PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S -/-..-/-..-40th*POETRY*BOOK/-..-”SHERROD*CURB*SIDE*N’/-..-*IT*(!)”? -10 poems(!) FIRST*EDITION POETS(C)COPYRIGHT 2015 Additional-*PUBLISHED*Poetry Books: (1980-1985)-.. -PUBLISHED*via..(-*PRINTING*PRESS*)! 1."30/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)" 2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)" 3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*! 4."(69)*IMAGES*/- ..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"? 5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"? philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: © Author: PLS7 © Word count: 158 Views: 0 philip lawrence sherrod, poet © LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:© Original*Poems: -were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug. 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(!?) PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S -/-..-/-..-40th*POETRY*BOOK/-..-”SHERROD*/-..-CURB*SIDE*N’/-..-*IT*(!)”? -10 poems(!) FIRST*EDITION POETS(C)COPYRIGHT 2015

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER/MASTER*TEACHER. /-..-40th*POETRY*BOOK/-..-”SHERROD*CURB*SIDE*N’/-..-*IT*(!)”?

-11 poems(!)

FIRST*EDITION

POETS(C)COPYRIGHT

2015

Additional-*PUBLISHED*Poetry Books:

(1980-1985)-..

-PUBLISHED*via..(-*PRINTING*PRESS*)!

1."30/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)"

2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)"

3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*! 

4."(69)*IMAGES*/-

..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"? 

 5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?

philip lawrence sherrod, poet  LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©

Author: PLS7 ©

Word count: 158

Views: 0

philip lawrence sherrod, poet ©

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:©

Original*Poems:

-were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug.

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(!?)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S -/-..-/-..-40th*POETRY*BOOK/-..-”SHERROD*/-..-CURB*SIDE*N’/-..-*IT*(!)”?   -11 poems(!)

FIRST*EDITION

POETS(C)COPYRIGHT

2015

poem one:



-(RE*TURN*ING*/-..-(TO*O*DESSA*/-..-(*GREEK/-BLACK*JAVA!)?

-(RATHER*SMOOTH*/-..-FOR*EURO*PEANS/-..-(SITTING*WF’/-..-BULL’S*NEC

K*THICK?-/-..-(LIKE*PUTIN*/-..WOULD*LIKE*HIS*/-..-(TO*BE*?)..-(BUT*THIN*

NER*/-..-(THAN*STALIN’S?-..-(OR*THOSE*N*LOVE*/-..-(WF’*LENIN?)-..-OR*-

(THE*ONE*/-..-THAT*DROVE*ICE*PIC*/-..-(-DOWN*THRU*HIS*SKULL?)-..-NE

CK*THICK*/-..-(BUT*SMALLER*/-..-(THAN*LAST*WEEK!?)-..-WF’/-..-(BIG*WHI-

TE*NAP*KINS/-..-LIKE*LOWER*ER/-..-(EAST*SIDE*BLANK*ETS!)-..-N.Y.C -201-

5(!)?-..-*BUTT*AGAIN*/-..-THE*WAIT*RESS/-..-FROM*U*KRAINE/-..-(GET*TIN’-

OUT*/-..-(WF”*HER*/-..-RE*SPECT*FULL/-.._*VIR*GIN*I*TY/-..-OF*NOT*HAV

-ING*GOAT*SEX(!)?-..-(ALONG*THE*FENCE!)?-..-(HO*MAD*I*IZE*D(!)?_*FE

LT*MORE*/-..THAN*SHE*/-..-*DE*SERV*ED(!?)-..-(GRIT’S*BEING*HER*FAVO

-RITE*AC*TI*ONS!?)_?..-(THOMAS*HOB*BES/-(1588-1679)-..-(ENGLISH*WO

ULD*NOT*BE*CAUGHT*HERE(!)?-..-(WHO*SHOULD*ARRIVE/-..-BUT*J.P.-ALL-

RED*&*FUZZY*(!)?-..-(WF’*THIN*LONG*/-*SWEDE’S*NECK* /-..-LIKE*-AF*RI*-

CAN*STORK*/-..-(*-WITH*OUT*BABY!?)?-..-(ME*SUP*POSE*ING/-..-&*DIS*CL

OSING*/-..-(I*BROKE*A*NOTHER*STRING*/-..-ON*MYE*RUS*SIAN*PI*AN

*O (!?)-*HOS*I*MOPH*HANO*ROE*BOE/-..-SERIAL*NO.247-422-38(!)”?-?-?

-(e*lim*i*Nate*ING/-..-(MYE*STOR*ED*RAGE*/-..-OF*DY*ING*LIGHT(!?)-..?-

-(TO*SMALL*ER*SPACE*/-..-(MID*NIGHT*HAIRY*/-..(-TUSS*OCKS*MOTH!)??

-(DIS*GUISE*D*/-..-(FOR*MUNCH*ING*ON*CLOTHS!)?_..-(LIKE*JACK*IE*RO

B*IN*SON’S/-..-(PHYS*I*CAL*BALL*PLAYER/-..-AHEAD*UV’/-..(HIS*TIME!)?-..

