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PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*

ER*DIZZY*)!"?

DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.

TEXT:

FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.

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

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

3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!

4."(69)*IMAGES*/-

..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?

5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?

_________________________________________________________________

NOTE*ALSO*on*line*PUBLISHED: -96*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*-

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS.

philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©

Author: PLS7 ©

Word count: 158

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, 2008-2016.

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*ThOse*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(!?)

-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-

-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?

-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’

TEXT:

-POEM*1:-

-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*

P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??

-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?

(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)

-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)

*EYE’S*CRY*ING*

(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?

-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-

(A*BUN*DANT*LY)

(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)

(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?

-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??

(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)

-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-

(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)

-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-

-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-

-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-

-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-

(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?

(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)

-(“HARRY”)-

OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-

*MARY*”?

-(LIVING*IT*UP)-

-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))

(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)

---(THE*SUN*)--

(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)

(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)

---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---

____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____

(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*TWO: -

-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-

(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)

(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)

-??-?

-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-

“*CROWS*”

-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-

-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-

(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)

-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-

(THE*DER*MISE*D)

-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-

(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)

(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)

-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-

-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?

(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)

-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)

(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)

(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)

-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-

&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&

-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)

(!!!!????).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*THREE: -

-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-

*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).

(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)

-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.

(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)

-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-

CUSS*ION/-(!)?

-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-

(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)

(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)

-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-

-(I*THOUGHT*)-

-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-

(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)

-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-

(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)

(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*

((-*FEATH*ERS*)).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FOUR: -

-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*

-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?

(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??

(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)

-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?

-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-

(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)

-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-

-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-

(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)

-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-

..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?

(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)

(WHITE*PINE*TREES)

-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-

(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)

????

-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-

-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*

-BUT*NOT*LIKE-

(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)

(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)

(10*ALICE*PLACE)

-ORINDA, CAL.

(HAPPY*-2020)

-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-

(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*

-ON*TIP*TOE!?)

(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)

-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?

-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-

(*DARLING*)

(ME*TOO)!?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FIVE: -

_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-

-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-

(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-

OF*ANY*THING

-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-

-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-

(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)

-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-

(????)

-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?

-”&*I*SAID

-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?

-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”

-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-

(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)

-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*

(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)

-*in*-

-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?

(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*

-*LOOK*(!))?.

-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-

*GALLON*)”?

(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)

*SIDE*WAYS*

_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_

-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-

..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?

-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-

*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?

-TERM*I*NAL.

-POEM*SIX*: -

-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)

-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-

(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)

-(*HOPE*)-

-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-

_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_

-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-

-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA

-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-

(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)

-ADIAS*DO-

-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)

-!!??-

“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.

-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA

-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-

_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_

-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-

-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.

-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).

(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)

-*ME*-(1986)

-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-

_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.

..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.

-TERM*I*NUS.

-POEM*SEVEN*: -

-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_

(*PEARS*)

-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-

..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?

-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-

-*REASON*-

(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)

-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-

-(OF*MEX*I*CO).

-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..

-FOR*YOU?))

_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?

_&*T.J.’S_

*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*

&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE

-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-

-(*SMOLLEN*)-

(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)

-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-

(*SPE*NIL*LI)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*

ER*DIZZY*)!"?

DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.

TEXT:

FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.

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

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

3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!

4."(69)*IMAGES*/-

..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?

5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?

_________________________________________________________________

NOTE*ALSO*on*line*PUBLISHED: -96*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*-

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS.

philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©

Author: PLS7 ©

Word count: 158

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, 2008-2016.

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*ThOse*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/-!

(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(!?)

-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-

-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?

-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’

TEXT:

-POEM*1:-

-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*

P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??

-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?

(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)

-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)

*EYE’S*CRY*ING*

(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?

-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-

(A*BUN*DANT*LY)

(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)

(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?

-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??

(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)

-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-

(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)

-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-

-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-

-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-

-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-

(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?

(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)

-(“HARRY”)-

OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-

*MARY*”?

-(LIVING*IT*UP)-

-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))

(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)

---(THE*SUN*)--

(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)

(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)

---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---

____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____

(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*TWO: -

-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-

(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)

(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)

-??-?

-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-

“*CROWS*”

-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-

-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-

(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)

-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-

(THE*DER*MISE*D)

-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-

(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)

(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)

-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-

-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?

(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)

-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)

(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)

(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)

-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-

&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&

-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)

(!!!!????).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*THREE: -

-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-

*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).

(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)

-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.

(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)

-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-

CUSS*ION/-(!)?

-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-

(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)

(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)

-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-

-(I*THOUGHT*)-

-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-

(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)

-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-

(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)

(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*

((-*FEATH*ERS*)).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FOUR: -

-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*

-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?

(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??

(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)

-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?

-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-

(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)

-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-

-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-

(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)

-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-

..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?

(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)

(WHITE*PINE*TREES)

-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-

(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)

????

