*Like(!?)-

“Having*One’s/-..((Chocolate*Cake!)?-..&*Eatin’*IT*/-..**TOO!))?

-or’-..Lookin’N’/-..to*Young*/-..Grey*Blue*Eyes/-..Uv’-Tiffaney*Ta-

*Bach*nick/-..(!?)-..Saying*/-..on*Trainsit*Train/-..”No/-..You*/-*

Are(!?)-..Not*Smarter/-..Than*I*/-..Just*Shrewd*er’(!)”?-Me*Now-

Having*Reason/-..*To*Tolerate/-..*Kissin’*/-..Genny*Ramsey/-..N’*/-N’../-Brentanos*Book*Store(!)?-..All*Those/-..(*Hershey’s/-..Cho*cho*-

-LAte*/-..*Hershey*Kisses/-..From*Trinidad(!))?..&*I/-..*Du*Mean/-..*Brown*.-..*Cho*cho*Late- * (!)

-(*Soft*/-?)..(*Hot*?/-*Warm*/-..*Soul**Kisses!)?”

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-In*Clined/-..To*Dream(!?)-..In*Fruit*Less*/-

..*Mo*-..dal*ites*(!?)

&*Un*/-..*Con*Se*Quen*tial(!?)-..*Harmonies*/-

..Of*Touch*(!?)

&*Audio/-ed..*Pictures*/-..&*Scraw*Lings/-

..&*Grasped*/-..*Like*/-*Per*Cep*Tions(!?)-

..*While*Awake/-..N’*A*/-..*Living-*Trance*/-

..*Like/-*..*State*(!)?-Of*-

..-*Watch*ing/-..(The*Carvings/-..Of*Words/-..&*Tem*Porarly*Based(!?))-..Or*Temporarily*Placed/-..

While*She*Cracked/-..(The*Red*Lobster/-..*Open*/-

..(!?))

-*Working*/-..Wf’/-..(Un*Cleaned*Hands(!?)-

..N’*Blisterd*-

-*Verbal*/-..*Demands*/-?)..Wf’/-..(30yrs./-..of*Call*

*Girl/-..*Attitude*(?))

-*Crunchin*/-..*&*Goughing*/-..The*(Red/-

..*Cara*Pace’s!?)

-Wf’/-..(*Pliers/-*..From*Tha’/-..(God*Given/-..*Sea!!?))-..*Leaves*-

-Leaving*Nothing/-..Left*Wanting*/-..

-But*Broken/-..Dis*Member*ed/-..*Images*(!)?

-Of*(The/-..Lady*Lobster!)?-..(&*Criminal*/-

..*Mobs*ter!?)

-Like*(Red*Meat/-.*Swollen*/-..&*Sifted*/-

..From*Exo*Skel-

-(I)-*Ton(!?)

-Telling*Me/-..To*Be/-..Care*Ful/-?..Wf’-

(Mye*FulPhilling/-..N’?)-..(Three*/-..Girls*Standing/-..At*(*Edge/-..Uv’*Bridge!?))-..(Looking*Into*Watered*Re*Flec*Tions*!?)

..Like*As*If/-..I*Would*Be/-..(Re*stor*ing/-

a*Munch’s*/-..*Scream!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Met*A/-..*Girl*/-..The*Other*Day!(?)-..*Showing*-(More*Skin!)?

..*Than*Intellect(!)?

-&*Told*Her(!)?-..”May*Be/-..(I*Should*Paint/-..*You!”(?..)-*She*

Nod*ded(!)?-..&*Said/-..”Ask*Me/-..*AT*A*/-..*Nother**Time(!)”?-

&I*Said/-..”May*Be/-..Next*Tuesday(!)”?..-Me*Saying/-..”Where*R-

You*Gonna*Be/-..(!)”?-..&*/-..(“She*Said/-..I*Am/-..*Not*Sure!)”?

Me*Laughing/-..At-(First*-Put*Off!)?-..

A*De*Light*Full/-..-’Nother*-..(Blonde**Puss!)?

Which*Leads/-..Me*To/-..(Believe/-..All*Southern*Ducks!)?

