FIRST*EDITION -10poems
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Original*Poems:
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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, 2008-2015.
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/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-
..-With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!?)
BOOK: 39 -"dA'/-..*MADE*MAN**pOET(!)"? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA ARTIST:POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER/-MASTER*TEACHER.
FIRST*EDITION
POETS(C)COPYRIGHT
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poem one:
-”fuel*ling*Mye*mouth/-..with*Hot*Atomic*FIRE*BALLS(!)”?
-&*TIGER*Bengal*POPS*/-..-(Strip*ped*Colors/-from*PHD.)
-(FAIR*LEIGH*Dickin*SON*Teacher)?-..-IN*(MYE*MASTER-
CLASS*TEACHING*/-..&*IN*clined(?)-..TO*exxx*Treme*HUMOR(!?)-..*With*HER*LIPS*PAINTED/-..-*WET*MOUTH*-
&*SALIVA*RUNNING*/-..(ON*MY*VISION(!)?-*MOSES’S
*I*SPEAK*ING(!)?-..-”PLEASE*/-..-(ALL*JEWS/-..GET*RID/--*UV’/-..Your*-GOLD*EN*IDOL*ED*/-..-*WOR*SHIPs* !)”?
poem two:
-trying*To*Get*To/-..the*LITTLE*Circu*lar’s/-..-etc.*SMART-IES(!?)-?-..&*/-..(*WRAP*PED*/-..-IN*Number’S.-..UV’15(!)?
-FOR*MY*SWEET*TOOTH/-..&*DIA*BET*TES/-*2(!)?-..WF’-
(CREATIVE*SLUDGE/-..-(STILL*CAUGHT*/-..-IN*MY*THRO- AT))!?-*(-ASK*ING*JESUS/-..TO*HEAL*ME/-..*LIKE*LAZA-
RUS!)?..-UV’*BETH*ANY*(!)?..-SINCE*(I*-*DON’T*PUT*/-.. -10*SUGAR*SPOON -S/-..(ANY*MORE/-..N’*MYE*BUSTEL *O /-..*COFFEE*CUP(!))? -&*NOW*SOME*WIN*TER*MO
-S*QUIT*O/-..-*ATTACKS*ME*IN/-*DECEMBER(?)- FOR*/ *SPEAKING*UP*..-/-..*ABOUT*IT(!)?--&*Too*Many*Sucks?
poem three:
-picking*Up(-aStreet*Pink*Lady?-..-(Next*To*Truck*Tires!))?
(next*To/-(School*/Visual*Arts*students/-*Smoking*-at*Ra-
ndom/-filling*Lungs/-..wf’*Cancer*(?)-..alesson*Learned*To-
*Late*/-..for*Man*Hattan*liter*ary*Rebels*(!)))?-&*Round *ing*Corner*/-..uv’/-Mye*Mind*?-..&*See*ing/-.*Chick*wf (card*Board*sign’/-..Wf’*her*simple*spell*ing(!)?-..ANY*th-ing*Helps()?-..&*drawing*In*cessant*Dood*les/-&*er*Eyes
*Proving/-..she*Was*/-..(Pro*at*Her*Game/-..&*CUTE*Pin
K*LADY(!)?-Apple*stil*SKIN(!)?/-Needing*POETICAL*help- (?)?-..fumbling*In*MyE*pocket/-..-paper*Notes*/-*Saved-b
-ye*sidewalk*SANTA/-..-soiled*By*Another*CHRIST*mas(!))?
poem four:
-drop*ping*Drawers/-..Using*Hector’s/-..(Premier*Toil*et!)?
