POETRY*BOOK:26 -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”? POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA ©CopyRight..-2014 First Edition No part of this book-can be-re*produced by any modern reproductive*means- without written consent of author & publisher. Additional-*PUBLISHED*Poetry Books: 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*!)"? (1980-1985)-.. -PUBLISHED*via..(-*PRINTING*PRESS*)! -ON*LINE-*PUBLISHED*- ..-*27*-POETRY*BOOKS LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..-SEPTEMBER. 02 ,2002. 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! SEPTEMBER 02, 2OO2 ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)? ..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Inti*mate*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(!)-.. -*SPOKEN? POETRY*BOOK: 25 -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”? POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA ©CopyRight..-2014

      

                       

                           POETRY*BOOK:26     

                  -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

                                    ©CopyRight..-2014

First Edition

  

No part of this book-can be-re*produced by

any modern reproductive*means-

without written

consent of author & publisher.

Additional-*PUBLISHED*Poetry Books:

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*!)"?

(1980-1985)-..

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

-ON*LINE-*PUBLISHED*-

..-*27*-POETRY*BOOKS

LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:

 Original*Poems were*Created..&*Copyrighted..-SEPTEMBER. 02 ,2002.

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!      

 SEPTEMBER 02, 2OO2

  

ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?

 ..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Inti*mate*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(!)-..

-*SPOKEN?

                                                  

                     POETRY*BOOK: 26

              -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

                POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD  NA

                                         ©CopyRight..-2014

                         

1.  “*slurpin’/-..-*coffee(!)?

-“*SLURPIN’/-..-*COFFEE(!)”?-..-at*-*O*DES*SA(!)”?

Where-..(Doin’*Greek’s?)-..-Never*Hurt*/-..*No*One(!)?

-But-..(The*Squirrels/-..-N’/-

..(-Yonder*Tree(!))?

-R”*SCURRIN’/-..(-From*Limb*/-

..-To*Limb(!)?

-*Proves*/-..(Gittin’*Up’s(!)/-?..(*Damn*Hard*/-..on*Sunday!!))?

-But*Some*Where’s(?)-..-*Andrea’s*/-..-*Wonder*in/’-?(!??)

What*Wuld*Cause*Her*/-?

..-(From*Boston!)?

(To*Panic?)_..-(*Bolt*Out*Right!)?-

..-From*Elevator*(!)?

-On*Third*Floor(!?)-..-&*Saying*Which*Ways*Exit(!)?

Con*Struck*tion*Crew/-

..-Raising*Eye*Lids(!)?

Like*Whose*Gonna*Know(!?)-

..-Which*Way’s*Exit(!)?

-(Like*Waitress*Asking*/-..*Grin*nin*’/-

..-You*Want*/-..*More*Cof*fee(!)?

-Black*Cof*fee*/-..*Basking*N’/-(Mina*ture*Half/&/Half*Cream*Cups!)?

-Tid*Bits/-..-To*O’Holiyer*Hands(!)?-(Dark*Eyes*Guilty*../-as*She*-*Devil(!)?

-From*-(Last*Nights*Drinkin’*/-..-(&*Happy*Hour’s*/-..-*De*ba*cle*(!)?

-Saying*Which*Ways/-..-14^th*Street/-? ..

-*Hearin’s*Geese*Cacklin’*/-..*Over*Head’(?)

-*Hearin’*Ukraine*/-*Julia*Waitress*Say/-

“DO*YOU*(!)?..-*WANT*..-*Another*HOT*Cup/-?

..-Uv*..*JAVA*/-..-*BLACK*(??)?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod

Painter/Composer.

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2.  -“*waking*Up(!)”?

-From*Sleeping*/-..(-Two*Hours(!)?-..-wf’/-..*MYE*-*EVER*READY’S(!?)-

(100*HOURS*-..-LED*DEL?)-..-(SUPER*HEAVY/-..-*FLOATING*LANTERN!)?

-GIVEN*or*LOANED/-..-*TO*ME/-..(BYE*DE*-CON*STRUCT*ION*OWNER*-*ALI!?)

-TO*(HELP*ME/-..-*HAVE*CLEARER*VISION!)?-..-&*SEPERATE*DREAM*FROM*RE*AL*ITY!)?

-FROM*PAK*I*STAN/-..(&*HIRING*GUATE*MALANS/-*MEXICANS/-*DOMINI*CAN’S!?)

TO*REPLACE/-..(the*STOLEN*OBJECTS?-..(AT*THIS*POINT*/-..*R’/-*NUMBER*ING?-(!?)

-13*/-..-*PRIVATE*&*PERSONAL*LOVES(!?)-..&*I*/-..-*WON’T*GO/-..-*NOW*INTO*IT(!)?

-ABOUT*MYE*CONCEPTS/-..(-UV’/-..THIRD*WORLD*POVERTY!?..-&*DE*PRIVATION*(!?))

-ABOUT*HOW*LUCKY/-..(I*WAS*/-..-TO*HAVE?_..-*BEEN*BORN/-?..-N’/-..*STATE*/-..-UV* 

*OK*-LA*/-..*HOMA!)?-..-&*(YELLIN”*JAIME!)?-..(ON*THE*PHONE/-..-”WHERE*AVE’*/?..-*YOU-BEEN*ALL*DAY/-(!?)..-WHEN*I*CAN”T*SEE/-..-(LEFT*or*RIGHT?)-..-BUT*DIA*BET* -E’S*!? -**DOU BLE(!?)-..-MAKES*ME*WONDER/-..(WHY*I*CARE/-..-SO*MUCH/-..-ABOUT*/

-MY*79^TH/-*BIRTH*DAY(!))?-(SINCE*ALL*MYE*CHICK*/-CUCK*RA*CH’AS/*-DIN’T*CALL?

-)DEAD*or-*DYING(!?)(-(From*Some*Disease?-CANCER*AID’S*SYS*PHILLIS-or*EBOLLA*?

-TRIGGER’S*OFF/-..(MYE*Dis*Trust/-..-Uv’/-..-*MYE*PAST*RE*LATIONSHIPS)-..GONE*NIL(!)

  -AS*I’M*STAGGERING*UP*/-..(*AVENUE*A/-(?)..&*NOTICIN’*/-..-ALL*THA*GIRLS*THIGHS/-R’

*WIDER*THAN*MINE!)?-..-BUT*-2*SUNNY*SIDE*UP*EGGS/-..-&**2*OVER*EASY/-.BYE*UK*-

-RAINE*DUMMY*WAITRESS(!)”?-..(NOT*KNOWING/-ANY*THING/-..BEYOND*SURVIVAL?)