-..Fly*North(!)?..&*She*Said/-..At-(Sum*mits/-..Train*Station!)?

..-“I*Just/-..Got*Out/-..Of*/-..*Prison*(!)”?..-&*Am*/-..a*Virgo*Chemist(!)?

..”&*Wuz/-..”Running*/-a..Meth*Lab(!)”?

..-Me*At/-..(This*Point/-..On*/-..NJ*Transit!)?

..-Began/-..(To*Get/-..*Rather*/-..*Ner*/-..vou(i)-..*s(!))?

..-She*Slid*/-..Her*Arm/-..Into*My*i*ne/-..&*Said(!?)-

..-AT*PENN*STATION?_>>“Let’s*Go!”?

..-I*Told*Her/-..”*Wait/-../-..A*Minute/-..*Babe*/-!(“!?)

..-(I*Got/-..A*Business/-..**Meeting!)”?

..-(*Testing*/-..Lab*Rats/-..*From*/-..The*/-..*Third*Rail!)”?

..&-(Gave*Her/-..*Mye/-..Private*Card/-..&*Never*Heard/-..(!?)

..-From*Her/-..A*Gain(!)?

..-(To*Get/-..*Home/-*..*Finding*/-..Helen*Lieb*Haub*-*Er/-..*Her*(!?)

-..ON*PHONE(!)?-..SAY*ing/-..N’-(Garbled*/-..*Voice!)?

..-64(!?)-YEARS*OLD(!)?..&*(Wf’/-..NO*TEETH(!)”?

..-&*Has/-..LOST*TIME?_>Wf'/-..HER*No*MIND*/-..>/..-HER*HEAR*ING(!)?

-..”I*Got*Out(!)”?..-“HONEY/-..&*Am/-(?)..at-(HOTEL*/-

..-Re*Gency!)”?

-..”CALL*ME/-..&**MEET*/-*ME(!)?..&*I’M?-..*AT(!)?-

-..”Whats/-..Tha’/-..Phone*NUMBER*-..*HERE*/-..*HONEY(!)”?

..-“Wat’s/-..Tha’/-..ROOM*NUMBER/-..*HERE*(!?)

-..”YUR*/-..THa’/-..ONLY*MAN/-..I’VE?_>>EVER*LOVED(!)”?

-..”*HONEY*!)”?

-..ME*THINKING?_..-*YOWL*(!)?

-..&*a(Valentine’s*Day!)..*Tis*/-..6*Month’s/-..-A*WAY(!)?

..-Her*A*CANCER/-..Tha’4th/-..Uv’*JULY/-&*..-1956(!)?

-..Me*Not*Sure/-..How*To/-..Tell*Her/-..”I’M/-..*MENTALLY*/-

-..*ILL*/-..&*N’..(WHEEL*CHAIR!)?

&*PRO*LIF(I)_CALLY*?_>>PREG***NANT (!)”?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-“NO=oR*About/-..(SPIDER*CRABBIN’/-..On*The/=*Bering*Sea!)-..150FT.../-..(RUST*LADEN>(?)..-BAR*NA*CLE/-*D..-(*TIME*- *BANDIT!)”?

-*BOAT/-*..*FLOATin’/-..In*-..

The*..*COLD*..(BERING*SEA!)?..(DECK*HANDS/-(?)

..N’*ORANGE/-&..

-RUBBER*SUITED/-..N’*In*SULATED/-..*Like/-..*COLD*/-…(HUMAN*SOULS?)

..PULLING*-..*CRAB*TRAPS!?

-ON*BOARD/-..UV’/-..*SLEETED*/-..&*SNOWED*/-

&..-*SALTED*DECK(!)?

..)?*TRUSTING*/-..to-..*FAIR*WEATHER/-..or-..HUR*RI*

*CANE/-(? *CONDITIONS..&*/-…100-to/-..150FT.*/-..*WAVES*(!)?-

..NEAR*T-HE..(!?)-*

-(DO*NUT*HOLE!)?..&*THA’..(*STRAIT*/-UV’..-VIT*US*

..- ..*BERING!)?..*Waves*/-..*ToSsInG(!)?-..To*WAVES*

TOS*SING/-*..to*TOSSING WAVES*!)(?)-Like*Lucretian*

*Madness(!)?

