POEM ONE:
-YES*I*KNOW*/-..-&*I’LL*GET*/-..-RIGHT*ON*IT*NOW?_..-BUT*AT*81*-YEARS*/-..-AS*SOON*IT*GETS* -*WARM*ER*(!)?-..-(SWEETIE*PIE!)?--YO-
U*UNDER*STAND*I*HURT*/-..-SO*MUCH*FROM*/-..-MYE*ARTH*RIT*IS
/-&*I*AIN’T/-..(BEEN*ABLE/-..(!?)-..-TO(DUMP*MYE*DIA*BETES*/-..ANY*
-WHERE’S*/-..-*BRO*/-..-JE’SU*‘E’S*(!)?
POEM TWO:
-(LUCK*I*LY*WAKE*ING*UP*AGAIN(!)?)-..-(&*THE*BODY*WANT*ING*-
TOBE*FED*AGAIN(!)?)-..-(&*FIND*ING*SARAH*JANE*KENT’S/-..-(THREE-
*NEW*E*MAIL’S/-..-(REQUESTING*THAT*I*STAY*/-..-(*ALIVE*/-..-SHE*H-
OPES*/-..-(REALLY*THAT*I*DIE?(!?)_..-(BUT*TOO*MUCH*TRUTH’S*OUT-S
TANDING*/-..-(DOWN*IN*FLORIDA*/-..-DO*ING*NUDE*/-..PUSH*UPS*
ON*TY*PHOON*BEACHES*!?)_..-*YEAH*I*KNOW*/-..-(TOO*MUCH*AB
-OUT*/-..--(THE*KILLER*BLACK*WIDOW’S/-..-(RED*HOUR*GLASS*?_>>SP
UN*SO*TIGHT*LY/-..-(WITH*”*THE*SUN*/-..-(SHINE*ING*OFF*OF*?-..*
-SO*BRIGHT*LY(!)?-..--&*ALL’S*WELL*/-..-(>>THAT*END’S*WELL!)_(!?)-BU-
T*SHAYLA*/-..(-BLACK*AFRO*AT*TRADER*JOES/-..-CUT*OUT*N’*LAUG-
HTER*AS*SHE*DROPS*WHITE*GALLON*MILK*/-..-(ALL*OVER*MINE*&- &*WHIT-E*WOE*MAN*’S(‘?)-*TOES(!)?-..-MIGHT*BE*/-..-TOO*MUCH*F-
...-?-..-*FOR*ME(
-)-..-(ME*HOPE*ING/-..-SHE*MIGHT*/-..-(GO*DOWN*&*DROWN*DRO*- WN*ME?_>>WF”*HER*LUS*I*-CIOUS*/-..-(BIG*LIPS?_>>-BIG*GER*/-..TH AN*BIG!)?_>>&*-THOSE*HOU-R*GLASS*HIPS(!!!????)-..-GO*FOR*TAKI-? -..-AKING*SOCIAL*SEX*U*AL*/-..-..*TRIPS*(!)?-..-*N’*SOME*SHADY*M?
-O*-TELL*0*-L(!)?
POEM THREE:
-BUT*THEN*AGAIN*/-..-(THERE*YO*ARE!?)_..-SINGLE*&*DES*TI*TUTE!?)
-HUSH*HUSH*/-..-&*(WHITE*BIRD*ING/-..or*-(WHILE*BIRD*ING/-..-*M-
USH*-FLUSH*THE*QUAIL*/-..-(LIKE*VICE*PRES?)-..DOWN*IN*TEX-AS(!)?-
SOME*WHERE*NEAR*PLANO/-..-&*(THE*MEX*I*CAN*WALL*BUILT*BYE
-*TRUMP’SMILI*TANT*CON*STRUCTION*SLDIER’S(!)?_..-IF*SO*SO*BE*I
-T(!)?-..-AS*I*RE*FUSE*TO*BE*LONG/-..-TO*ANY*PARTY/-..*PO*LIT*I*C-
AL(!)?_..-&*(AM*STILL*FREE*THINK*ER/-..-LIKE*THE*HICK*MUSIC/-..PLA-
YED*-..-(DOWN*IN*DEL*RIO*TEXAS!)?-..-(LIKE*BLOOD*&*WHISKEY/-??-
ON*-..(THE*HIGH*WAY?_=//-..WAT*A*SHAME(!)?-..-(WAT*A*SHAME!)?