-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-

-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*

-BUT*NOT*LIKE-

(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)

(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)

(10*ALICE*PLACE)

-ORINDA, CAL.

(HAPPY*-2020)

-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-

(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*

-ON*TIP*TOE!?)

(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)

-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?

-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-

(*DARLING*)

(ME*TOO)!?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FIVE: -

_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-

-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-

(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-

OF*ANY*THING

-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-

-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-

(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)

-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-

(????)

-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?

-”&*I*SAID

-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?

-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”

-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-

(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)

-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*

(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)

-*in*-

-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?

(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*

-*LOOK*(!))?.

-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-

*GALLON*)”?

(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)

*SIDE*WAYS*

_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_

-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-

..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?

-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-

*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?

-TERM*I*NAL.

-POEM*SIX*: -

-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)

-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-

(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)

-(*HOPE*)-

-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-

_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_

-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-

-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA

-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-

(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)

-ADIAS*DO-

-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)

-!!??-

“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.

-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA

-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-

_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_

-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-

-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.

-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).

(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)

-*ME*-(1986)

-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-

_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.

..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.

-TERM*I*NUS.

-POEM*SEVEN*: -

-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_

(*PEARS*)

-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-

..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?

-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-

-*REASON*-

(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)

-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-

-(OF*MEX*I*CO).

-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..

-FOR*YOU?))

_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?

_&*T.J.’S_

*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*

&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE

-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-

-(*SMOLLEN*)-

(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)

-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*

ER*DIZZY*)!"?

DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.

TEXT:

FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.

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

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

3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!

4."(69)*IMAGES*/-

..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?

5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?

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philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©

Author: PLS7 ©

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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, 2008-2016.

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*ThOse*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/-!

(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(!?)

-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-

-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?

-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’

TEXT:

-POEM*1:-

-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*

P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??

-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?

(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)

-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)

*EYE’S*CRY*ING*

(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?

-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-

(A*BUN*DANT*LY)

(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)

(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?

-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??

(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)

-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-

(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)

-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-

-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-

-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-

-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-

(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?

(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)

-(“HARRY”)-

OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-

*MARY*”?

-(LIVING*IT*UP)-

-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))

(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)

---(THE*SUN*)--

(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)

(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)

---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---

____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____

(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*TWO: -

-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-

(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)

(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)

-??-?

-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-

“*CROWS*”

-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-

-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-

(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)

-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-

(THE*DER*MISE*D)

-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-

(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)

(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)

-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-

-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?

(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)

-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)

(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)

(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)

-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-

&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&

-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)

(!!!!????).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*THREE: -

-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-

*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).

(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)

-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.

(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)

-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-

CUSS*ION/-(!)?

-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-

(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)

(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)

-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-

-(I*THOUGHT*)-

-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-

(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)

-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-

(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)

(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*

((-*FEATH*ERS*)).

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FOUR: -

-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*

-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?

(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??

(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)

-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?

-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-

(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)

-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-

-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-

(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)

-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-

..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?

(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)

(WHITE*PINE*TREES)

-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-

(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)

????

-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-

-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*

-BUT*NOT*LIKE-

(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)

(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)

(10*ALICE*PLACE)

-ORINDA, CAL.

(HAPPY*-2020)

-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-

(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*

-ON*TIP*TOE!?)

(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)

-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?

-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-

(*DARLING*)

(ME*TOO)!?.

-TERM*INUS.

-POEM*FIVE: -

_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-

-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-

(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-

OF*ANY*THING

-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-

-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-

(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)

-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-

(????)

-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?

-”&*I*SAID

-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?

-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”

-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-

(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)

-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*

(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)

-*in*-

-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?

(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*

-*LOOK*(!))?.

-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-

*GALLON*)”?

(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)

*SIDE*WAYS*

_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_

-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-

..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?

-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-

*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?

-TERM*I*NAL.

-POEM*SIX*: -

-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)

-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-

(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)

-(*HOPE*)-

-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-

_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_

-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-

-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA

-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-

(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)

-ADIAS*DO-

-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)

-!!??-

“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.

-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA

-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-

_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_

-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-

-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.

-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).

(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)

-*ME*-(1986)

-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-

_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.

..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.

-TERM*I*NUS.

-POEM*SEVEN*: -

-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_

(*PEARS*)

-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-

..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?

-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-

-*REASON*-

(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)

-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-

-(OF*MEX*I*CO).

-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..

-FOR*YOU?))

_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?

_&*T.J.’S_

*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*

&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE

-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-

-(*SMOLLEN*)-

(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)

-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-

(*SPE*NIL*LI)

-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)

AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER

NEW *YORK

(!?).

-TERM*I*NAL.

(*SPE*NIL*LI)

-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)

AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER

NEW *YORK

(!?).

-TERM*I*NAL.

-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)

AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER

NEW *YORK

(!?).

-TERM*I*NAL.

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