&*I*NOT*REM*BER*ING/-..(HOW*SHE*GOT*/-..-*ALL*UP*TIGHT!?)-..-&*(DE*FEN*SIVE*/*A-

RIVING*N’/-*A*MERICA/-..-*PLUMP*&*JUICY/-..-*FROM*TER*ROR*-IST'S/-..-*RUSSIA’S*PUTIN?)

-THINKING*SHE’D*COME/--A*LONG*WAY(!?)-(-TO*HOLLY*WOOD’S*SLIM-NIR*VANNA!)

(GOT*ALL*SKINNY/-..SO*I*WOULD’NT/-..-DESIRE*HER!)?)-..-BE*CAME*A*DISTINCT*PAL- OR(!)?-..(NO*LONGER*ROSIE*CHEEKED!)?-..(DE*CIDED*TO*NOT*GIVE*ME/-..HALF*N’/_..?

-HALF?-..-*MINU*TURE*CUPS/-..-*Uv’*MILK(!)?-..-*JUST*LIKE*UNCLE*ANNIS?_-*Dying*/-?

At*NINETY?_N’/-..(WYNNEWOOD'S*OKLA*HOMA!?)_-*AS*HIS*SECOND*WIFE?-..-AUNTIE*- -*MAUREEN?_..(STILL*COULD?_..*MAKE*/-..-THE*BEST*-(CHOCO*LATE/-..5*TIERED*?)-..-

-*CAKE*/-(WET*&*MOIST!)?-..-THAN*ALL*4*SISTERS/-..-EVEN*IF/-..CHESLEY*WOOD/-SHU*= 

-*MATE*STOLE/-..(-*HIS*MOTHER’S*!)..-ER’-LIL*IAN*COCKRAN’S(!)?-..*(MONEY*!)..-(?) *SPENT*/-&*LOST*- -*HIS*SHIRT!?)-on*(SURE*FIR-E*WALL*STREET(!)?-..-&*ASKED*ME/-..a*PER*TI*NENT*/-..? -..*QUES*TION*(!)?-..-*WHY*DID*YOU*/-..- -*LEAVE*US(!?)-&*-.. (!?) _ -..*ME*BEING*TRUE*TO*MYE*/.. -*SELF*/-&*..(-BEING*BROUGHT*UP/--*SOUTH*UV’/-? ..(MASON* DIX*-ON*LINE!)?-..-LIKE*a-SOUTHERN*UP*BRING*ING/-..-*SAID*YO*MAN(!?)- 

”-TOTE*THAT*BAR(!!)?-..(LIFT*THAT*BALE/-..-&*GETTA*a*LITTLE*DRUNK?-(???)-..-TO*FAIL*BAIL(!)?..-&*LAND*IN*JAIL*PALE(!?)-..-or-*BE*LIKE*a-/-..-*BAILED*OUT*FE*MALE(?)-..&*..-*JAILED*-n*SALE*/-*CHES*- LEY/-..-*******WOULD(!)?_>>(RE*MEMBER*wood*APPLE'S*/--or-(WHAT*EVER*Snake*FRUIT'S/-..-..-&*GOD’S*WILL*/-..-&*The*/-..-*ONLY*/-..-*EDEN’S*EXPLUSION!)?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod

Painter/Composer.

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3.  -takin’*LEAK(!)?-..N’*PREM*I*ER/-..-*BLUE*CHIP(!)?-

-*TOIL*ET(!)?-..-(TWIST*ED*TO*LEFT?)-?..(-BYe*STAR*CHILD?)-(ANGEL*Uv’*REVEL*ATION?)-?..-*GAB*I*ELLE*the*THIRD*(!)?

-SOME*ITALIAN*POLISH/-..-(BAND*GROUPIE*/-..-..-*WANNA*BE (!))? 

-..(THAT*CRITIZED*MY*-..-..(ORIGINAL*PIANO*COMPOSITIONS!))?-..

(-DOWN*STROKE/-..-*PLUMBER*BREAKER!?)-..-(DESTRUCTION*ALI*CREW/-..-/-..*BOSS*(!?)--FROM*PAKISTAN*POLITE*/-&*GABRIEL*THE*/- 

GREAT(!)?)-..-*THAT*CLAIMS*- ..-TO*HAVE*MADE(!)?-..-(!?)- ..-(HIS*OWN*BOX*GUITAR!)? –“I*MAKE*HOLES*/-*ANY*WHERE*(!?)-..-N’*CEILING*&..-*FLOOR*(!)?”

-THAT*NEED*BE(!)?-..-(&*SAID/-?..-“WE*NEED/-TO*HANG* OUT!)”?  -“&*I*MADE*BOX*GUITAR/-..(JUST*BEFORE*MY* -*MOTHER*(!))?-..-(THRU*ME*/-..-*OUTTA*HER*HOUSE(!))?

-FOR*ME*NOT*PAYING/-..-*THE*RENT!)”?-

(-&*BECAUSE*I*DIDN’T*HAVE*/-..-A*-JOB*(!))?

-“I*LOST*MY/-..(LAST*JOB*/-..-AS*PLUMBER*BREAKER(!))”?-..-(BE*CAUSE*I*DRILL*HOLES/-..-BE*FORE*I*MEASURE!)”?

-‘DOESN’T*MATTER/-..-*WE*NEED*TO-..(HANG*OUT!)”?

-“WHERE*-..(CON*CRETE*DUST/-..-&*PLASTER*DUST!!)”?

-“(-IS*MY*GIFT*/-..-TO*YOUR*PLACE/-&**TO*GOD’S*/-..-*TIME!)”?

&*I*LIKE*/-..-*(?)-..-to* Grink*..-*WHITE*LIGHTING(!)”?

-LIKE*POI*SEIDON*-or*-..-*LADY'S**GOD’s*NEPTUNE(!)”?

-(SWISH*ING*LIKE*/-..-the*PIE*CES*FISH*IES(!)?

--“YOU*KNOW/-..-(I*GO*BOTH*WAYS/-..(!?)-?

-Like*..-(GUINESS*STOUT/-..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?

-LIKE*N’/-..-&*OUT(!)”?
..-“MYE*FRIEND(!))?

Poet: Philip Lawrence Sherrod

Painter/Composer.

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4.  -Sew*in’/-..(-Hole*N’/-..*Shirt*/-?..(-Like*Lillian*/-..-*Cock*Ran?))-(!?)

-On*My*Favorite-..(L.L.*Bean/-..*Green*&*White*Plaid/-..-*Shirt*!)?