POEM FOUR:
-YES*IT’S*TRUE*/-..*FOUR*-CUME’S*-AFTER*THREE*(!)_?-..-(BUT*I*DE*TE
-ST*COM*MON*ESS(!)?-..-(BEING*A*DUKE’S*DESCEND*ENT)?_..-(?????)
-EH*SHAY*LA(!)?-..-(I*GUESS*ANI’S*COW’S*/-..-WULD’NT*LAUGH*N’-?
-N’*WYNE*WOOD?_..-(OKLA.?)_-AFTER*SWASH*ING*THEIR*TEATS*N’-
WARM*WATER*/-..-COLD*BARTER*/-..-FREEZE*ING*COLD*HANDS(!)???
-&*THE*IN*SULT*?_>>UV’/-..(PASTER*I*ZING?_>>_&*ADD*ING*VITAM- IN *D*)!?-..TO*(COUNTRY*WHOLE*MILK)!?-..-TAKE’S*THE*FUN*/-..-OUT
*UV’/-..-*IT*(!)?-..-EH*SHAY*LA(!)?-..-WhEN’S*THE*(LAST*TIME*ANY*O-
NE’S/-..-(LOOKED*INE*ANY*COWS’/-*EYES*(!)?
POEM FIVE:
-&*SO*YOU*TOO*ARE*-(STILL*HERE*READ*INGLY/*TRANS*FIXED!!!!!?)
-BYE*WAT*-..-(YOU*THOUGHT*/-..-WAS*ONLY*A*COUNTRY*BOY!!!!!!?)
-SO*-(THE*NYC*TIMES*?_>-(NEWS*AIN’T*NEWS*?_>AIN’T*NOTHING-
&*-(NO*ONE*HAS*/-..-(THE*RIGHT*/-..-TO*EVER*CHANGE*/-MYE*WO
-RD’S/-..-N”*MYE*ORGINAL*WORD*ING/-..-OR*BOOK’S*WORDING*O
-R*TIT*LES/-..-RIGHT*GIRL’S(!?)_..-(&*MOTHER*MARY*/-.._&*LIZARD*FR-
OM*ROME*/-..-WF’*ITALIAN*FLAG*IN*MOUTH?_..-LIKE*ALLAN*STONE
-LIKE*ALLAN*STONE*/-..WANTING*TO*/-..-*HE*SAID*SHER*ROD*/-..I*
WILL*BUY*YOUR*WORK*-(*PAINTINGS*)?-..-&*(THROW*AWAY*THE*-?
(FOUND*OB*JECTS/-..-WHICH*PROOVES*/-..-(THAT*MONIE*IS*HEART?
-LESS*CORRUPT*IBLE*KING*?_>>-(RIGHT*JAIME?_..-&*(YOUR*DIVORCE
*-..-(*TWICE*/-..-TO*TWO*UN*SUSPECT*ING*GIRLS!)?..-RIGHT*EASTER-
-&*CATHY*?_>>-..-(&*THE*RED*ROUSE*?_>>..-(SHE*RROD*HOBB*LES*-
OFF*WF’*/-..&*AS*/-..-SELF*TRUTH*?_..-UV’*ROME(!)?_?-.._&*GIRL’S*N
-*ROME*?_>>-DON’T*GET*ME*START*ED/-..-ES*PEC*I*LY/-..-*NEAR*/-
QUER*CH*I*NELLA(!)-..-JUST*ABOVE*MAP*?_>>UV’-(SOUTH*ERN*GEN
-O*IA(!))?-..-as-*MOS*QUIT*OS**of*-(I*T**LI*AN*/-..-RIV**I*ERA!)??
POEM SIX:
-&*(THE*WIND*BLEW*/-..-IN(OFF*THE*WATER*/-..-BYE*THE*/-..*HUND-
REDS?_..-BITING*THE*UN*SUS*PECTING/-..-(NUDE*BODIES*MAKING*L
-OVE*/-..-AT*TOP*UV’/-..-SMALL*BEACH*HOUSE/-..OF’/-..*CUR*ATOR*-
*ITAL*IAN*/-..-RE*STOR*ER/-..UV*-..-(THE*LAST*SUPPER/-..-TO*RENDER?