-TO*OFF*WHITE*..-(MILK*WEED*FLY*ING*BYE!)?_..-(HIT*TING*HIS*WAY*/

-TO*ATH*E*LIT*IC*GREAT*NESS(!)?_..-(*FEAR*LESS!)?_>>_-(LIKE*MYE*SON

‘S/-..-(FOOLISH*STATE*MENT/-..-(“PAPA*I*AM*A*FRAID?_>>_UV”?-NOTH*-

-*ING(!!!)”?-..-(*ME*TELL*ING/-..-(ABOUT*OWN*FATHER*FALLING*/OUT**-

A**BED*/-..-(HIS*FEET*CAUGHT*UP/-..-IN*WINTER*BLANK*ET(!)?-..-*CRAC- KING *RIBS/-..-(AT*AGE*87?)_..-(SOUTH*ERN*MAN*/-..-(GIVEN*TO*CIVIL-

*WAR*CON*FED*ER*ATE?_>>_(CHURCH*GOINGS!)?_>>-(5*DAY’S*WEEK?

*..UV’-/-..(FILL*THE**RACIST*K*K*K*(!)?-..-(CO**LLEC*TION*PLATE!)-..-JLS(?)

poem two:  -

-COMING*BACK/-..AS*..-(LITERAL*BULL/-..-PUT*OUT/-..-TO*PASTURE(!!!)?

-&*NOT*GIVING*/-..-(A*LIVING*HOOT?)-..-(WF’*OWL*EYES?)-..-&*NO*-(L-

IGHT*BULB)(!?)-..-(HOMO*BUD?)-..-(LAND*LORD*PROMISES*HIS*NON*M-

ORAL*BUTT!)?-..-(&*DOES’NT*DELIVER!)?-..-(a*PORCE*LIN*FIX*TURE!?)-?

-(SO*NO*ONE/-..-CAN*SEE(?)_..-HIS*(SHORT*PENI?))-..-(PULLS*THA’/-*SW-

ITCH?)-..-LIKE*(BROKEN*SWITCH*BACK!)?-..-(PULLS*NO*PUNCHES!)?-..-(

&*LUIS*GON*Z*ALIS(!?)_..-(FATHER*SCREAM*ING!?)?_..-(BLOODY*MURD

ER?-..-(IN*MYE*TENDER*EARS!)???-..-(A*BOUT*IM*POSS*I*BIL*I*TIES/-..-?

-(IMPOSS*I*BLE*/-..TO*PER*CHIEVE?)_..-(HOT*COLD/-..HOT*COLD??-..-&*-

(MYE*SON*SAY*ING/-..-(HE*JUST*DOES”NT/-..-GET*IT!)?-..-(ABOUT*LIFE? */-..(&*PEOPLE*COULD*BE*/-..SO*CRUEL(!)??-..-(&*HIS*OPERA*SING*ING-

*EX*CE*LLANT/-..-LIKE*ENRICO*CARUSO*/’S-..(GOLD*EN*HEART/-..-(SIN -G*ING*HIS*/-..-(*HEART*OUT(!?))-..-(PAVO*ROT*TI/-..-(FINALLY*GOT*TH -E*MESS*AGE(!!!)?-(THREE*YEARS/-..-BEFORE*HIS*DEATH!(???)-&*THAT*

(HONESTY*NEVER*PAYS/-..-*OVER*TIME!)?-..AS*IN-NEW*JERSEY(!?)_*A*

LONG*/-..-(RATTLE*SNAKE*HILL/-..-(YOU*NEVER*HEAR*RATTLE/-..-XX*-

CEPT*DEATH*’S/-..-*RATT*LE(!?)-..-WHERE*THEY*/-(NEW*JERSEY*TRAN-

SIT!?(-..*CUT*ROADS/-..-(BYE*DNA*MITE!!!!!!!)?-..-(&*CON*DUC*TOR/-..-*S

TEVE*POLLOCK*/-..-(LOOK*ING*LIKE*HIS*WIFE/-..WF’*/-..-(TENDER*EYE-

*FLEECING*HIM/-..-UV’/-(LOG*CABIN/-..&*THREE*DAUGHTERS(!)?-..-*HIM

*NOW*HAVING*EX*CUSE/-(UV’/-..(BE*COME*ING*HIS*FAVORITE*PAST*-

*TIME*ALCHO*HOLI(!?)--(WRIT*TING*OUT*LIST?)-..-(UV’/-BEST*BEERS!)?

poem three:  


-(*THIGHS*THAT**MOVE/-?)

(LIKE*THE*STONE*HINGES!)-..-(AGE’S*THRONG*ED*TO*HARD*QUEST*I- *ION!)?_..-(WHAT*GIVES!?)-..-(SHE*SO*FULL*/-..UV’/-..(MOBILE*FRUIT!))??