While*En*Dulg*in’/-..-*My*Self/-..-wf’*Trader*Joes*(!?)-..(-Coffee*Bean*Blast!)?

(a-Cold*Cream/-?/-..-For*An*Iced/-..(-Diabetic*Mind*Frozen/--N’*Mi*nute**Wrink*le’s!)?

-&*Cross*/-..-*Hatchin’/-..-(Like*Past*Mistress/-..-La*Dol*ce’/-..-*Showedl*Me*(!))?-

-For*(Greater*Grip(!)?-..N’’/..-(Rotton*Material!)?-As*It’s/-..-*September*/-..&*I*Forgot(!))?

-To*Wish*Her*Happy*Birth*Day(!)?-..Wf’*(No*Heat*N’*Buildin’?)-..-N’*January*February(!)?

-This*Yr.s/-a*Like*Ly*/-*Re*peat(!)-..-*Uv’*Cold(!)?-*Ac*cording*To-*Poor*Richard’s*Al*Man*ac!

-Amer*I*ca’s/-?-..-*Be*Lievin’/-..(-N’Past*Moon*Phases?)-..-n’*Safe*Guard*in’/-..-a*Home*Land(!)?

-Watch*in’/-..-*Vizio*T.V./-..-(MY*SON*GOT*ME!)?-..-*WATCHIN’*/-..(-FL.STATE/-..vs.-..(?) NORTH*CAROLINA(!?))-..wf’/-..(ALL*RED*UNI*FORMS!)?-..-SEEM*IN’*LY*TEARING*UP(!)?

-THEIR*NATURAL*TURF(!)?-..-*CLEATED*TO*THE*MAX*GREEN*GRASs/-..(-*TORN*UP/-..-n’*CHUNKS!)?

-FLOR*I*DA*STATE-56/-..-*NORTH*CAR*O*LINA-41(!?)..-&*GAME*/-..(NOT*OVER*YET(!))?

-I*ROOTIN’/-..(-FOR*UNDER*DOG!)?-..-*&*(LO*SIN’/-..-*MY*SHIRT(!))?-..-*TO*FATE(!)?

-Caught*Up/-..IN*FALL’s*/-..—(*ROUGH*HOUSE*ENTER*TAIN*MENT(!))?-..-Uv’/-..*Turnin’-

(*GOLD**To*Red*(!))?-..-(LEAVES*ONE*LONGIN’(!)?-..-*Not*HEARIN’/-..-*FRANK*SIN-(!)?

-*ATRA’s*-*SINGING**Lazily*/-..(The*Autumn*Leaves*/-..-*CARESSES*THE*LEAVES/-..TEN-..

-ERLY(!)?-&*I*KNOW*FRANK/-..-(YOU*NEVER*MET?-..-*WANNA*BE*GOLFER/-?-(Antonino*-Guisseppo*Longo*Bardo*-Weirdo*/-?..-&*CATHOLIC*HERITIC/-(!?)-..*PSY*-

CHO*..-that*-AFTER * HIS*MOTH*-ER*DIED/-..(!?)--&*WANTED-TO*/-..-*COMMIT*SUICIDE/-..(As*Small*Time*/-*Pool*Hall*/-*Hustler*GAMBLER*!?)-&-..

-RATHER*THAN*WRITE/-.-.*HIS*CA*THAR*IS*..-*By*1st^t*/-*of..-*JUNE*/-.-2014.(!?)

-to*Be*TITLED:..-”(-MAN/s*GENIUS*/-..*is*EQUAL*/.--*To**/-..–(* THE*SIM*PLIC*I*TY-(!?)

../*UV’/-***GOD’S (!)”? ..-*AS*WRITTEN/-*BYE*(?)..-*&**other*RAMBLINGS/-..-*UV’/-..-*A*-

..-SCHIZ**o**PHRENIC*/-(!?)-..-**SICILEAN*/-..-NYC*/-..(*CHEL*SEA*ALTERNATE*SIDE*?) -..*PARK*ING/-..*CO*PILOT/-?

..-*MAD*MAN*(!)”?-..-*SAYING*WHOSE*BALLS*R’-
*YO*-..*BUSTIN’*(?)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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5.  –*STANDING*/-..-(On*Corner/-..*Uv’*AVE*A/-

..-&*11^TH*STREET)-..-*NYC*(!)”?

-WF’/-JIM*BO/-*P*-(!?)-.a*..-*TEXAS*/-

..*PIANO*TEACHER*/-(?)

..*THAT*RUNS/-..tha’-*BROOKLYN*CLINTON*/-STEIN*WAY*PIANO*SCHOOL (!)?

..-WHO*-(UP*WALKS/--BUT*A*GUY/-..-*THAT*SAYS/-..*HE’S?-..*BILL*RILEY/?)

..(GERMAN*IRISH*!?)-..*THAT*-?-..*SUP*PO*SI*TION*ALLY*/-..-*(SHULD*-AVE’-

..-*BEEN*A*WRITER!?)?

..-*(STUDDERS*(!?))

..-&*SAY’S/-..(HE’S*a*WALKER!)?-..-a*JOHNNIE*TALKER(!?)-..-&*a*RED-*BALKER*(!?)

..*-WALKS*THE*AD*I*RON*DAKS?-..*TO*/-*-THA’*APPA*LA*CHIANS/-..(??)

- *TWICE*/-..(TIMES*TWO!)?-..-BE*CAUSE*I*HAD*ASKED*(!?)

-*HIM*3*WEEKS*BEFORE/-..-*WHIN*-..(-*DID*HE*/-*START**STUDDERING!)?-..&*HE’S*GOT*TEN*/-(-**TIMES*TWO?)_..tha’-(!?)-*WORSE*..-*AT*TALKING!)?- ..*&**HIS*BEARD*/-..(-WAS*FILLED*OUT/-..-WF’*O*DESSA--*EGG*/-*YOLKS*-

.. -*ON*IT(!)?

-..AND*-IT*..-(-LOOKED*GOOD/-..-*GRIZZED*&*GRAY/-..-*TO*BLACK*/-(!?) 

..-*TO* -a-*YELL-OW*ED***SOCIAL*JOKE(!)?

-THEN*SOME*PIGEON*FLEW/-..-*AT*US/-..-(LIKE*SOME*-*AVIAN*-(!?)-..-IN*TER*-

..*BOMB*ING/- ..-literal*-*INTER*FEAR*-*ANCE!?))..&*-(DROPPIN’/-..A*MO*TEL*ED*-*FEATHER* or-*TWO!)?-..&*”*JIMBO*’s*EYES/-..-(SHONE*COLD*/-..-LIKE*MID*NIGHT/-

*SUN(!?))-..&*(I*KNEW/-..I*WASN’T*GITTING/-..-ANY*SMARTER/-BYE*HIS*TONGUE’S

-..*EMP*TY*VAC**U**OUS*/-..-&*WORD*ED*******-VIBRATION!)?