..To*WaVeS/-..*ToSsInG(!)?-..Makes*One*Realize/-..or*TO’-

*SING*..-MOTHER*NATURe..’S/-..*Waves*Tossed*-.*SONG*(!)?

..Could*get/-..ONE*/-..N’*to*NAUSEA(!)?-..&*

(*CLAIMIMG*SEA*

..*SICK*!)?-,,-*NESS(!)?/-..*Like*(WHO*WANTS!)?

..(TO*THROW*UP/-..N'ONE’S/-(!?)-..*FISH*/-..&*CHOW*DER(!)))?

..&*/-..BE*CALLED/-..n’TO*..-(STERN*HOUSE!)?

-*CAPTAIN*/-..WEARIN’*THIN*/-..ONE’S-(COLD*NATURE!)?

..”THREATEN/-ing..TO*THROW/-(?)..-YOU..*-

(OVER*BOARD

”..?!?)

..IF*?-YOUR*COUNTIN’/-..of/-..*THA’..-

(CRAB*’s*LEGS/..-..wer’*Off/)-..

-BYE*a*CON*STANT!-

..Let’s*SAY(!)?

..700/-..to900/-..*SPIDER*CRABS/-?..*CRAW*LING/-*

..In*Steel*PINS(!)?-..(N'**CAGES*/-..*CRAFTILY*MOVING/-

..IN&*OUT!))

(?)-..LY(!)?..*MOVING*(!?)-/..AS*YOU/-..(?)-..*PUSH/-*

WF’a-(SOAKED*BOOT!)?..THA’(BIGGER*CRITTERS*..-

..FROM*AFT/-..

TO*BOW(!))-..TO*BLOWING*COLD/-

..BITTER*WIND/-..&*STINGIN’

-(DOWN*/-..lik’-THA’(DARKEN*/-(LUCREZIA*BORGIA!)))..'S

-*HOLE!)?-..THEIR*PRECIOUS*LEGS/-..BENT*AT/-..(ALL*ANGLES!))?-..*LIKE*CRAWLIN’/-..N’/-.THA’..

*MIND*

(!)”?

-LIKE*RUTH*LESS/-..*RAPE*/-..&*MACHIA*VELLIAN*

POLo*- *I-..*TICS(!)?

-..*FINGERS*NIBBED/-..TO*DEATH’S*BONE(!)?

-&*..*WAVES*STILL*TOSSING/-..*THA’-

..(FINAL*VISION!)?

..Up*For*Grabs/-..thru*/-..(DIM*LIT/-..&*DIM*WITTED*

*SITES!?)

..-DIS*AP-*PEARIN’/-..LIKE*n'a'*WARM*/-..*FIRE*PLACE*/-

‘S -‘s..*RE*PLACED(!)?..bye*/-..a-(*SUDDEN*/-..*SLIPPING*

*DOWN*/-..

-*WARD/-*..*THRU*/-..(*REALMS*/-..UV’..(ROLLING*

*WATERS!))?

..STINK*I*ng../-..(Down*Ward/-..To*Wards/-..uv’Davy*/-

..*Jones/-(!)?-*Locker*-..AT*NIGHT(!)?-.."(gre*eyes!)?..as*a/-

..captain*Calls*/-

..*it(!)"?

..as*Drown*ing at SEA*..like*red/-..&*white*/-..

..*CRABS/-*..stuffed..n’a’-

..*sexed*-lock*er!(?)

/-&..*ToSs*In*G(!)?

One's*Sex*ed/-..*UP(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Old*London/-..All*Natural/-JJ-FLATS/-..*FLAT*

*BREADS(!)?