-&*(THE*FAT*/MIS*FIT/-..-PHOTO*GRAPH*ING(!?)..(-MYE*GM*DODGE*MI-

NI*/SU*V?)-..&*(-OTHER*CARS/-ALONG*BI*CYCLE*WHITE*LINES.*LIMIT-TATION’S/-..-(LIKE*DUDE*/-..-GET*A*LIFE!)?-..-(YOU*R’/..-EN*DANGER*IN

YOUR*SELF(!)?..-&*REAL*AL*ITY(!)?-..-(BROWN*NOSE*IN’S*OUT!)”?-..LIK

E*EASTER*ISLAND!)?-..(ALTERNATE*SIDE*PARKING/-?-TODAY*MONDAY

THURSDAY/-..(NYC*CARS/-..-STICKING*OUT*AT*ODD*ANGLES?)-NO*SPA

CE*/-..-TO*MOVE(!)?-..-IN*FARCT*IONS/-..-UV*DISMAL*DISPLAYS(!)?-*MO

VE*HERE/-..*MOVE*THERE(!)?_..(BEFORE*SWEEPER*COMES/-..-(COMPLI*-

*CATIONS-..(UV’/-..(GET*YOUR*HOUSE*N’/-..*ORDER*) )(!?)-OR*E LSE*BU  DY(!)?-..-Y-ET/-..-AFTER*/-..(42*YEARS-DOING*IT)?-..-(BUT*THE/-..NEW*KI -DS/-..ON*BLOCK*/-..-(AIN’T*GOT*A*CLUE(!)?-..-(NEITHER*D O*I*)(!?)?-..-?SHE*SAID*TO-ME*/-..(SHIFT*ING*HER*FEET?)_..(UN*COM*FORT*ABLY/-..

..HER*BLOND*HAIR*/-..-(BLOW*ING*OFF?)-..-(HER*SHOULD*ER/- ..-(I*DID-*N’T*KNOW/-..-YOU*WERE*IN*HEALTH*CARE?))-..-ME*(NOT*BATTING*/- -..-AN*EYELASH!)(??)-..-(&*SHE*SAID*/-..(MYE*NAME*/-..-IS *HOWIE?)-..-*- *ME*TAKEN*ABACK/-?(BYE*HER*MAS*CU*LINE/-..(SOUND*ING*NAME*- LAME!?)-..-(ME*NOT*RE*MEM* BER*ING/--(SECOND*WIFE?)-..-(I*LIKE*YO UR*EYES/-..-I*SAID?)-..-(BLUE**GREY*/-..-&*MAY*BE*TRUE(!)?-..-(SHE*DI -D*NOT*FLINCH!?)?-..(KINDA*LIKE*LONE*WOLF!?)_..-(CLEAR*&*HES*I*- *TANT?)-..-(WOMEN*LIKE*YOU/-..*MUST*HUNT*FOR*EVER!)?-..-(SHE*DID *NOT*FLINCH!?)-..-(&*THOSE*HORR*I*BLE*SOCKS/-..-(YOU*WEAR* /-. .-?(R’/-(KINDA*/-..-*INTERESTING!?)-..-(ONE*HOLE*H ERE*/-..&*ONE*HOLE*-*THERE!?)_-(SHE*STILL*DIDN’T*FLINCH!?)-..-(ME*GETTING*SLEEPY* /-?-*&*WANTING*/-..-(TO*LAY*MY*HEAD*/-..*ON*HER*SHOU- LD*ER?)(!?)_...

-&*(THIS*GUY*ITALIAN/-..-WAS*CARRY*ING*ON/-..(THIS*BLACK*SACKE

D*GAR*BADGE/-..-&*(THROW*ING/-..-ON*TRUCK!)?_..-(&*CRUSH*ING*IT?

WF*-(LOUD*POP*/-JUICES*FLY*ING(!)?_-(&*THE*SMELLS*SUF*FO*CAT*I

NG!)?_..(MY*SEN*I*TIVE*NOST*TRILS!)?_..&*(THIS*GUY*/-..-WAS*CARRY *ING*THE*STUFF*/-..-(JUST*LIKE*GALILEO?)_..-(HIS*SEX*TANT/-..-AT*(??

)-..(HALF*MASK?)_(?)_-*JUST*LIKE*/-..-(MYE*GRAND*MOTHER/-..-*SHE*S SAID(!)?-..-(*MEDD-LING*/-..-IN*OTHER*PEOPLE’S*AFFAIRS(!))?-..-AL*WA

YS*COM*PLAIN*ING/-..-(THAT*THE*PEPPER*MINT/-..-WASN’T*AS*PEPPE-

RY*AS*USUAL*(!)?_..-(&*I*DON’T*KNOW*WHY*/-..SHE*IN*SIS*TED/-..I*P-

UT*THEM*LEAVES*/-..-(IN*MYE*TEA)(!!!)?-..-AS*(I*AM*NOT*ENG*LISH(!?

)-ANY*WAY*HE*WAS/-..(FROM*AUST*RAL*IA/-..-&*(A*KINDA*KOOP-KO-

OP*/-..-(WILD*CHILD*/-..-IN*CLINED*/-..-(TO*FIT*FULL*AD*VENT*URES!?)

*CLAND*EST*INE*LY*CLOWN*ING*/-..-(LIKE*UP*START!?)-..(HIS*FACE*P

AINTED*BLUE/-..-(LIKE*BLUE*PAINTED/-..-(BOOBE*ON*STATUE/-..LIB.(!?)

poem four:

-Ponder*ing*Kelly*/-..-

-AWAKE*IN’/-..(TO*FIND*HER*LEGS?)-..-(LOCKED*AROUND*ME?)-*MUT*-

TER*TING*SO*SOFT*LY/-(!?)-..-(THAT*I*DID*N’T*CARE!)?-..-(LIKE*I*SHO-

ULD*(!))?-..-(&*STAG*GER*IN/-..-(TOWARD’S*SINK!?)-..-(TO*FIND*IT*HAD

*TURNED*GREEN!)?-..-(&*HEAR*IN’/- -*WEATH*ER/-..-RE*PORT!?)?..-WAS-

*TO*BE*SAME/-..-(AS*TO*MORR*OW!?)-..-(SAME*AS*YES*TER*DAY!?)-..?-

-BEING*A*GLOR*I*OUS*REPORT/-..-UV’FEEL*BETTER/-..&*(DRINK*YUR*-

CUP*BUS*TELO*CAFF*E*-TO*DAY(!?))?-(THAT*I*HAD*RE*MEM*BER*ED

/-..-(MYE*PLEDGE*/-..-TO*MYE*SELF!)?_..(LAST*SUN*DAY/-..MAKE*IT*LI-

GHTER*!)?-..-(SO*DA’/-..-*HOLES*IN*/-..(MYE*SOCKS/-..-*DID*NOT/-..-*CUT

*OUT*CIR*CU*LATION/-..-(TO*MYE*DIA*BET*IC*/-..-*TOES*(!))?-..-(&*HA-

ND’S*OR*FOOT’S/-..-*MOST*LY*A*FRAID/-..-UV’/-..(ACHILL*E”S*HEEL*!)?

-SEEMED*TO*BE*THE*AN*SWER/-..-FOR*ALL*NO*MAD**IC*WAY*FARE’

S(!)?-..-(&*THEN*TAKING/-..-(MYE*COFFEE/-..-OUT*SIDE/-..-(TO*SOUTH*’S SUN*POR-CH(!?)-..-(TO*LISTEN(!?)_..-(&*SMELL(!?)-..-(THOSE*FRESH*LY-..-

(CUT*2FT./-..-(JUN*I*PER*LOGS?)-(!?)-..(SMELLING*SWEET/-..-(LIKE*I*MA- G*I*NARY*DREAMS)(!?)-..-(LIKE*WHEN*SHE*YELL*ED!?)-..-(YOU*LEFT*Y

OUR/-..(APPLE*CRUMB*SLICES?__(UV’/-..(COFF*EE*CAKE!?)))?_..-(*HERE*/

&*SAY*ING/-..-(I*AM*GO*ING/-..-TO*TAKE*A*HOT*SHOWER!?)?_-*ME*SA

-YING*OK(!)?-

poem five:  


-AS*TO*/-..(_*PRAC*TI*CLE*/-..*MEA*SURES*(!)?

-I*LIKE*IT(!)?-..-(WHEN*I*SEE*/-..-*SWAMP*BLADES*/-..(IN*ORDERED*GR

EEN*/WET*NESS(!?)-(-*AS*KEW*/-..-LIKE*MORE*/-AS*NATURE’S/-..-(WAN

T *TO*DO!?)))?-..-(LIKE*MORE*GREEN*.-,,-TO*TAKE*CARE*OF/-..-N’/-*DE*

TAILED*ORDER*ED*/-*ART*(!))?-..-(WF’*RED*TRIM*INGS!)?-..-(GONE*TO*

SEED*(!)?-..-(LIKE*HOW*MANY*SEEDS/-..-APPEAR*WF’/-..-HEADS*&*ANU

S*ES/-..-MUCH*LESS*/-..-(COMMOM*SHRIEVEL*ED*/-..-*TORSO*’ED/-..*QU

EST*IONS-..-(ON*THE*WILD*YAWN!))?-..FOR*I*LIKE/-..(IT*WILD*-SHE*SA

ID(!)?-..-(*OUT*DOORS!)?-..-(N’/-*THA’*RE*PEATING*WINDS!)?-..-*WHERE* -GOD*CAN*SEE(!)?-..-(ME*TOO*/-..(I*SAID!))??-..(&I*WISH*SHE*HAD*N’T/-

..- *COUNT*ED*THEM!)?-..(ME*SO*COOL*/-..WF”/-..*NUM*BERS*(!?)_?-*CO

UNT*ED*THEM*(!?)-..-ON*-(TWO*FING*ER’S/-..-X-2nd-..(TIMES*TEN!)?-..-S-

HE*SHOULD*AVE’/-..-USED*HER*PER*SON*AL/-..-*COM*PU*TER(!)?-..-FE-

MAN*IST*AT*HEART(!)?-..-(UP*&*DOWN/-..-*MACHINE!?)-..-(THEN*ON*TO

*PHONE/-..-*FAKE*ING*/-..-*FLESCH*/-..-AS*-M’s*CARNEY(!))?-..-(*A*SMA- LL*TIME*FiAS*CO*/-..(*JUNIOR*COLLEGE*TEACH*ER*?)-..-(DE*CLAIR*IN

MATH*/-..-(TO*BE*MORE*IM*PORT*ANT*/-..-(THAN*LIFE!)?-..-”SHERROD*

DO*YOU*STILL*/-..-*HEAR*-MYE*VOICE(!?)_../-(PIE*R’/-..*SQUARE*!)?-..-&

(E*RASE*ALL*ON*..-(BLACK*BOARD/-...-(&*START*AGAIN!))?-../--PIE*R’/-.