-SO*I*TOLD*THA’*BOYS/-..(-I*WAS*LOSING*a-*GRIP/-..-ON*REAL*AL*/-ITY/-?..

-..AS*I*WAS*ACH*ING/-..(MORE*THAN*USUAL/-..-FROM*sore*PIANO*FINGERS(!)?

..-BEEN*PLAYING/-..-*TO*HARD*/-..ON*WEBER*/-..(OUT*N’-SOUTH*ORANGE-NJ?)?

-THEN*(SOME*CHIC*/-..-NOT*BEING*/-*SOCIALLY*POLITE/-..-*WIGGLED*BYE(!))?

-(TALKING*LOUD*/-..-*AR*GUE*I*NG*/-..-*VO*RACISIT’s*LY(!)?-..-(COVERED*WF’/-?

-..*TATOOED*INK/-..(ROMANCE*UNTO*/-..-*TATOOED*VISIONS)?-..?)-..*IMAGES*/-?

-*DONE*BADLY*/-..-(BYE*HER*SELF/-..-OR*LES*BO*AN*BUDDY!)?-..(LIPS*TU*LIPS!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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6.    -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/-*CHO*SING(!?)..-&-**DUEL*/-..*ING*..-WF’*OUT(!)?

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

-LIKE*EMPTY*?-/-..*RHE*TORIC*(!)?-..-&NOT**BEING/-..-*LE*NI*ENT(!)?

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

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

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

..N’-(OTHER*WORDS/-‘S../-DON’T*B*/-.*A/-...*CHOO*SY*(!)?-

-*FLOO*SEY(!)?..or-&-BE*CAUSE*AC*CORDING/-..-*tu*WIKI*PED/-**IA(!)?

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

-NOT*GONNA*MAKE/-..*STEAK*/-..n’*Hot*OVEN(!)?-..-*YOU*’RE/-..-*NOT*GO*ING-(?)-

..-MAKE*A/-..KRAZY*SALAD(!)”?..Or*HIKE/-* ..-*YUR*DRESS*UP(!)?..-*AFTER*-/-*MID*NIGHT(!)?..-*on*A*LAKE(!)?-..-*TU*SHAY*-*AS*ALL*THE*WAY*(!)?

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

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

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

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

-..-..-&*-a*(NATIONAL*FOREST!)”

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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7.    –SITTIN’*STILL*/-..-*LIKE*SENIOR*CITI*ZEN/-..-*LOOKIN’*OUT(!)?

-..-THUR*DARK*EN*/-..-*WINDOW*(!)?  -NOT*ABLE*TO*TELL-(!)?

-..(WHICH*WAY’S*UP(!)?-..-OR*DOWN(!)”?..-*CAUGHT*N’/-a*-*MO*MENT’S*LA*MANCE(!)?

-..Uv’-IN*SIDE*/-OUT*SIDE*DREAM(!)?-..-REMI*NISCIN’/..-to-..the*PAIN*UV’*IT*ALL(!)?

-GONE*BLANK/-..-LIKE*ALT*ZEIMER’S/-..-(OLD*MAN*n’/-..(-UH’..-*WRINKLED*TOES*SHOES*!)?

-POLISHED*BYE*LIFE’S/-..(SOBERING*MO*MENTS!(?)-..-*UV’/-..-*USING*MYE*PUNCT*U-

-*ATION!)?-..-*STARING*AT*TIME’S*PAST/*/-*BYE(!)?-/-(*UN*FOCUS*ED*&*BLURRED*-? *FORMS?)  ..-Ms.*ENGLISH/-..(-SAID*I*COULDN’T*USE!)?-..-(..-OR*NEVER*WOULD!)? ???-.(BE*ABLE*TO(!))? ..-WRITE*LIKE*THIS(!)”?-..(THAT*I*..-*AD*LIB*BED*/-..*TO*MUCH!)?-“HANG*IT*/-..--*ALL”(!?)-?-..-N’*a-..(ARTIST’S*LUNCH*BOX/-..-or-*PAINTER’S*HAND*BASK -*KET!)-(LIKE*JESUS’S*HANG*ING/-?-ON*LORRAINE’S*WALL/-..-*WF’*MYE*/WAD*/*GUM(?)

-STUCK*TO*HIS*SHOULDER(!)_?..-OR*(BETTER*STILL/-..-*GIVE*a*GOOSE*GOBB*LIN’(!?))-..(LIKE*THIS*ORANGE/-.-*SLICED*IN*8’s! ..*SLICED*IN*4's*2’s!)? --(VIT.*C/-..-/-*SLICED*IN*8 ’s!)? *RE*DUCE*ED !?)- (-To*(ORANGE*COLORED*/-..-*CRESCENT*YELLOW*ED*MO*ONS- (!))?-..if*icould* /-..-*ONLY*SEE/-(!!?) ..*ZELDA*BROOKS/-Tha’*WAY/-..-SHE*USTA*-/*LOOK! ) ?-..wf’/-..(Her*/-..-*Little*POINTED*TITS!)?_..-*&*RED*LIP*STICK(!)?..-&*PAINTED*RED*NAILS(!)?-..-TO*THINK*/-(!?)-..

-SHE*TOLD*ME/-..N’/-..1954(?) -..*THAT*SHE*FUCKED*/-..(SOME*GUY -? ) –for*-..-(!?)-(*IF*HE’D/-..-*BRING*HER*/-..-*TO*LAWTON-?) /-..(TO*GIT*/-..-*TO*SEE*ME?)-..-&*PRO*POSE(!)?-..*MARRIAGE*(!)?/-..-(POOR*GIRL's!)?-..-*REAL*PATHETIC*DREAM/-(!)?-..-200*MILES/-..*FROM*- -..(OK*CITY!)-..-(&*LOSIN*VIR*GIN*ITY!)?_..-*ON*ROUTE*66/-..-*N’/-..*OKLA*- -*HOMA(!)?--“*HOW*WOMEN*’AVE*NOT*/-..-“*CHANGED*BUT**NOW*(!)?..-(*FROM*TIME*/-..-*TO*TIME*/-..-*IM*MORR*IUM(!))?

  

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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8.  -Somewher’-..(near*Second*Toilet/-..&*(-light*Switch!/-..