-7*GRAIN/-..3*WHOLE*GRAMS/-..per*Serving(!)?-

*Like*-..?-Like*-

Ones*Life/-..Gone*Awry(!)?-..&**Fired*/-..For*Verbal*/-

..In*S *u*Larity*/-..(!)?-..Amiss*Wf’*Guess(!)?-*Social*Corruption* &*Material*/-*Greed* *Con*Flagration (!)?-Santa*/-..*Culdn’*Do

-*Worse(!)?-n'..(Hocking*Tha’Rein*Deers(!))?-

&*I'm/-..*Gonna*Make*-

Em’*Pay(!)?-..FerThis/-..(Nite*N’*Sleigh!)?-Any*Way/-

..*Sh-

e/-..”Said*/-..I*Was/-..A*Goner*(!)”?..As*English*/-

*Finish*(!)?

-Me*Drinking/-..*Boston’s/-*..Samuel*Adams/-

..*Calling*Out-?

“Tha*(British*/-..-Are*Here!)”?-&*it's*Relative*/-

..(George*Was

-h*ing*Ton’s/-..*Drowned*/-..(Bye*Marriage!)-

..n’British*C-*um *puter!)?-..*Sperm*N’*Virility(!)?-..&*(Fic*Ticous*Issues!

)?-..&*(Nar*Cis*/-..-sis*Tic!)?-..-*Image*Staring*/-

..N/-

*Dirty*

*Pool*!)?..-Like*-Rats*Courting/-..(Tha’*

*Third*Rail!)?-..*That*Truth(!)?

-Has*Gone*/-..Ass*under(!)?-..&*Only*/-..(Lil*Old*ladys/-

*Trem- *ble!)?- ..She*Had*Her/-..*Nerve*(!)?-

..-Be*fore/-..Her*Tongue?

-Was*(Cut*Out!)?-..Un*able/-d*..To*Speak(!?)-

&*..*Dis*-member*ed-

Syl*la*Ble’s(!)?-..*Falling*Askew*Again/-

..(Like*Our/-..*Un*Counted-

&*Wurded**/-..*ENGLISH*-

*Blooded***Crackers!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-One*Day/-..(Rib*Cage^Charlie!)-..-Looked*at*Me(!)?..-&*Said(!)?“Yo*No/-..We*Are/-..*Both*/-(!?)-..Heavy*Duty/-..*Media*Junkies* (!? )"*-??..Me*Makin’/-(?)-..&**Takin’(!)?-*Offense/*-..That*He*Knew/-..Uv’..-(Such*A*Thing!)?..-To*Be/-..*True!(?)-..But*Ther’S/-..More*/-..*Tu*Knowin’/-..(Than*Meets/-..Tha’*Verbal*/-.. ed*Eye!)??..Me*Near*Sighted/-..Since*I/-..(Couldn’t*See/-..*Black*Birds/-..On*-a*Country*Line/-..At*Age 5(!)?..On-(Long*Distance/-..*Telephone*Poles!))?..Got*(Us*Into/-..This*-*MESS*(!?))..”Me*as*Moses/-..Trying*To*Lead/-..Tha’(Girl’s/-?..Uv’*/-..*SOUhT*ORANgE/-(!?)-"..Into*/-..(The*Promised*Land!)"?..in*Stead/-..uv’/-..maybe*..(The*Red/-..*Sea!)"?

-or/-..Ending*Up/-..(?)-..*South*/-..*Through*/-*The/-..(BAB el..- MAN*DEB/-..-*Strait/-*..&*/-..THE*/-..*GULF of/-..*ADEN!(?)

..&*Sarine/-D!..(Knows*This/-..To*B’/-..*True*Also(!))?

..But*(That*Day/-..That*I*Am/-..*Driving*/-..Rib*Cage/-*Charlie/-....&*I*Back-

..To*Civilization!)?..It*Took/-..5 1/2Hrs/-..To*Ride/-..From*Summit,

NJ-..To*Man*Hattan(!)..&*On/-..*To*Brooklyn(!)?

-Stop*in’/-..&*Start*in’/-..&*Driving*/-..On*Shoulder/-?..Of*HIGH*WAY*/-..*INTER*STATE*?_>>-81East!(?)

..&*Ending*/-..Up*(!?)-..*BUMPING*/-Into*..*Lady*Asian(!)?