*SQUARE*(!)?-..-(I*DON”T*KNOW*/-..-(WHY*YO*DON’T*GOT*IT!)?_-(CLAS

S*LAUGH*ING(!)?-..-(YOU*‘AVE’/-..-GOT*TO*QUIT*(!?)-..-(PLAY*ING*TOUc

FOOT*BALL/-..-(ON*CAM*PUS*LAWN!)?-..-(GO*ING*FISH*ING!??)?-..-(DID*

YOU*CLEAN*YOUR/-..-(M-1*RIFLE/-..FOR*R.O.T.C.-*IN*SPECT*ION-..*THIS

*WEEK*(!?)-..-(IS*THE/-..-BARREL*BORE*/-..-(SPICK*IN*SPANK*IN*CLEAN

)!!!?-..-HOW*COULD*THEY*PRO*MOTE*YOU*/-..-(FROM*PRIVATE*/-..-TO*

SARG*eNT*MAJOR(!?)-..-(FOR*MARCHING*/-..-(YOUR*SQUAD*/BACK*WAR

D’S/-..-(AFTER*YOU*KNOCK*ED*THE*CAPTAIN*OUT/-..-FOR*CALLING*Y- OU*-A*/-(SON*UV’/..*BIT*CH!)?-..-(&*END*ING*UP*/-..-IN*SOUTH*ORANG- ES *N-EW*JER*SEY’S/-..-(CAIT*&*ABBEY’S/-..-(*ORDER*IN’/-..*(BLUE*BER -RY*SC-ONE?_..-(WF’/-..-(ONE*POPPY*SEED*ED/-..-(*CO*-CAINE*DE*LIGH- T!)?-..-&*$1.75*COFFEE*/-..-(COM*POSE*ING/-..-ON*(THREE*PIANO’S/-..-(B- ETSY*RO-*SS*/-..!?)-..-(&*KOREAN*WEBER*/-..!?)-..-(&*TOKAI*/-MADE**-..  *IN*JAPAN!)?-(SOME*WHERE*DATED/-..-(SERIAL*NO.421-448-(1940-1945)-?

poem six:  


-I*DID*NOT*/-..-(GET*MYE*SE*COND*STROKE*(!)?

-(LISTEN*ING/-..-(TO*IS*RAELI*JEWS!)?-..-WF’/-..-(HEAVY*BROGUE’S!?)?-..

-(MUM*BLING*In*YID*DISH*/-..-*HYS*TER*I*CAL*LY(!?)-..-(-HOW*SHE*-..

-WANTS*-..(TO*GO*/-..-*TO*THE*PROMISED/-..-(*LAND!))?-..(-*ME*ACT*IN G /-..*OUT*RIGHT*/- ..-*AS *MOSES*?-..-FROM*AMONG*ok*la*Homa*BULL*

FROG*RUSHES(!?)_..-(BELIEVE*ING/-..-THE*PICKLES*/-..-(EVEN*N’/-..-BRO

OKYLN!)?-..-(EVEN*THOUGH*LAST*WEEK/-..-(WAS*NAT*ION*AL*PICK*L-

E*DAY!)?_..-(*N’/-..-NEW*YORK(!)?-..-(ME*MISSIN’/-..-(LOWER*SIDE?_>>..-?

*REV*IEL*RIE*(!?)-..-(*GIVE*OR*TAKE/-..-(A*KOSHER*SAUER*DILL*/-..KO

SHER*SWEET!)?-..-(GIVE*OR*TAKE*/-..-(GIVE*UN*TO*CAESAR*/-..-(WHIC-

H*IS*CAESAR’S/-..-(GIVE*UN*TO*SHE*RROD’S/-..-(WHICH*IS*/-..*SHER*R-

OD’S(!)?-(WALK*ING*DOWN*/-(NAME*LESS*ST.-WHICH*IS*BUNN*IES!?)?

poem seven:  


-THAT*/-..-(YELLOW*JAC*KET!)?-

-PLASTIC*RAIN*COAT/-..-(DOES*NOT*MOVE*/ANY*MORE*WITH*OUT/-!?)

-(MYE*HELP!)?_..-(DRY*ING*IT’S*STING*ER/-..-*N’/-..-(THE*SUN*LIGHT!)?-

-(CON*FUS*ED*YOU*SAY/-..-&*WHAT*REAL*AL*I*TY/-..-AM*I*SPEAK*IN

/-..UV’/(!?)?-..-(YU*SHULD*KNOW!)?-..-(UV’/-..(*MODERN*PSY*CHOL*I*TIE

‘S)?-..-(PHIL*OS*PHIES/-..-STREWN*A*BOUT/-..-(N’*OUR*OWN*TIME!)?-*M

E’S*AN*XXXX*PERT/-..-(DUP*LIST*TIC*OPT*I*MIST!)?-..(GIVEN*TO*TRUT H*/-..-*IS*STRANG*ER*/-..-THAN*FICTION(!)?-..-(BEE*N’/-.._STOW*BLOW!)

(BEE*N’/-.._STOW*AWAY(!)?-..(BEE*N’/-.._STOW*YOU!)?-..-(BEE*N’/-..-*BL-

UE(!)?-..-(&*EVEN*IF*WATER*PROOF*ED?_>>(CAN*NOT*RING*TRUE?)_..-

&*-(WHO*SHOULD*SHOW/-..-*UP*?_>>_(BUT*MYE*SON*_?_>>(RAIN*I *N’ G*TRUTH*?_>>_(UP*ON*ME!)?_..-(N”*LARGE*DROPS!)?-..-

poem eight:  


-AS*CEND*ING*/-..-(-SOUTH*ORANGE’S/-

..-(-WOOD*EN*STAIRS*/-..-FOR*ART!)?