-She*said))?

-“DontWorry/-..-*You*Say*thing’s(!)?..*That*Other*/-*People’s(!)?-
..are*Thinking- (!)?-..Then*she*Said/-(!?)- ..-”You*Don’t*Know/-
Who*I*-*Am(!)”? &*..reMinding*me/-

..uv’/-“Helena’s*SHERROD’S******Statement(!)?-After*14yrs./-..Of*/-..Off*/-..&*On(!)?..-“You*(never*Knew*me!)”

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

..WF’/-..(GREAT*PRAISE! )?/-..*PER*TAINinG*/-..To’-*WOMAN’S* *DESIRE/-..T’B’/-..

CON*SCIO- ..*U *S LY*/-..B’-..*Tween!(?)

***Factions/-..(?)=*MYSTERIOUSLY*.&.*DECEPTIVE*
*MEANS(!)?

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

(TODAY’S/-..Jibber*ing(?)-..-BIBBLING*..-*BABBISH(!)?

-after 4*Phone*Calls/-..-SPEAK(ing*/-..a*LANG*uage/-..

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

..-EXCEPT/-..BYE*literal*ALIENS(!)?

..ME*HEARING/-..-a*WHIRLING*SOUND/-..-LIKE*-(UFO)?
-ON*PHONE*-(?)

-HER*(IN*CARCE*ARATED/-..-FROM*ONE*LOONEY*BEN*-

..TO*ANOTHER!)?-..-HAS*CALLED*ME*RELIGIOUS*LY_(!?)

..FOR*TIME*IN*MORRIUM/-..BEING*BORN*N’/-..1956?-..A*

CHINESE*CANCER*SHEEPIE/-..INCLINED*TO*NEVER*LEAVE/

-..THA’*FLOCK*/-..(FOR*FEAR/-..UV’/-..*FREEZING**MENTALED*

*LOVE*/-!)-..&*(HER*ATTEMPT*/-..*OF*AB*SOLVING*A*MEM-

ORY*-WF’/-..(*TOTAL*/-..-*USE*LESS*RE*CALL/-..(THAT*WE*/-..***

HAD *TRIP*LETS(!))?-..-40YEARS*WITHOUT*HAVING*SEX/-..-OR*

*PHYS*I*CAL*CON***TACTN’/-..n’*1975(!)?-HER*PEEING*ON*TREE*/-..

IN*/-*(BOSTON*- P-ARK?)-..*ARRESTED*BYE*COPS-(!?)--&*HELENA*HANDIN”(Me*/-..DA’*PHONE(!))? ..-FROM*TAKING*LSD*DRUG*/-..&*WANTING*ME*
-..*TO*BAIL*’ER*OUT*(!)))))

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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9.  –I*Did’not*Get(!?)-..

-(MYE*SECOND*STROKE(!))?

-UV*/-..-*SO*CRI*AC*TIC*/-*ARTH*RITIS(!?)

-&*SCI*ACT*ICA/-..*ATTACK*/-..*EASY*I*LY(!?)-

..-BUT**ENDING*UP/-..-*IN*CAPE*ABLE-&*=

(NOT*ABLE*TO*WALK!)?_..-*LIKE*LAZARUS-*UV’/-..*BETH*ANY(!?)-

-OR*IN*CIDENTLY*-..(LIKE*-..-MARILYN*LAZIRUS?)

(ONE*UV’*MYE*SUMMIT/-..-*SO.*ORANGE-*STU*-.. DENTS(!?))-..-For*SOME*ODD*YEARS/-..-(MAY*BE*

-18*+26*TORCH*UR*OUS*YEARS(!?)-..-&*TO*TRY/-..-*TO*-..-(TO*GET*HER!?)-..-TO*BE*LIEVE*N’/-..-.*HER* SELF!)?-..-&**HER/-..***PAINTINGS(!)?

-ALL*THE*WAY*BACK*/-..(TO*SYRA*CUSE**UN*I*VERSITY!?)?

-WHERE*HER/-..(ABILITY/-..TO*DRAW!?)-..*GAVE*-

*HER?_>>(SOME*NAT*UR*AL/-..-*COMFORT*!)?-..-*AND*BEFORE*/-..*SHE*RE*AL*LIZED/-..*AFTER*3-

CHILDREN/-..-&*YALE*/-..-*HER*HUSBAND*/(!?)-..-(THAT*THEY*WEREN’T/-..-ALL*** -*THAT*(!?)-..(-“HAS*RETURNED/-..TO*CON*/-..*FRONT*/-..(THE*WORLD/-..-UNDER*MYE*/-..*MASTER*SHIP*/-..-*TUTE*A*LEDGE(!))”?

-BUT*-(COULD*NOT*RE*CON*CILE/-..-THE*PASSION*ATE*/ -..-DIFFER*ENCES/-..-*’WITH*IN/-*or-..-(*WITH*OUT*ME(!))?

-&*(Had*Two*Brothers!?)-..-THAT*OPTED*OUT(!)?

-OF*LIFE(!)?-..-MAY*BE/-..(LEAVE*-*NING*HER*SL-

IGHT*LY*CON*FUSED(!)?-..-TO*SAY*THE*LEAST!(?)

-FOR*RES*POND*ING/-..(&*RE*TURN*ING/-..
-TO*DRAWING*/-..(-CARE*FULLY*RENDER*ING-

..-SOME*IL*LUSIONS*/-..-*TO*REAL*ISTIC*GLANDS!))?-..

-&*IN*HER(*BLACK*MOODS/-?)..-COMES*UP/-..?

-WF’-..(SOME*/-..-*BEAUTIFUL*THINGS(!))?

-UV’/-..(LIFE*BEING*/-..(!?)-

..(-CON*SIDER*ED*DOWN*HILL/-..-*SINCE*30yrs-

..-(-old-(?)..-&*BYE*TWO*COMMAS?_-BEING*a--..*NO*MAD*IC*NEW*Jersey*JEW(!)-Wandering*Around*N’/-..(PSYCH*COTIC*JAIL?)-

-&*(BECAUSE*NEVER*VISITING*tha’..-*WAILING*WALL*!?)_..-&*BECAUSE*JESUS*/-..-*WASN’T*POPULAR/-..N’(HIS*TIME!)?-/-or-..(20^TH&*21^st*Century(!))”?

-GOT*A*JOB/-..*MARRIED*ARIES/-..*MALE*YALE/-..&*Went*thru*/-

..(THE*DO*MES*TIC*/-..*RIG*A*MA-

..*GA*/-..*ROE(!)?