-Fer*Pulling*OUT(!)?-..N’/-..(Front/-..Uv’/-*Us(!)?..-*Me*&*Mye*Jeep(!))?

..S’*LIKE(!?)-..the/-..*RO*YAL?_>>..-*HUSH*PUPPIES!)?

..S’*LIKE(!?)-..*OCCU*PYING/-..a*Part/-..Of/-..(The*Great*Rift!)?

..S’*LIKE(!?-..tha’*VALLEY*/-?..*Like*Usin’/-? ....*PROPER*BIRDED*/-..*VOWELS(!)?

Wf’-(GREATER*In*TONE*ATIONS!)?-..-Like*This*Evening(!)?

-(HEARING*ABOUT/-..2,000 RED*WING/-..*BLACK*BIRDS/-..

-FALLING*OUT/-..UV’(SKY*/-..*DEAD*/-..AS*DOOR*NAILS(!))?-..*FROM/-..RAZOR*BACKS/-..*ZEALOT*USE/-..UV’/-ARKAN*SAW*BEBE/-*

*Nite!..&-(FIRE*CRACKERS!)-..At-(*Nesting*/-&*-*Roosting*Sites!)?

..-(&*IT’S*NOT/-*WORTH/-....*fourth/-..Uv’*July/-..-But*January 2011!)?

..-(CAUSIN’/-..*DEM*BIRDS/-..TO*DIE/-

..(*FRUM*FRIGHT!)?-..

-&*(HUMAN*/-..*ANXIETY**DREAMS!/-&..UV’-*WAR*TIME*/-

..-&*DESTRUCTIVE*/-*NESS!(?)-..&*WE*R/-..GONNA*TAKE*/-..*NATURE)?

-..WF’*US(!)?..-

WF’/-*OUT*/-..*JESUS*(!)?.

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-Pee*ing/-..In*To/-..(Mye*Son’s/-..*BAR*/-

..Mitz*Vah*'s/..-*Portrait!)?

-Ca*Mode/-..’S-*Like*/-..(Tha’*Waf*Ting/-

..*Smells*/-

..Uv’Piss-ER*-*ERIES(!)?-..Uv’/-..(*PARIS*/-

..ALONG*THA’*-

..*SIENE!)?

-&*NOT*ABLE/-..at*75/-..To*Have/-..A*/-

..*Steady*FLOW(!)?

..Culd*Float/-..No*Boat/-..Like*RIM*BAUD/-..ER’/-..VER*LAINE/-..N’-..(CENTRAL*-..*PARK(!)?

..But/-..(Late*At*Nite/-..Tha’-*Lady’s*Flirt!)?

..Like*Sesame/-*Street(!)?..*Up*Holding/-

..-N’*CHARACTER*/-..-*TURIAL*FACES(!?)..-

..-Their*Juvenile*Skirts(!)?

..(POLKA*DOTTED/-..&*From/-..Da’*BRONX(!)?

..To*BROOKLYN/-..Like*..*Sum*-(SILVER*MONX!)?

..*FLOATING*/-..N’*DESIRE(!)?..

..”GIVE’S*ME/-..THA’/-..*WILLY’S*(!)”?

..&*COLD*/-..*GRAB’S/-**..(MYE*THROAT!)?

..Like*SUM/-..(BLACK*SWAN!)?

..ER’/-..(COUNTRY*Fested*/-*TESTED/-..*PUB*(!))?

..As*If/-..I*Shuld*/-..(WAIT*N’*LINE/-..FOR*THE/-

..*GRAND*RELEASE/-..UV’*DEATH(!))?

..-&*PIS*MIRE/-..so/-Soft*ly/-..*BE*REFT(!)?

..UV’/-..(EVER*DAY/-..*COMMON*/-..*TROUBLES!)?

..&*SHE*said/-..”I’m/-..Not*YOUNG/-..Like*I/-

..-USTA*BE(!)”?

..Me*Wonder*ing/-..”(JUST*HOW*OLD/-

..SHE*WAS!)”?