-A*SPOON*/-..NEAR*THE-..(ITALIAN*LAGOON!)?_..-&*HIS*NAME*ESQ-
-*UAPE*S’/-..-*ME*/-(!?)-..AFTER*EAT*ING*ALL*THOSE*FICI*-N’*HIS*BA
CK*YARD(!)?-..-*RIGHT*/-..-MAE*STR*EO/-..-UV’/-..THE*PAINTED*MAS*T ER*-PIECE*/-..BYE*-(LEO*NARD*O/-..-IN*1495-..1498!)?-..-SO*MAES*TR TRO ..*/-SIG*NOR*I/-..-TINT*TOR*I/-..-&*MOG*LIA*/-..-SHOULD*NOT*-
ME NTIO--*HER*NAME*/-..-BE*CAUSE*I*FOR*/-..-(GOT*IT*/-..-HA*/HA* */HA/..-?-?-?
POEM SEVEN:
-SO*MUCH*/-..-FOR*MYE*AL*Z’HEIM*ER’S/-..-OR*(PARKIN*SON’S!)?-..?
(JUST*GOT*SAVED/-..-(BYE*MYE*41*YEAR*OLD*SON/-..-WAKING*ME- -*FROM*HORR*I*BLE*NIGHT*MARE*/-..-WHICH*HAS*RE*PEATED*IT*S-
ELF*/-..-(WHEN*THE*PRESS*URE/-..-(BE*COMES*ABOUT*DEATH*/-..-*M-
E*FLY*ING/-..WITH*OUT*EAGLE*WINGS(!)?-..-&*(MYE*BROTHER*14*Y-
EARS*YOUNGER*NEVER*TALK*ING*N’*AVIAN*/-..-*OKIE*CODE(!)?-..-
UV*TWEET*ING*/-..-OLE*ANG*SINE/-..-(THE*SOUTH*/-..-SHALL*RISE*A-
GAIN*/-..-..-(ON*A*PRAYER*/-..-UV’*A*/-..-(EAGLE’S*WING!)?_..WF’OU
-T*SELF*HELP’S(!)?-..-*LEAVE*’S/-..-*ME*(*-FLASH*LITE*STAIR*ING!)?-..&-
ME*LIV*ING/-..-(NEAR*THE*FAMOUS*/-..-*HOUSE*OF*BLIND*NESS!)?
-&*(GIVEN*YELLOW*WHITE*/-..-RED*TIP*PED*CANE*/-..-(AH*ROON*E-
Y(!)?-..AS*(MYE*OFF*SHOOT*?_..-TIS*(ALL*SO*-*RATHER*BRIL*LANT(!?
).
POEM EIGHT:
-BUT*AS*YOU*CAN*SEE*/-..-(NO*MATCH*FOR*ME*/-..-IN*A*-(WORLD
*DEBATE*?_>..-RIGHT*ARI(!)?-..-AT*LEAST*WITH*OUT*/-..-HIS*FLASH*L-.
IGHT(!)-..-FLASH*ING*SYNO*NYMS*/-..-*OCC*AS*ION*ALY(!)?-&**OK-
LA*HOMA*WEED’S/-..-(DON’T*COME*THAT*OFt*EN!)-..RIGHT*BROOK
*-LYN*PUG*/-..-or*Mo*mo*ko(!)?
POEM NINE:
-&*WHERE*FORE*OUT*/-..-NOW*MYE*BEAUTIFUL*-HOT*EYED*COW*(!
?)-..-I*MEAN*SOME*THING*/-..LIKE*MYE*ETCH*ING*/S/-..-*DRAWN*N
RE*VERSE*/-..ON*-(COPPER*PLATES*)?-...-&*(PAID*FOR*BYE*FRIEND*(S
PINELLI*/-..-&*ITALIAN*/-..-(LIVING*IN*AR*MONK/-..-WF’*AURORA*BO
-BORE*ALIS?-..-(&*BEGGING*ME/-..-TO*GIVE*MYE’SON’S*EDUCATION?
-MONE’IES/-..-LIKE*RED*FOX*/-..-*STEALING*WHITE*LEG*HORN*/-..*C- *HICKEN’S-/-..-(FROM*BARN*HOUSE*BANK!)?-..-A*NON*MORAL*ACT!)
-WHICH*WULD*/-..-BECOME*IN*HER*I*TANCE*/-..-&*A*SON’S*BE*TR-
AY*-*AL(!)?