..-AS*(BEST*SHE*COULD!)(?)
-(BEING*A-*kind*LADY!)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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10.  AS*FOR*/-(PRACT*I*CAL*MEASURES!?)?

-I*LIKE*IT*/-..(WHEN*I*SEE!)?

-(SWAMP*GRASS*WAVING*..*N’-*FIELDS*

-GUSTING***AS’/-..*OUT*UV’/-*WINDS*..-*NU*MER*I*CAL*/-..-*IN*/-*AC*CU*RAC*I*T-*IES!)?

-IT’S*LIKE*OWN*ING/-..(MORE*OBJECTS/-..*THAN-..ONE*WANTS/-..-TO*TAKE*CARE*UV(!?

)-*LIKE*..-(HOW*MANY*SEEDS/-..TO*a-*SWAMP*GRASS*-

..-*HEA*VEN!)?

-LIKE*HUMANS*TOSSED*UP/-..*TO-(RE*PEATING*-*PREVAIL*ING*WINDS!)?

-I*WISH*/-..(SHE*HAD*N’T*COUNTED*THEM!)?

-ON*TWO*FINGERS/-..-*TIMES*10(!)?-or*-*SHE*SHOULD*’AVE*/-..(USED*/-..-*HER*OWN*COM*PU*TER!)?

-A(**FE*MINIST*/-..WF*IRISH*’*HEARTS*UP/-..&*DOWN*/-..*MA*CHINE*(!?)

-TALK*ING*ON*PHONE/-..*FAK*ING*TO*HER*SELF/-

TO*BE/-..a*YOUNGER-..-*Ms.CARNEY(!)?

(A*Small*Time*Fi*AS*CO*/-..jr.*Cameron*college*MATH*TEACHER!)

IN*CLINE*D/-..(TO*EX*TREME*LY*LOUD*VOICE!)

A*BUSING*HER*STUDENTS*/-..-*EVEN*MORE!)?

-wf'-*PI*R’*/-..*SQUARE*(!)?-DE*CLARING*MATH*-

..-(*******TO*BE*-IM*POR*TANT(!)?

-FOR*LIFE(!)?-..”Mr.*SHER*ROD*/-.

.-DO*YOU*STILL*HEAR/-..**MYE*VOICE(!?)?

-“E*RASE/-..(THA’/-..*WHITE*CHALK*FORM*U*LAS?-..-ON*

(THA’*BLACK*BOARD(!))?

-&*(START*AGAIN!!!!!!!)?

-I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-WHY*YOU*DON’T*GET-

IT(!)? –&*I*KNow*/-..(You*R'/-..NOT*A*DUMMY!)?“YOU*GOTTA*STOP*/-..*PLAYING*-

(TOUCH*FOOT*BALL/-..-ON*CAMPUS*LAWN(!))?

-COME*TO*CLASS/-..*IN*STEAD*OF/-..*GO*ING

-*FISH*ING(!)?    -DID*YOU*CLEAN/-..YOUR*M-1-..-*R.O.T.C.*RIFLE(!?)-..*THIS*WEEK(!)?

-“IS*THA’*BARREL/-..*BORE*SEE*THRU(!)?

-To*BE*CON*TIN*UED(!)?-

-After*hitting*CAP*TAIN/-..(-*HIM*CALL*ING*ME?_

-a*-SON*OF*BITCH!”/-..(FOR*MARCH*ING/-..MY*SQUAD-..-*BACK*WARDS/-..-AS*JOKE/-..&**FUN-..&*RID*I*CULE/-..*UV’/-(COM*PULSEA*TORY*MILI*TARY*2*YEAR*COLLEGE!) !(?)-..-*DAVID*FUNK*/-..-*CAP*TAIN*THEN-..

(!?)-..-&*TO*BE*COME*/->>..*ONE*STAR/-..-TO*4*STAR****-BROWN*NOSE*GENERAL(!?)-

-SET*ME*UP*/-..(-FOR*COURT*/-..-*MAR*SHALL!)?

-BUT*THE*/-..*PRE*SIDING/-..(-MAJOR*N’/-..*CHARGE**POWERS*THAT*BE/-..*GAVE*ME/-..-An*HONOR*ABLE/-..*DIS*CHARGE(!!)?-..in*STEAD*/-..-&*PROMOTED*ME*/-..(FROM*PRI*VATE/-..To*SARGE*ENT*MAJOR(!)”?   ..-&*N’/-..

the*-*OKLA*HOMA*SUN*/-..-“I*GOT*THA’*BOYS/-

N*/-..*SHAPE*/-(!?)-..(-bye*MARCH*ING*THEM/-..*4TO-..-*5HRS./-

N’/-..105*Degree*Weather*/-....*TILL*-

..-*THEy*-..-*PASSED*OuT!)?

..-(WITH*OUT*ANY*FUR*THER/-?

..-*O*BLI*GA*TORY*/-..-*ARMY*SER*VICE(!)?

-(*POSS*I*BLE*!)?    -..WHOOP*PEEE(!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

POET/PAINTER/-..&*COMPOSER!

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11.  -START*A*GAIN(!)?-..

-“I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..(WHY*YO*GOT*IT!)”?  ..(PRO*MOT*ED/-..N’/-*LIFE*/-..-TO*SARGE*NT*MA*JOR*/-..(ENDING*UP*N’/-..SOUTH*ORANGE*/-..*PLAYING*PIANO)-..(?)

-&*TEACH*ING*(MASTER*LIFE*CLASS/-..WF’*LIVE*-

*NUDE*MODEL(!))?-..or-(*STILL*LIFE*wf’/-..*VASE*/-..UV’/-*some*-..(DEAD*WINTER*FLOWERS!)?

-WF’/-..(HEAVY*BROGUE’s*   

HY*STER*I*CAL*-S*JEW*ISH*MOTHERS!)?

-GA*GA*/-..&*-MUMB*LING*N’/-..*YID*DISH(!)?

-N’/-..*CO*HER*ENT*LY*(!)”?

-How*THE*WANT*TO*GO*-(to*PROMISED*

-*LAND*/-..or*-/Visit*NEW*YORK*CITY/-..*On*LOWER*EAST*SIDE/-..(FOR*PICKLE*FEST-*I*VAL(!))?)

(-&*-THAT*THE*PICKLES/-..-*TASTE*BETTER*!(?)-..-oN’/-(?)

-(NAT*ION*AL*PICKLE*DAY!)”?

-me*missing*LOW*ER*EAST*SIDE*/-..*RE*VEIL*RIE(!)? 
=(GIVE*or*-TAKE*a-*KOSH*ER*PAR*’-VE*/-
(HOR*I*ZON*TAL-

or*VERTI*CLE(!)?