-(Given*To*Me/-..With*Love!)?-..(Telling*Me/-..When*He*- *Was*Too*Bash*ful/-..-To*Paint*Nude*/-..at-..(COOPER’*s SQ. -*UNION*/..*School*As*Young*Man)-..-(HIS*PRET*/- *ZEL*/-..(RAIS *I* ING*To*an*OPPOSITE*OPINION!)? -U- V’-..*Proves*/-..-*He’s*A*Good*Boy*Puerto*Rican(!)?-..(W
hi*ch*Is*Why*/-..(I*Love*Him*!)?-..(-To*Death!)?-.But*Sum- *How/-..(IT*WAS*All*a*HUSTLE!)?-or*..(*BUSTLE*-*n’STI-? NCT*/-...(?))-*&-*Do*What*WE*Say/-..&*(YOUR*SOCIAL*SE *R*CUR*I*TY?)-..will*DO*YOU*well/-..in*OLD*AGE/-..-FA T*CHANCE*BUDDY?_..*Me*Walking*FROM*Alter*Nate*- *Side*PARK*IN’--*DAY*/-..wf’/-..(MORE*DREAMS/- ..-THA- N*ONE!)?_..-*See-(ing*BOYS*Uv’/-.(DA*SIDE*WALK/*Sp- lit*/-..-*ASIDE*?-..-*WHILE *GANG*/-*Po- ur ..ing*CON*C *CRETE*?)-..-From*SULLEN*SEL- VES*/-..&-(?)-..&*(MUR*D- *ERS?..&*RAPES*CO-..-*MMIT*TED)-(?)-..(BEFORE*ARRIV*- *ING/-..-(CRAW*LING*OV’R*/-..*WALL*/-..-In*LAND*OV- *u*/-..(LIKE*TRUMP*SAID!)?..-*FUCKING*- ..-The*FREE(!))?
poem five:
-having*TO*All*Ways/-..*WAIT*(!)?-..on*.-Every*BODY(!)?
woman*man/-..&*DREAM*SEQuence(!)?-..Proves*I*AM*A-*rabid*pro*CRASTi*Na*tor/-..*UV’/-..*XXXXXXX*TREME(!)”?..Inclined*To-(POOR*/-*MATH*E*MAT*I*CAL/.-DE*DUCT-*-
TON(!))?-..Right*Ms.*CARNEY(!)?-..she*Said/-..(You’*LL/-..?
BE*SORRY*SHERROD/-..-If*You*IG**nore*ME(!))?-&*HAVE**-
ing*(TWO*UNIVER*SITY*DEGREES/-..-as*HUMAN*Fail*ures(!
DOn’T*Come*/-..THAT*OFTEN/-..ME*WRiting*TO*MY*SELF!)?-..Which*Is/-..-JUST*CRY*ing/-..(OVER*SPLIT*MILK!)?-..
But*At*EIGHTY*/-..(WHO*KNOWS/-..MORE*THAN*ME/-..
THAT*COMMON*SENSE/-..(DOESN’T*AL*WAYS/-..PUT*-
*Food*On*the*THANKS*Giving*TABLE?)-(or*CHRIST*Break-
ing*LOAVES*/-..-In*TO*FISHES(!)?-..*Like*a*WaLL*EYED*/-? -*PIKE*(!)?-..(-ME*ARM*ING*MY*SELF/-..Wf’/-*CAN*DIES?/-..
*-&*PALOMA*T./..-sitting*Nex*To*Me/-..-”Laugh*ing*/-..?(!?)-*Putting**her*hands*n’/? ..-*her*hands**n’/-..-*MYE*Pockets(!)?
poem six:
-watch*ing*/-a..(five*inch?-..-WALK*ING*STICK)?-*MEAS*- *-/? -*URE*/-n-(SUN*LIGHT*/-*ON/-a..-SOUTH*SCREEN*- *PA.- *SUN*PORCH)?..-IS*LIKE*LOOK*ING/-..AT*a-..(GA -IN’S*- BO*ROUGH/-*PAINT-**-ING/-(-WHERE**TWO*GI- RLS /-(?)-(?)..R‘/-..-*ENTER*ING*PU*BESC*ANT*PU*BERTY-&*(THEIR*-*PLUMP*UGLEY*MOTHER*/-..IS*BEING*/-(CU- T/-..I*SAID*/-.. (CUT*OUT*/-..-*OF*/-..-the*PICTURE*-..(Accord*ing/-..-To*ACA*GALLERY*OWNER/-..-(SIDNEy*BERGEN's*SON!?)_(JEFFREy*/-..-&*THE*PICTURE(!))?-*AGAIN*/-AS*-(THINGS*GOT*/-..-*MIXED*UP/-.._n’LON-
DON*-..-*OWNER*SHIP*SEEMS/-..-*HIST*OR*IAN*/-..-Jeff-rey*BERGEN(!)?-..-(TOLD*Wf’/-Con*Ven*ienT*-*Sly*(CORRECTION*SALES*TACTIC?)_*AS*/-...-?*LOUIS*I*-*ANNA*SLIM*?_..(FROM*OLD*SOUTH*AS*SNAKE*DOCTOR?)_*his*Belt*HANG*ING*/-..? */-..over*/-*HIS*/-*TEST *I* MONY(!)?-..-WHILE*White*Wine/-..(?)(AU*SAVAUIGION-/-..(TOLD*WF’/-..-SENTI*MENTAL*TEAR's...'S-*as-*A*-*DRUNK*LADY/-..n’/-..(MOST*un*PLEASANT*BEIGE!?)?- RATHER*WRINK*LED*DRESS*/-..HAVING*KNOWN*BETTER/-..*TIMES*(I*TRY*ED*/-TO*FOR*GET*HER!)?-..-at*ART-OPEN*ING(!)? where*/-*we*/-(FEARED*(!?)_..-(TROVERE**TES*SORRO?)_?-&*
-(MONEY*HAS*NO*EVIL*/-*AS*/-..-*EQUAL*CON*SCIEN*CE?) -?