..”SMELLING/-..UV’/-

..PO*/-E*TIC**URINE*(!)”?-

.."&*ER’-..*BLACK*/-..*VOICED*-

..*RAVEN*(!)"?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

-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/-*CHOO*SING(!?)..-&*DUEL*/-..*ING*..-*It/-..*OUT*/-..-WF’*OUT(!)?

..-ANY*SHARP*/-..&**SASSY/-*Wurds(!)?..-&*TO*/-..THA’*POINT(!)?

-LIKE*EMPTY*?-/-..*RHE*TO*RIC(!)?-..-&*BEING*LE*NI*ENT(!)?

..”MEANS*LET/-..(THE*/-..BOAT*FLOAT!)”?

-(TILL*SOME*OTHER/-..*DAY*/-..SHOWS*UP/-(?)

..NOT*QUITE/-..-*OUR*SENIOR!)?

..N’(OTHER*WORD/-‘S../-DON’T*B/-.A/-...*CHOOSEY*(!)?-

-*FLOOSEY(!)?..BECAUSE*ACCORDING/-..-tu*WIKI*PEDIA(!)?

..(“CHOOSY*WIVES/-..CHOOSE*SMITH!)?..&*IF*YOU’RE/-..

-NOT*GONNA*MAKE/-..*STEAK*/-..YOU*’RE/-..NOT*GO*ING

..MAKE*A/-..KRAZY*SALAD(!)”?..Or*HIKE/-* ..YUR*DRESS*UP(!)?..AFTER*-/-*MID*NIGHT(!)?..-TU*SHAY(!)?

-(ER*RATIUM:-“If you’re/-..Not*Gonna/-..*Make*/-..The*Effort(!?)

..-To*Be/-..Entertaining, I’m*Not/-..Gonna*Go/-..The*Extra*Mile(!? )-..Like*It’s/-..So*Hard/-..To*Listen*/(*SNICKER*)-..To*Some*Body-(!)”?)..s'Like*-(AMERICAN*DAD!)?-..WAT’S*WRONG/-..WF’/-..TEA*BUDS(!)?-..IS*/-a*..Philosophy*..uv’*LIKE*-TEA*PARTY*DOIN'(!)?..n’(TEAS*DALE*UTAH!)?

..-It*Has*a-(POST*OFFICE!)?..Wf’/-..ZIP*CODE*84773(!)?

..Some*Wher’/-..between/-..the*DIXIE/-..&*?_>>FISH*LAKE*(?)

-..National*Forest(!)?

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

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

-N’(SOUTH*ORANGE!)?-NJ(!?)

-“Dont*Worry/-..You*Say*thing’s(!)?..*That*Other*/-*People’s(!)?-..are*Thinking- (!)?-..Then*she*Said/-..”You*Don’t*Know/-..who*I*-*Am(!)”? &*(I*SAID?)..WHO*ARE*YOU(!?)..

(!?)..which*YIELDED*SILENCE(!)?

reMinding*me/-..uv’/- “Helena’s*Statement(!)?-After*14

yrs./-..Of*/-..Off*/-..&*On(!)?..-2ND*MARRIAGE(!?)"“You*(never*Knew*me!)”

?-*which*

-Means*/-..(Ther’/-..”Must*be*a-*Secret*code/-..Going*on/-..*Here*(!) )?-..*like/-..MAGNA*CUM’E/-..*LAUDE/-..*Sirens*(!)”?-

..WF’/-..(GREAT*PRAISE! )?/-..&*PER*TAIN*ING*/-..To’-*WOE*MAN’S* *DESIRE/-..T’B’/-..CON*SCIO- ..*U *S LY*/-..B’-..*Tween!(?)

*Factions/-*..(?)=*MYSTERIOUSLY*..&.*DE*CEPTIVE(!)?

-ANY*WAY*/-..-HELEN*LIEBHABER/-..CALLING*ME*UP/-..

N'(TODAY’S/-..Jibber*ing's(?)-..-BIBB*LING*..-*BABBISH*(!))?

-after 4*Phone*Calls/-..&*SPEAKing*/-N'..-a*LANG*uage/-..