-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..CAESAR*/-..*THAT*WHICH-

..-IS*CAE*SAR’S(!)”?

-(“GIVE*UN*TO/-..SHER*ROD*/-..*THAT*WHICH-

..-IS*SHER*ROD’S’”(!)”?

-fini!

 POETRY*BOOK:26     

                  -”*79*QUI*NINE*TIME*(!)”?

POET: PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

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POETRY BOOK: 25 SIDE*WALK*SCRABBLE(!)? ©philiplawrencesherrod-poet.-2007

POETRY BOOK: 25

 SIDE*WALK*SCRABBLE(!)?
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-February*22nd/-?..&*(-Black/-*Ice*Forming/-?..Between*The/-?..*2-..(-Night*Clubs/-?..&/-*Cutting*Room!))


-Voices*Echoing/-?..(-Real*/-?-Or*/Un*Real/-?..-&Vivian’s*Verbal*Honey)-?..-(Sweeter*Than*/-?..Sticky*Wh-
ite*/-*Flies(!)?..-*Memory*)..-&*No*Bee’s/-?..To*-(*Muster*/-?..This*/-?..*Mental*Snow!)?-..&Car’s*Motor’s/-?..
-Sputer’..*-ings(!)?-..&*Grinding’s*/-?..-&*Dura*Cells/-?..*Batterie’r’s(!)?)-???..&*Her*Voice*Shrill/-?..As*-(Beau- mont*Sleet’s!)?-..Large*Flakes/-?..-(Maybe*Female/-?..Fell*Slowly*/-?-&*Fastly!)?-..Mye*Thumbs/-..*Turning*

*Numb(!?)-If*-Not*To*Say/-?-(Deaf*/-?..N*Dumb*!)?..-A*Teacher’s/-?-Going’s*On’s/-?..-&*(Mye*Hammer!-&
-*Anvil*Tired -!)?..-As*(Inner*Ear/-?..-Gone*Sour/-?..&*N/-?..&*Epi*leptic*Fit!)?..-5:10am/-?..&*/-Day*Birds*/-!? ?..Aren’t*(-Up*Yet !)?..-Woe*Is*Me/-?..N’Epicurean*/-?..*Delight*-&*Bon*Vivant/-?..*Gourmet!)?-Savory*Ing/-?..Mye*(Little*Wurd/-..*Turd*Treasures!?..-A*Connoiuseur*N’*Gourmand!)(?)-..Gastr*onome*But/-*Also?..-A-Penny*Less/-

..*Hed*On/-???..-ist (!)?-..Still*Fighting-(Capitalist*Survival!)?-All*(Mye*/-..*Heros*Slain/-?..Only*I/-*Left/-?-*Stand
-ing!)-..But*Not*/-..?..With*Out*Abusement(!)?-”For*What*Reason/-?-..Do*I*Deserve*This!”(?)-Mye*Mother*Spe aking/-..To*Me/-?..(-As*If*/-*Here!/-..On*Earth/-?..To*Make*It/-..*More*Plauseable!)-??? ..&*The*Answer/-?-*Comes*/-?..-Out*Yes(!)?-&*With/-*Out/-?-a*Mother’s-*Forgiveness!(?)-“You*Should..(-Be*Ever/-(???) ..*So*Kind/-*..*&Humble!)”?

(-God*Knows!)?..It’s*True*(!)?
..-But*(-The*Crow’s*/-..*Still/-?..At*Top*Uv’Room!)?..-An*Over*/Caw’-nt*Observor!(?)
-Not*Like-..(Edgar..- Allen’s*Raven!)?-..But*Same*/-*Fateful*/-..*Omen(!)?-..A-*Talking*Albatross/-?..-Bent*On*/-..*Flying/-?
-For*Ever(!)?-..N’(This*/-?..(Topsy*Turvy*/-..?..-*Caucious*Lull!)?-..Of*(Space*less/-?..*Visual*Demention!)?-..Like*
“Rhyme*/-..Uv’Ancient*Mariner!”?(?)-..Gone*(*Street*/-?..*People/-*?..Or*Just*Bum)-?..Out*Uv’-*Memory**Luck!(?)

But*Wat*Tha/-?..’*Fuck*(!)?-..As*(Commoner’s*Say/-?..It*Sucks!)?-Being*/-..An*Aristo*-*telian/-?..&*No*Party*Caucus(!)?
How*Many*Votes/-?.Duz’*A*/-?..(Good*Man*Need!)?-..-Wf’(-*Arabian*Stallion/-?..At*His/-?..*Stead's*Disposal!)?-Up*&
N’-(Tha’Saddle/-?..*Like*(-Brahma*Bull/-?*Rider!)?-..Rare’in’/-..TO*Go(!)?-..After*Eatin’..(Wolf*Brand*Chilli!/-&*W-
F’Out*/-*Beans(!))?-&*Fartin’/-*?-Ones’*Way/-?-N’to*Second*/-..*Child*hood(!)?-..Like*Philly/-?..Tha’T/-..*Female*Slid(!)?

-Her*Voice*/-?..Into*Mine/-?..&Beyond*Me/-?-???-(A*Black*Widow/-?..*Counting*Tha’*Numbers(!)?-&*Spinning*/-?..(-Her*Needfull*Web/-?..-N’To-..(-Fanat*-acism’s*..De*voure-ment!)))?

-VIV(!?)-..VIV(!?)-..VIV(!?)
-you*(Never*GIVE!?)-..What’s*REALLY*(!?)
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ou! )? -Yet*Sheila*Remember-S(!?)?-..With*Myself/-..Climaxing*(52*Times/-..Ní*2*Hours/-..&*A*Half!)(?)-*Hours!)?..Eyes*Fluttering/-..Like*Butt-ter*Fly/-..On*Opium*Recall(!)?-..Licking*Thaí(Poppy*Seeds!)?-Not*
At(-Cait*Ní*Abbeyís!)-..Like*Jessica(!)?-..Erí*Chole(!)?-..Looking*At(-Red*Hearts/-..On*Valentineís*Day!)?
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/- ..To*Get*The*Job!)?..-Uví(World*Trade*Towers*Down!)?-Wfí(Nine**Fountains/-?-Sexually*Gurgling(!))?

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-Waving*(The*All*American*Flag!)?-..N’(Red*Dress/-..From*LONDON!)?-Laying*On*Back*QUIVER*INí!