POEM TEN:
-&*NOW*WERE*FRIEND’S*AGAIN(!)?-..(&*ONLY*GLORIA*KNOWS/-..-)
OUR*SEX*UAL*LONG*ING(!)?-..-(!???????)??-OF*COURSE*SPINELLI’S*D
EAD*/-..WHEN*I*WENT*TO*/-..-HIS*HOUSE*/-..-THE*FUN*ER*AL*OVE-
*R(!)?.. -&*NOW*YOU*KNOW/-..THE*SORDID*STORY(!)?_..-SO*DOES?-
A*R*OR*A*/-..-BOR*E*AL*IS(!)?
POEM ELEVEN:
WE*ARE*EVEN*THEN*MYE*SANDRO*SON(!)_?-..-(YOU*SHOW*ING*U
P(!)?..-&*WAVE*ING*YOUR*CELL*/-..*PHONE*/-;;(FLASH*LITEIN*MYE*- *FACE*?_>>-(BLIND*N‘-*ME*?_..-LIKE*a*DES*MOD*A/-..-(LONG*E ar -AR*ED*BAT*?_>>FROM*ARK-and*SAW*/-..-FT>*SMITH*CAVES(!)??? -..-
(JUST*LIKE*I*PRED*ICTED?)-..&*YIN-G*/-..-TIS*NOT*FOR*/-any..-KARA* - OKE YELLE’RS/-.._*NOW*or*-/-..-to*mor*row*/-.-SPIE*LUNK*I’N-?/(THE*NEW*EST*MIS*FIT*/-..-EVEN*FOR*/-..-(HOME*TOWN*DUDE!)?-..?-
-like*any*auss*ie/--or*/--OKLA*HOMAN?..-OR*DRuNK*Mex*I*can
?
poem twelve:
-here*In*The*Bronx-..-(MYE*SON*suggested?)-..-(That*I*Store*)-
the*Paintings*/-..-There*But*?_-I*Said**Must*/-..-be**stored* ??a*- *w-ay*?_..-(WHERE*ONly*The*-(Art*baron*Knows?)-..-be*ca -u*se*I*-?-teach*/-..a*-(Master*class*IN*Painting?)-..*NOw*in*S
- .ORAN-ge(!)?)?-..-&*I*Don’t*Want*/-..-to*(-..put*out*/-..*any*
- *on e ’s*star?)-.
poem thirT*teen:
-hear*that*/-..-elsie*O(!)?-&*I*BEEN*DRINK*ING*/-..-(LOW*CALORIE-
PINK*LEMON*AID*/-..-SPELLED*WF’/-(CREAT*IVE*TWIST’S/-UV*A*POET
-GONE*MASTER*BONK*ER’S/-..-IN*SO. ORANGE(!!!)?-..-&*IN*NYC(!)??-
-..-&*AFTER*A*MONTH*&*HALF?-..-SAY’S-..(FOR*GET*-ABOUT*IT)?-*YO?
-SO*I*DID*/-..-HONOR*POOP*FROM/-..-HORSE’S*MOUTH(!)?-..-BUT*SO
-ME*HOW*/-..-IT*HURT’S/-..-TO*CARE*ABOUT*SOME*ONE/-..&*BE*REJ
-ECTED/-..-MUCH*LESS?_>>LIKE*A*BEAR/-..*OU*TA*HI*BER*NATION?-?
-OR*SPIL*LING/-..(HER*CRAYONS/-..-OR*REMBRANDT*PASTELS*FLOOR
*
*-*WARD(!)?_..-RIGHT*LAR’S/-..-*BABY*?/-..WHY*DID*N’T*ELSIE*?-..-TEL-
L*ME*SOONER*/-..-ABOUT*YOUR*HOUSE*/-..-IN*KEY*WEST/-..&*HER*
&*TWO*OTHER*GIRL*FRIENDS/-..-(FLASHING*HEMING*WAY’S*BAR*)?
-*NUDE*WF”/-..-(ONLY*RAIN*COATS*)?-..IS*WHY*/-..(THE*CHICKEN*D
-IDN’(!)?-..-(CROSS*THE*/-..OTHER*SIDE/-..-OF*FLORIDA*ROAD*/-..-(BUT
-*I*AM*SORRY*/-..-I*DIDN’T*SEE*&*SMELL*/-..-THE*2.5*MUD*FROM*-
THE*HURRICANE*HILDA*?_>&*HELPED*SHOVEL*/-..-&*WASH*IT*AWA-
Y/-..-”ACCORDING*TO*YOU*/-..-IT*WAS*A*STINKING*MESS(!)”-YO*Y?