-(RICKET*TY/-SINCE*/..(JOHN*SINGER*SARGENT*DAYS?)-..-(OF*SUC*CES

S(!)?_..-(&*DAYS*THAT*RAC*COONS/-.._(-ATE*OUT*GAR*BAD*GE*PLAST

-IC*CANS(!)?_..-(ON*THIRD*FLOOR?_>>-(BAIRD*COM*MUN*ITY*CENTER!

)?_..&*ME*/-..-(NOT*ALLOW*ED/-..-TO*PLAY*/-..-(ON*BET*SY*ROSS*PIAN-

O?)_..-(OR*KOREAN*WEB*ER!)?-..-(BUT*ALLOW*ED/-..-TO*TEACH*MYE*?

*MASTER*CLASS*N’/-..*PAINT*ING*(!?)_?-..-(UP*-(THOSE*/-..*RIC*ET*TY*-

STAIRS*/-..-WF’/-..(SE*COND*STAIR*ROCK*ING/-..-ON*-(ONE’S*ANKLES!)?

-(RISK*Y*BUSI*NESS!?!)?-..-(ME*WF’/-..-(SONG*FULL*COMUN*I*CATION))

-(N*’/-..-*BIRD*ED*MIND!)?_..-(&*THE*/-..-(CANAL*UV-..-(BIRDS*DUCKS*&

-*SONG*LOVE*LIES/-..-(FLIT*TING*ABOUT(!)?-..-(ME*AL*WAYS*LIST*EN*

ING(!)?-..-(TO*NATURE’S/-..-(MASTER*SONGS!)?-..-(RE*GRETS/-..WF’*BLUE

*STOCK*INGS*&*BLACK*FEET(!)/-..-(HOW*THIS*RE*MIND*ED*ME*?-.._-U -V’*SUSAN(!)”?-..-(AL*WAYS*/-..-(CURLED*UP/-..INTO*HER*SELF?)-..-*POS-

E*ING/-..-(YOUTH’S*NAKED*YOUTH!)?-..-(SOME*WHAT*ACT*I*VATED/-..?

-BYE*-..(*POLK*DOTS!))?-..-(*GRIN*NING*/-..-*LIKE*/-..-(DREAM*YELLOW-

*!?)-..-(BAN*NAN*A/-..-PEELED*BACK/-..-LIKE*JUV*EN*NILE**SKIN*(!)?-..?

-WF*/-..-(STRIP*PED*KNEE*SOCKS!)?-..-(*PULLED*UP*/-..-(TO*HER*HAIRY

*CROTCH*(!)?-..-(MAY*BE*N’/-..-(AMER*I*CAN*RED*WHITE*BLUE/-..-*ST-

RIPES*(!?)-..-(AL*WAYS*PAT*RI*O*TIC!)?-..-(AL*WAYS*COM*PLI*ALBE!)?

-(&*HER*MID*DRIFT*OPEN!)?-..-(&*HER*NA*VAL*SMIL*ING?)-..-(LIKE*N*

O*BODY*KNOWS/-..-(WHAT*SHE’S/-..-(BEEN*/-..*UP*TO!)?_..-(*MUCH*LES-

S*ME!)?-..-(*ME*WANDER*ING/-..-(N’/-..*BLEES*ED*LIGHT(!)-..-(UV’*LOFT-

*ROOM*/-..-(THAT*ALL*IM*PRESS*I*NIST’S/-..-*EN*VIED(!)-..-(DEAD*OR*-

*ALIVE*)-..-(LIKE*WANTED*POSTER/--N’/-..-20TH*CEN*(!)?-..-(*ME*SUB*C-

ON*SCI*ENCE*LY*SMILE*LING/--(AT*VIS*UAL*DE*LIMMA*!)?-..-(BUT*AL

ONG*/-..(SO.ORANGE’S*CANAL?)-..(THE*IDIOT*GROUP/-?..WERE*PAID*HO

W*MUCH*/-..(TO*HAR*VEST*/CANAL*WEEDS*(!?)_?-SO*DUCK*LING’S-*H

AD*NO*DE*FENCE/-..-AS*DUCK*LINGS*PRO*TEC*ED/-..*COVER*(!)?-..-(M-

AKE*EVERY*THING/-..-(*FLAT*/-..-*NOTHING*IRR*EG*U*LAR/-..-LIKE*N’/

-*NATURE’S*DYNA*MITE*ING/-..(-NIAG*RA**FALL*S/-..IN*1912/-..-SO*NO- *WATER*G-ETS*(*LOOSE*/-..AS*ON*YOUR*/-..-*SKIRTS*LADIES**(!)?-..-*L

IKE*MYE/-..-(RIGHT*EYE/-..-(GET*TING*DIM*MER?)_..-(WON’T*SEE*AS*M

UCH*/-UV’/-..-*yu*FAITH*FUL*NESS/-..-(AS*EVE*/-..-*LOVES*the*faith*less?)

poem nine:  


-LOOK*ING*AT*/-..-(THE*LARGE*SQ/-..*PATTERN!)?

BLACK*MAN*WOND*ER*ING/-..-&*WAND*ER*ING*/-..-ON*SIDE*WALK(?)