..-Iv’e/-..(NEVER*HEARD/-..&*DOESN’T*/-..*EXIST!(?)

..-EX*CEPT/-..BYE*ALIENS(!)?

..ME*HEARING/-..a*WHIRLING*SOUND/-..*LIKE*-(UFO's)?

..-WHICH*X*PLAINS/-..(HER*AB*SCENCE*/-..

(“for/-..55yrs./-)..Up*State/-..for/-..the(CRIMI*NALLY*INSANE!)?)

..*HALF/--a*CENTURY/-..*SPENT*/-..IN*-SUS*/-..PIC*TURE*/-U'..*LATIVE(!)?

-TIER*ENY(!?)-..HER*DESIRE/-..WF’/-..(HER*JUPITER's*MOUNT!)?

..OF*HAND/-..WF’/-..(EX*CESSIVE*GRID*MARKINGS!?)

..-&*APPOLLO's*MOUNT/-..WF’/-..(GRID*MARKS*XXX*cessive!)(?)

..I*READ/-?..55YRS./-..-*AGO*(!)?

-Then*You/-..*INN*ESS/-..Han*Cock/-&..(STRAW*BERRY*/-..*RED-*HEAD/-ED../-&*Blonded*/-..*SCORPIO/-?)..Wf’..(Beady*Dark*Pupils!)?-&*BLUE*EYES!..&*Calling*Up/-..After*Telling*m(!?)?-..”You’re/-..Kin*/-to*your/-..*GREAT/-..*GREAT*UNCLE*/-....(To/-..*GEORGE*INN*ESS!)?

..ABOUT/-..14yrs./-..*Ago/-..at*..(ART*STDENTS/-..LEAGUE(!)>?

..&*WANTED*RECCO/-..(TO*YALE/-..FOR*MASTERS/-..N’-

THE*VISUAL*ARTS(!))?..makes*Mye*Con*Clusion/-..Evi*dently(!?)

-..MYSTERI*OUS*LY*/-..*CON*CLUSIVE(!)?

..&*(*Wondered/-..If*I/-..*Still*/-..Wanted*/-..*To-

..*PAINT*/-..*HER*/-..

-..5’9”/-..*FRAME/-*..?)

(AFTER*/-..*HAVING*/-TWO*STRONG*BOYS!)?

-4yrs/-..&*/-..7yrs.(?)

-*OLD*(!?)

Philip Lawrence Sherrod na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?

..-To*mye*Favorite*Lizza(!)?

..-*Rank*/-..a-Curly*Haired*/-*Dwoskin!(?)

..HOW*BOUT-****BRUNCH(!)?

...MYE TEACHING/-..&*SOUTH*ORANGE(!?)

...TOTALS*ONLY/-..$7,500.00

...PER*YEAR(!)?..&*THAT'S(NOT*ENOUGH!-

...TO*SURVIVE/-..ON(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!)?

...&*(TEACHING/-..AT*NATIONAL*ACADEMY/-..??????

...ISN'T*FEASIBLE/-*.BECAUSE*(UV'-..THE*RAISED*EYE*BROWS????

???????????????????????????????????????????????

???????

...UV'/-)..*DEFA*MATION*..&*SLANDER*/-!?))..&*GOSSIP*SPREAD/-ING****LIES(!)?..&..HURTING*MYE/-..*ARTIST's*/-..*SOCIAL*POSITION*(!!!)?

...&*-(MATERIAL**ART*/-..*COLLECTORS*/-(!?)

..&*ABILITY*/-(?)-..TO*BE*SEEN*AS/-..*BAD**

*SEXUAL*/-..HARR*ASS*MENT*/-&*CRIMINAL**/-....*IN*DICATIONS/-(?)..UV'*a*TEACHER'S**CREDUILITY(!?))???

...AS*/-..ETHICAL*DEDI*CATION/-..FOR*57*

YEARS/-..TO*/-..&*FOR*/-an*ART/-..*MINDED*/-..*AUDIENCE(!)?

---*CALLED*ANGRY*/-..&*STUPID*/-

..*STUDENTS(!)