poem seven:
DRYING*OUT/-..MYE*SOCIALLY*SOAK*ED/-..*URINE*ED
*FATIQUE’S*/-..*On*(OLE*RAIDATOR*MEMORIES?)-*SET-
BYE*NATURE’S/-..-(GIVE*IT*UP/-*DIS*EASE*)-..*DIA*BETES?
)?-..-NO.2*/-..(!?)-..(TO*AB*SORB*ING/-..*SIDE*WALK*/-
*DIC*TUM*/-..(CAN’T*MAKE*IT*HOME/-..&-*DREAMED*M AL*-AL*DIES(!)?-..I*SHOULD*N’T/-..*USE*/-..or* BRING*/- *TAKE*/-..the-*FOUND*NYC*(?)-*OB*JECTS*)-..-TO*KIND -*DE*GARTEN*/-FOR*ADULT*/-..&-(DE*MENT*ED/-..-*In*- SPEC*TION(!)?)-the*-Oper*ator*/-..is*Con*stant*ly*Call*-? *ing/-..(THAT* SOME*ON-E/-..-(HAS*HUNG*UP)-..On*PU- *LIC*/-..*AIR*WAYS*!))?-..-&*LE*-A*VES*/-..*ONE*/-..To*-?
-*SUS*PIC*I*ON(!)?-(NOTHING’S*RIGHT*/-..-N’*HATER*- ’S* VILLE(!)?.. -&*NO*KILL*ING’S*/-..(-NEC*E*SSARY!?)-?..-AS* SOME*ONE*/-..-LE*AVES*ME*/-NO*RE*COURSE/-.. -&*/-..-*SUM*- *ONE*/-..(HAS*HUN-G*/-..UP*the*PHONE/-.. (LIKE*MO-? (LIKE*MON*STER*/-LADEN*MER*/-*CURY*(that*I*ve’/-..- Been*A*BAD*BOY/-..(&*LOST*MYE*LIFE/-..-In*SIS*TING-
ON*EATING*/-..(JELLY*BEANS/-..-TO*CURE*MYE*COLO- -*R*ED/-..-CON*CERNS/-..UV’*OFF*KEY*D/-*PIANO’S/-TU-
NING*THEM*AT*RAN*DOM(!)?-To*/-..(I*LIKE*THa’/-*No
ise*Boys!)?-..&*SOLVE*ING*/-..(to*MYE*DIS*GUST/-..Of*
(SAINT*GAB*RIEL/-..a*BORN*BREAKER*/-..*MASTER*PLUM-*ER(!))?-..-..(WE*DEAL*n’/-YOUR*/PLastic*PRO*PEN*SI-
TIES/-..-*STONE*COLD*DEAF*/-..(JUST*LIKE*BEETHOVEN?)
-(LAW*Uv’/-(large*Numbers)?-..-*OR*/-..AX*IOMS*Uv’/-*- PROB*a*BIL*I*TIES(!)?-(TO*SOUND*/-..as*ACT*u*ATED*FORM*)?
poem eight:
-GRABBIN’/-..(TRADER*JOES?)-..4*MORN*ING/-..*GLOR* -*IES*/-..(MUFFIN’S*FLOWER*ED*?)-..WF’-(CARROTS*/-..(?)(?-)-..&*PINE*AP- *PLE/-..-*RAISINS*?)_&*WALL*-NUTS(!)?-
*NUTS(!)?-..(to*amp;*NO*SUGAR*%)?_-&*RE*TURN*ING*STEV- E*-*TIECH’S*PHONE*CALL!)?-..&*(-TALK*ING*ABOUT*/-?