-*FUMB*LING*/-..-WF’/-..(TOP*KNOTCH)-..(GAMB*LING*/MONEY*CARD?)-..?

NOSE*DRIPPING*/-..(WF’/-..PANTS*DROP*PING)-..-&*’/-..-(AT*TI*TUDE?))?-

(ME*SAVORING*/-..-(COFFEE*DROPS/-..-(AT*ODESSA!)?-..-(BOTH*UV’/-*US

COLD*AS*HELL!)?-..-(NEEDING*OUR*WAY/-..-ME*WAITING/-..ON*JIM*AS-

*USUAL*/-..(HIM*CAUGHT*PARKING/-..(HIS*FORD!)?-..-AFTER*THIS*WINT

-ER?-..(COUGH*ING*LIKE*FLU?)-..(ME*NEED*ING*GRITS/-..-&*VENETIAN*

SPINACH*&*EGGS?)-..-(HAD*DRAINED*/-..-(HIM*SILLY!?))-..-WEAK*FOR*-

ANOTHER*YEAR/-..-ROGAINE*PLANTED*HEAD/-..(&*RED*FACE*SWEDE*-

)-..OFFER*ED*DARK*ER*THOU*GHT’S(!?)-..-&*(RED*STILL*ED/-.. *STU*-? -*POR*/-..-LIKE*HEINZ*-..-*ALL*FOUR*BLED*/-..-ROSE*KET*CHUP?)-..-&*-

JESUS*/-..(ALL*UV’*US*/-..-HUNG*&*CROSSED*OUT?)-..-(BYE*LUCK’S*PO

-SESS*SION/-..-&*PRO*LIF*ER*ATION/-..PRO*GRES*SED*TO/-..-WHOSE*TH

-A’(!?)-..(MODERN* DEVIANT?)..-(TAKING*ANOTHER*SHOT*/-..-&*PROGR-

ESSION*/-..-SUF*FER*ING/-..-(FOR*SUF*FAR*AGE*SAKE!)?-ME*LOST*FOR-

*WORDS*(!?)-..-&*GIVE*ME*(ANOTHER/-..-GREEK*SHOT*HOT*JAVA(!?)_..

-4*INCHES/-..-(UV/-..PASSION*ATE*FAME?)-..-*CHANEL*ED*/-..BE*CAUSE-

U*KRAINE*D*WAI*TRESS/-..-(HAD*GROWN*ED*WEAK*ER/-..-SUB*MIT*TI

-NG*TO*SMILES(!?)?-..-LED*ME*TO*BE*LIEVE/-..-SHE*HAD*GIVEN*UP*H-

ER*PAST*RE*SENT*MENTS(!?)?-..(SLOP*PLY*SPILL*ING*ODESSA*COF*FE

E-..-(LOST*TO*ESCAPE*ING/-..-(WORD*ED*FACT*IONS?)-..&*(FOR*GET*TI

NG*MYE*ILLUS*IONS/-..-(SAVOR*ING*WORDS/-..-(LOST*TO*ALZHEIMER-

‘S/-..-(NO*DREAM*RE*CALL?)-..-OR*-(BETTER*STILL/-..*PARK*IN*SONS!?-

-(RAGE*A*GAINST/-..-(THE*DY*ING*LIGHT(!)?-..-(RAGE*AGIN*/*DY*ING?)

poem ten: 

-HAV*ING*A*NOTHER/-..-CUP*COFFEE?-..-AT*(*ODESS*A?)-..-(WHILE*BEN

-T*NECK*/-..-(MEX*I*CAN*WAIT*ER/-..-(IS*MAKING*BIG*SWIPE’S-..-*CLE-

-AN*ING/-..-(FROM*LAST*CUSTO*MER’S*CRUMBS*?)-..-(*TAB*LE?)-*ME*- *WAIT*ING(!!!)?-..(BUT*HAPPY*/-..HAV*ING*FOUND/-..-LIT*TLE*RED *-(?)- *SHOP*PING*CART(!)(ONE*WHEEL*DAM*AGE*ED?)-..(GET* A- NOTHER!?) -..AT*COR*NER*WHER-E*/-..(FAT*RAT’S/-..-ARE*BEST*/-..-AT*AS/-..P ICK*- 

*ING*UP/-..-(POOR*BOY’S/-..-*PER*SUA*- *’S*ION’S(!))?-..-(ARE*RAT’S/-..-?-

*GLOR*I*FIED/-..-LIKE*RAT*PRO*LIF*ER*ATIONS/-..(PROSE*FUS*I*LY!?)-?

ENOUGH*/-..-FOR*(SUB*MA*MALS/-..(NOT*ABLE*TO*FLY!)?-(LIKE*A*BA-

T!!!)?-(WF’ECHO*RECALL/-..-*LOCATION*(!)?-..OR*N’/-..(CHILD*HOOD!?)?-

(SWING*ING/-..-*HIGHER*THAN*OTHERS/-..-N”*SWING*MADE*/-..-(POST*-

OAK*/-..-OK*LA*HOMA(!?)_..-(NOW*SWING*ING/-..-(LIKE*ADULT!)?-..*NE-

AR*DEATH*/-..-”*Poet*AT*80(!”?

poem eleven:  


--Re*member*ing*..-Di*anne*Spe*vack?-

..(-Correcting*Me/-?..-(N’*A*Bout!)?-

(-Gonna*Do/-..-*Tha’*Twists*!))?..