...(BITING*THE*HAND/-..THAT*IS/-

..*FEEDING*THEM/-..(!?)

....OR/-....... *LIKE*THE/-..(GOLDEN*GOOSE!)?

.."I*Do*Not/-..Mix*Sex(!)?-..Wf'(***Business!)"?

...SO*(YOU/-..MUST*PAY/-..FOR*OUR*/-

..***BRUNCH!(?)

...&*YOUR*DE*LIN*QUENT/-..*INTEREST*IN*TRUTH(!)?...&*False*Ram*i*-..

-fi*cations/-..Uv'(TRYING/-..TO*SET*ME*UP/-..-LIKE*YUR*/-..*PROFESSION*AL*WEB*SITE(!))?

UV'..(MAGNA*CUM*/-..*LAUDE*/-*..*FEMINIST!)?

...Has*Become*Hearsay(!)?...as*I*REFUSE/-

..TO*PAY/-..FOR*A*LAWYER*/-..TO*DEFEND*'-..

*ME/-..FOR*SOMETHING/-..-I*DID/-..*NOT*DO(!)?

...AS(WELL/-..AS/-..FOR*-(NOT*ASS*ISTING/-

..AN*OLD*/-..*SENIOR*CITIZEN!))(?)

..TO*WRITE*..(THE*WRONG/-..OF*THE*..

(PORE*LIL'*WOMEN'S/-(?)..LOUISA*MAY*ALCOTTS/-..*COMPLAINT's*/-?)

..-UV'(FEM*INIST*/-..*CARPING/-..ON*ANY*ISSUE!)?....

....-UV'EQUALITY/-..*WITHOUT*/-..*MERIT(!)?

..UV'(EQUAL*RIGHTS!!!)?/-..or-..UV'a*/-..*GOLD*DIGGER***SCAM*MER!)?

...&*MIND*YOU/-.."*TRIPPED*/-..IN*HER*

*GOLD*/-..*HIGH*HEELS(!)?

....WAS*LATE/-..&*(N’-GOING*/-..TO/-..THE/-

*OPERA*!)

"(?)

....*SOBBING*&-..GETTING*PAINT*(!)?-..&*WATER*/-

..ON*HER*-..(RED*DRESS!)?..&*SOB*BING/-..&*

*THROW*ING*/-..A*FIT(!_?(!!?)?

(THREE*TIMES/-..N'*CLASS/-..WF'/-..(18-20/-..

*STUDENTS*/-..&*EASELS*/-..&*PAINT*-

..*EVERY*/-..*WHERE(!)))?

..WROTE*DOWN/-..N'-(HER*CON*FUSION!?)-..UV'/-..(NOT*LEARNING/-?..HOW*TO*PAINT/-?

..N*THREE*

***DAYS!!)?

..WHICH*INCI*DENTLY/-..-HAS*TAKEN*

(MYE*SELF/-..&*OTHER*MASTERS/-???

..A*/-..*LIFE*TIME(!))?

....(&*LOVE*/-..*THAT*ARTIST*/-..*MAN*!)?????

??????

...as*IN*CIDENTLY/-..I'VE*(BEEN*TEACHING*/-

..*STEAD*(I)-****..*LY(!)?

...&*HELPING*STUDENTS/-..***SINCE/-..!(????)

...-1973(!)?......(&WONDER*/-..WHY*/-..SO*FEW*HAVE*NOT**COMPLAINED/-(!?))

...UV'*ANY*THING(!)?..(LIKE*ME/-

..BEING*LIKE/-..a*BAD*APPLES/-

..N'*A*BARREL(!)?

...*LIKE*/-...HALF*A*CENTURY/-..?

...OR/-..-37YEARS(!)?

...AS*TIME/-..-*GROWS*/-..N'*(THA'*MIND!)?

copyright(C)poem (&*VERBAL**

**-LIBERTIES*are..-*TAKEN!)?

fini

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD na

BOOK 18. -"(SANTA*SINGS!..-IN*/-

..*VEC*TIVES(!))"?...-copyright(C)-all*Poems

(FIRST*EDITION)

Saturday, December 12, 2015