*KEECH’S*PHONE*CALL!)?-..&*(NOT*TALK*ING*ABOUT* WAT-*ER*PUMP/-(*STOP*PING/-..WF’/-..(TIME*IN’/-..-??*BELT*?)-- RE-*PLACED*-*FOR!?)-..-$695.7O*DOLLARS/-..(-LABOR*$549.70/-..(? )*/-..&*-*DOWN*/-..-*ON*-/-..(??)..-(ATLAN*TIC*AVE.-(I*SAID?)-*ATLAN*TIC*AVE.*-.?)-..-*BROOK*LYN-? (!)?-..-&- (CRUNCH*’/ IN**-* n*/-..-*THE*VEGGIE*MUM*-- MIES!)??-&*..-(HAV’IN- *n’/-..-NO*ONE*TO*TALK*TO*/-..-*BUT*a*SCAT*TER*ED/-..** /-..-*PSYC*CHOL*I*GIST*(!?) (!)?..-with*in-..TIech’s*-Prob*LE **Matic/-..-*Pro*GRAM’S/-?with*in-..-*Keech’s/-Prob*le*MATe?-with*in-..TIech’s*Prob*/-.. le*Matic/-..-*Pro*GRAM*ING(!)?-..-(LEAV*ING/-..*ME*/-?-
(*IN-*BED(!)?/-..-*ME*/- ..(THAT*ANY*ONE/-..-*CULD?/-..(??)-..(FINALLY*B’CURED?)_>>FROM*ANY?_(SECOND*HA n‘ND*DED!)_..(DESIRE*FOR*-a*BEARD*ED/-..AR*T*IST’IC*- *RE-*PORE*(!)?-..(RE*AL*LIZE*IN’/-..-(*WURD”S/-..R’*IN*-
*POREs(!)?-..(RE*AL*LIZE*IN’/-..-*PSCHO*LOG*I*CAL***WURD”S/-..R’*HAIRY*?)
poem nine:
-WHY*DID*She*SAY/-..(HE*Said*/-..SHe*SA*ID?)-..ON*aN*-An-
N*SER*ING*SER*VICE(!)?-..with*OUT/-.._USE*ing*KInG*-JaMES’Es*BIBLE*(!)?-..-*E*CC*LEs*i*ast*ES-..-(5)?-..-(-DIS*- AM**BIG*u*A*Tion(!)?-..(*TEACHER/-*PREACHER)?-*MAR *-*VEL*OUS(?) -..-(MIR*A*CLE!)?-..-S’*LIKE*Deaf *N*/-?-..-
..-&-*DUMB*(!?)?-..(FOR*n’/-..-*MAMA’S*BIBLE*/-..(SCO*-
FIELD*-RE*Fer*ENCE*EDITION/-*ED*RIE’/-..*S’/-..(LAST*-* LA*MENT?)-..*for*N’/-..(THY*MUL*TI*TUDE*s?_*UV’*DR- EAMS?)-..(Mor*’Over*/-..In*The*/-..-*PRO*VI*DINCE/-..uv
(THE*POOR*)!?_..-(mor*‘over’/-..in*The*DREAMS*uv’/-*A
N*TIQ*UI*TY(!?)?-MORE*OVER/-..(The*PRO*FIT/-..Uv’/-..?