-Was*Not*Bye*?..-(Little*Richard!?)-..But*-(-Chubby*C-Hecker!!)?-

..-Her*Now/-?..-(-Agro*Phobic/-..*Ly/-..*Inclined!)?..-&*Calling/-?..-(Me*Up!)/-?

-From*(-Her*Apartment/-?..Which*She*Won’t*Leave/-(?)..-

-Except*(Bye*Mid*Night!)?..-&*Wants*Me/-)..-To*Do(!?)..

-Her*Anally(!)?..-&*(Put*It/-(?)..-N’..-(-Her*Mouth*/-?..-After*wards!))(?)..Tellin*Me/-?..She*Broke*Up/-?..-Wf*Her- (Black*Man/-.?.That’s*Father/..)-?(Tu’Her*Son!)?-..&Leaves*Me/-..*Confused(!)-&*Disconcerted(!)?..-But**Wary!

-How*Can*I/-?Tell*(-The*World/-?-About*Such..(-*Private*Longings/-?)..

-Bye*/-((The*Moraled*/-?..-Under**Priviledged!))?

-Yusta*..(-Call*Her*Cindy/..-&*Helena..(-Hated*Her!))?..-Always*Felt*-..

(-Sorry/-..For*Cindy!))?..  -But*What*A--De*Lightful/-..?-(*Passion*Pit(!))?..

-Always*Handing*Out/-?..-(The*Mail/-..At*Brentanos*/-..Book*Store!)?

-Wf’..(That*Naughty*..-*Look)-?..   -&*Trembl*-..ing(!)?-..(Wf’*Eyes*Hot*/-?-  ..&*Cinna-*moned*/-..-*Colored!)?

-(&..Big/-..*Tittie’s/-..*Bouncing/-..*Slightly?)-

..Under*..(-Fake*/-*Rayon!)?..

-(*Burn*ing/-.?.A*Hole/-?..(N’*Mye*Levis!))?

-Her*Walking*Slowly/-?..-(Carefully*Like/-(?)..-(As*If/-..To*Break*It(!))?--Like*N’*Casa*Blanca*(!?))-..-*Me*More*Volatile/-?..&*Eruptive/-?..Than*Humph-

*Frey/-?..*Bogart(!)?..-Or*..(-Tha’*Time/-..That*Sharon*Asked*Me/-?..-After*Lifting*..-

(*Up?)-Her*Skirt/-?..)..-Wf’*Her*Hairy-*Muff/-(?..)-*Staring*(-Me*N’*Face!)?-

-To*Meat*Her/-..At*(-George*Washington/-..*Sq*Hotel/-?..-*Down*Town!)?-She*Said/-..*S-He’d*Be/-? ..N’(-Room*9!)?-..Ws*/-..Birth*Day*Number!)?-..&*I*Wondered*If/..*Some*One/..-Had*-

T-Old*Her(!)?-..Or*Was**It-/-?..(Just*A/-?..-Bookish*Bitch’s/-..?

-Con*..Se*/-(?)-*Quence!)(?)..Uv’(Filing*Truth/-..For*History’s*Sake!)?

-Her*Areoles*/..-Larger*(T-Han*/-?..-*Brooklyn*/-..*Pizza/-?-/../-*Pies*!)?-

..&*What/-?..(-Long*Legs/-?./.-That*Opened!)?-..-/To*High**Heaven(!)?-

Thank*-..?)-*Ing*Me..(-*After*Ward!)?..-Grace*Ious*ly(!)? 

-Well*..-That’s/-?..(-Not*Hard*To*Take!)?-

(-Appease*ing/..?-Tha’*Sim-Ple*Beast(!))?..-When*N’/-..*The/-

..(Good*Ole*Days/-?*..&*Cox*Men!)?-..-Talked*About/-?-&*(Wf’*Affection!)?-.. Wf’/-..*Affectation/-(??)?..--

-That*Ultimately*ness/-..-*Goes*To*Head(!)?

-But*Not*I/-?..(-Just*A*Simple*Man/-?..*N’/-?..-Confessional*Humility!)?..

-Graciously*Accepting(?)..(-Mye*Innate ..*Needs*/-?..&*Sexual*Talents !)?-“Which*Ever*Way/-?..*Hi-story*-

Treats/-?..*Artistic*Memory!”(?)-..Tis*Fine*Bye-/-*Me(!)?..-But*Dianne/-?-

..Calling*Me*/-Up*Again/-?..&*(-Telling*Me/-?..*She*Wished(!?)..-I*Were*(A*/-..*Pig!?)-.....-So*/-..DO*I*..(?)  -&*(Would*Do*Her/-?)

-(&*Could*Twist/-?....-Like*/-..-Chubby*Checker/-XXXXXXX?

..(Wf’-Added*Twist’s/-?..-Like*Classical/-?..*Sexual*(!?)-

..*Sexed*/-?..-Special*Shaped-/-?..

-Screw/*XXXXXXX-..*Tail/-*ED-..*Penis!)?

-finished(!)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S -/-..-/-..-40th*POETRY*BOOK/-..-”SHERROD*/-..-CURB*SIDE*N’/-..-*IT*(!)”?   -11 poems(!)

FIRST*EDITION

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