POEM FOURTEEN:
-DON’T*WORRY*ABOUT*IT*-ELSIE*O/-..-YOUR*(GREEN*NOTE?)_..-(MAI LED-THAT*WEEK*END/-..IT*SHALL*NEVER/-..*SURFACE*/-..-(TOO*NAST- Y!)?.-..-(FOR*THIS*PRESS!)?-I*DON’T*WANT*TO/-..-(RUN*OUT*OF*INK?
POEM FIFTEEN:
-&*I*SHAN’T/-..-GO*BACK*ON*MYE*WORD?-..-(REMEM*BER*ME*LIGH-
TLY(!)?-..-&*LET*THE*-(*BEAR*NOTE*LIE!)?-AS*I*DON’T*/-..WANT*TO*P-
UT*/-..-ANY*ONE’S*STAR*OUT(!)?-..-I*SAY*/-..-LET*ALL*IL*LUSTRAT*OR-
*BEAST’s*LIE*/-..-BE*NEATH*/-..-THEIR*OWN*/-..-(SHALLOW*-*GREEDY */-..&*crude*/-..-*CHEAP*NON*MORAL*/-..&-*******NON*FINE*/-ART *STUPID***ART-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(?)--OF*/-..-(*HISTORY*LESS*20th*century*-ART*ART(!)?) (UNTIELD*YIELD*IG*IG*NO*RANT*/-..-86*YEARs********IN*******?-COUNT*RY*n.j.-..AB-OUT*/-STUPID*/-..-NON*********(TASTE*FU*LL*=...-*ART*CODE’S?).?
POEM SIXTEEN:
-oh*what*a*show*/-.._I(*PUT*ON*/-..-FOR*MYE*SON”S*FRIEND!)?
-BERT*Ong*keo(!)?-..-his*well*man*ner’-..(AS*-LA*OC*TION*Gen
-tle*man*/-..-Makes*Me*SU*spect*the*fire*Tiger*/-..-a*sign*in*
C-hinese*astrology(!)?_..-&*I*Know*Tiger’s/-..-(want*thier*wa y-*no*Matter*/-..-*what*Forrest?_>>THEY*DOM*I*Nate(!)?-..is*O
ne*animal*/-..-I*Fear*(!?)_..-whether*Bengel*/-..-or*Russian*-..* *(! ??)
-their’s*some*Thing*/-..-verY*beaut*I*ful/-..-in*their*Down*C-
oated*way’s/-..-(Con*Fi*Dent/-..-&*verY*kind*/-..-may*be*even*
-*Gentl--E*/-..-if*From*/-..a*La*otion*boat*ing*/-..-*Des*cen*d- denT*cy*-(!)?-*FLOAT*ING?-..-PAD*DLING)-..-*DOWN*/-..-(DNA?)-..-(!?)-(??)-..-*RIVER*--*GENT*LE*LING(?)--*DREAM*ING?-..-I*Think* some*/-..(?*-..*One*Must*/-..-*trust*/BE*here*/-..-is*IN*Order(!)-?-okay(!)?
POEM SEVENTEEN:
-YES*I*THINK*ALSO*OKAY(!)?-..(YES!)?-..-(AT*ANOTHER*TIME*I*MIGHT-
*THINK*/-..-*DIF*FER*ENTLY/-..-(Like*last*sun*day?)-..wf’*sun*shi-
hing*/-.-(For*Mye*Mother*/-&*Dad!)?-..-con*Join*ing*?_..-Zy*g
ote*/-..-as*Sperm*&*egg*(!)?-..-*cr*eating*-.-(Both*My*self*/-..-&***(MYE*FATE!)?-...-(AS*IF*WE*AREN”T*HIT*BYE*LARGE*METORITE?)
-*fini(?)
BOOK*52*POETRY*..--(TALK*A*HOL*-LICK?!?)-
bye*-..(THE*MASTER*OF*HORN*BEAM*-(!?)-
..-(-MANGLED*BYE*/-..-*MYE*NON*CONFORMING*IMAGES*(!))?
(1st/-..*EDITION*)-..-(17*POEMS)
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