(THE*EARTH!)?)?-..(TIS*FOR*ALL*!)?-..(HE*THAT*QUOTE*-
(-LOVETH*SILVER?_>>SHALL*NOT*BE*SAT*IS*FIED?/-Wf’-
*SILVER*(!))?-..(When*Good’s*IN*CreasE(!)?-..so*Does*H-
e/-..-*That*Eats*Them()?-.._WAT*GOOD*?_>>(TIS*VANITY
?)-..‘S*LIKE*/-..-(41*WEST*24th*STREET?)-..-*SHADOWS/..(!?)-..(4th*FLOOR*?)-..*LIL*/-..-*EIGHT*STORY*/-..*BULD*- *ING*?)..-*IN*N*Y*C* /-..*_S’-(Like*/-?-CON*STRUCTIN’- *N*Y*C*/-..*_(LivE in’*&*(-N’/-..-*THE*VALLEY’S*?/-?-..-..-(!?)*DARK*SHAD*OW’S_>>_*Uv’/-..?-..(THE*RINGS*!)?..-*UF’/-..-* -MYE*OWN*/-..-*SKY*SCRA-P*PER’S?)-..-(!???)-?(!???)-&*PU*DENDA’S*-..(WHERE*LOVE*-*NEV*-..*ER/-..-(!?)-*NEV*-..*ER/-..-*NEV*-..*ER/-..*DIES*(!?)-&-..(&*SHA -D*OW’S/-..*NEV’R*?-..(RE*PRO*DUCE(!?)-*TWICE*/-..-&*- (!?)-..(RE*PRO*DUCE(!?)-..-NEV*-..*ER/-..*DIES*(!)?/-..&*-.. (CAST’S*IT*’s/-..-*SHAD*/- OW*N*/-..-&*ON*..-(ALL*SO- RT’S/-(!?)-.. (ALL*SORT’S/-..*UV*/-.. (*SHAD*OW’S/ -(!?)-?(*SHAD*OW’S/ -..-ON*-*WALLS-..(ALL*SORT’S/- ..-UV’/-..-*LETTER’S*/-..(*that*-WENT*HAY*WIRE?)_&* UV’*BEAUTY*/-..-?(-*LIKE*-/-..(-LIKE*ED*RIE’S/-..-(-*MAE”S/-..-FAV*OR*ITE/-..
/-..(LIKE*ED*RIE’S/-..-(FAV*OR*ITE/-..(BIRTH*RIGHT*/-..!?23rd*ST>*SONG’S/-..-UV’*SOLO*MON’s-/-..-*BIB*I*CAL-
palms(!))))))?-..wf’/-(THY*ROD*?_>>&*THY*STAFF*?)..-(!?-*Mom’s/-..-LIL*/-..&*(DAD’S?_..-*DUMP*LIN*DaR /- lin’(!)?
poem ten:
-akin*To*All-(!?)-&*-(WHAT*A*PIL*PHER*IN’/-..*LOT(!)”?-S
-UNDAY*SCHOOL*TOO(!)?..(SHOULD*BE*a*DAY*/-..(UV-*DIS*MISSAL*(!?)-..(DAY*UV’/-..UN*ADUL* TRATED/- *GO -D’S* *REST-..-akin*To*None-(!?)-..-BUT*THE?_..-?-(TWO* HA- M*MERS*THA-T?_(!?)_..(WERE*STOLEN?_..-*BYE*DOM*-?INION*EZEIKEL*-(!?)-..one*Of*ALI’s/-..(CO*WORKER’s/-*A-
ONe*ALL*STEEL?_(BLUE*HANDLE*?_-*THE*OTHER*AQU -IRED(!?)-?_>>WHEN*BOUGHT*FOR(!)?_>>the*(ASL*-FOU- RTH*HANG*I-*-NG*/-..-*UV*/-..(THE*STREET*PAINTERS)-? _(!?)n’..-*2004*-EX*HI*BITION/-..-HAVE*NOT*BEEN*REPL- PLACED(!?) _..-*BYE*/-..-*MUTT*STREET*GREG*/-..*JONES*/ -- ..as* (ONE*-UV*-/-..-the*GREEDY*JONES*BROTHER’S/-.. the*GREEDY*JONES*BROTHER’S/-.. /-..-*WRITTEN*UP*/-**-*BYE*the)?_..*BYE*(LOWER*?_>>-..(EAST*SIDE*COAL*ITIO-- ITION &**NEWS*PAPER*!)?-/-..-(!)”?-..&*-(MAY*BE*RE*PEAT- *ED?_>>(BYE*N>Y>C?_>&..-SENT*TO*ME/-..*VIA*/-E*-M-
AIL:(!)?-..-(-&*THAT*HAVE*BOUGHT*/-..the*BULDING*/-..?
..(THAT*I*AM*FORCED*/-..TO*LIVE*IN/-.AD*NAUSEM-)-?
-fini(!)?
BOOK: 39 -"dA'/-..*MADE*MAN**pOET(!)"? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA ARTIST:POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER/-MASTER*TEACHER.
FIRST*EDITION -10poems
POETS(C)COPYRIGHT
2015
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