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-Being*(Taken*Care*Of/-?/-.Like*..(-Blue*Tick*Hound)(!)?..-&*Sittin’*On/-?..(-Front*Porch/-?..*Swing!)?..Uv’..(Small*Shack!?)-..N’(-Applalachian*Trail!)?..-NYC*Swinger*/-?..-Cooling*It(!)..-Wf’(-Tha’/..*Breezies!)?-Long*Time/-..-No*See(!)?-..-Life’s*(-Tha’*Way/-..-Should*Be(!))?..-Just*Hanging*Out/-?..Wf’..(-Tha’*Birds!)?&*..(North*Carolinian/-?..-One*Eyed*Bitch!)?..*Hoofing*It*Up/-?..-Tween*(-Pig’s*Trough/-..&*Mye*Nature!)?-Cato*Kalipto/-?..*Mer’Acto(!?)-..&*Drinkin’(Moon*Shine!)?..-Stronger*Than..(Jim*Beam!)?-Er’(Subtle*As*M-oon*Be-am!)?-..Looking*At..The**Endless..(Milky*Way!)?-Her*Scootin’*Ovur/-..(Mye*Way!)?-Her*Breast/-*?
H-eart*Pumpin’(!)?..-*Through*..(Skinny*Hearted/-?..*Flowers!)?..-Lip*Stick/-?..*Plastered..(-On*Lips*Full/-&*B
eGuil-ed!)?..To*..(-Holding*Hands!)?-&*Reaching(!)?-..Into*(-Mye*Pocket/-?..For*/-?..-Spiritual*Light!)?-.Gig
g-Ling/-?..(20*Year*Old!)?-..But*Seeing/-?..Tha’*Light!)?-..And*Wandered*Off/-?..(-Singing*Sum/-illy*Song!)?

-About*..(Black*Bear/-?-Don’t*Scare/-?-Me*None!)?..-Me*Feelin’*Chill(!)?-..(Set*Ovur/-?..-Mye*Old*Bones!)?
After*/-Tha’..(*Flesh../-Had*Removed/-*Itself!)?..-Don’t*Know/-?..How*(Mye*..Fool*Brain(!)?-Became*Lame!) (?)-But*Then/-(?)..-Tha’(Rustle*Uv’/-?..(Wet*Leaves!))?-..(Made*Me*Feel(?)-..Un*easy(!))?-..Something*Was*-?(-Moving*/-..N’*Tha’/-..*Under*Brush!)?..Fat*Chance/-?..I*Said/-..&*Shifted(!)?-..On*..(-Damp*/-Wood*Now!)?

-Remembering*Some*Thing(!)?-..(-About*Child*Hood!)?-Vaguely*..(-Recalling*/-?..-Endless*Meanderings!)?-
Set*Forth/-?..Bye*(-Nature’s*/-Sub*Conscious..*Calamity’s!)?-Brought*Me*Back(!?)-..To*Her*Saying(!?)-”(Do*
You*/-Love*-Me!”?)..Me*Shoo*sing*Her/-?-..(-Telling*Her*/-?..-To*Be/-..*Quite!)?-Some*Things/-?-..N’(Tha’*U-
nder*Brush!)?-Me*Getting*Up/-(?)-Wf’(Mye*Shackles/-..Standing*Up)-..On*(Base*Uv’*Neck!)?-Howlin’(At*Mo-

on/-?..Like*Bl-lue*Tick*Hound(!?)?-..Chasing*..(-APiedmont*/-?..Ra*Coon!)..-Ripping*Caracass*Apart/-Baying/-?..-21*Killer*Hounds/-?..-Charging*..(Through*Under*Brush/-?-Howling/-*&*Squealing/-?-Yelping/-?..Yelling*U pon*(Mye*Soul!))?-&*Treein’..(-Big Beautiful**RaCoon!)?-High*Up/-N’-(Big*Elm*Tree!)?-Me*Shiverin’/-Wet?/-T ired?-..?-Confused*/-&*Tha'..(Short*Report/-!?..Uv'*Gun*Shot/-?.-.Brought*Tha'../-*Animal*Down!)(?)-..(-Life*R

ipped*Apart/-?-N’*Front*Uv’*Eyes!)-..(21*Blue/-?-Tick*Hounds!)?-*Killing(?)*While(?)-Like*Tha’..(Ruddy*Faced /-?..*Men*Were*/-?..*Laughing!)?



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-de la Chaumette/-?..ILL DE FRANC’E/-..Provi’ANCE/-..As*(Noble*Man/-..Of*LORRAIN’e)-?


-Grand*Father/-?..-As*(Life*Time/-?..George*Edward*SHUMATE!)?-..Inclined*To/-..Dry*Goods(!)
-Pauls*Valley*Residence/-*Merchant(!)?-..Died*Of*(ATHERO***_SCLEROSIS!)?-..ME*EATING?
This/-..ILL DE FRANC’e/-?..Goat’s*LA*BU’CHETTE(!)?-Fresh&Tangy/-?..*Flavor(!)?-Bound*To-
Die*..(Uv’*Sompin!)?-..Like*Mother’s*Father/-?..Like*(STONE*COLD*DEAD!)?-Post*Wisdom(!)

But*After/-?..(THE*FACT!)?-..Hovering*N’(NEW*YORK*CITY!)?-..EVADING*DOC’S/-..Dr.Chue –y(!)?-..Had*Me*Going/-?-..(On*LIPITOR/-..For*3&Half*Years!)?-..My*Poets/-?..(HDL/-..N’*REVE ‘RSAL/-?..To*Mye*LDL(!)?-..Just*Tha’(WALKING*DEAD!)?-But*Living*N’(Eccentric*Pleasure!)?
Wf’*Tha-(TASTE*BUDS!)?-SEZ*YO/-?..HE’S*A*STRANGE*MAN(!)?-WALKING*LIKE*CLOW-

N(!)?-..ON*DA’(HIGH*WIRE/-..NOT*LOOKING*DOWN(!))-Either*Actually/-..(Not*Looking*Any-
WHERE!)?-..But*Straight/-?..Ahead*Like-(Viaggio*Viale*Stretto!)?-My*Limit/-..N’*Con*Versation-
Al/-..*Italian(!)?-Lotta*Good/-*Taking*Lessons/-..N’*ROME(!)?-..Tha’(Carra*Beneirri/-..Finding*My e-..(Drivers*License/-?..Falling*From/-?-..Levi*Pant*Pocket(!)?-Made*Me/-?..(Rambo*&*Giotto/-..Pa-

Inting*N’*Images/-?..(Tha*City*Streets!)?-A*Kind*Of-..(HOLLYWOOD*HERO!)?-WF’ACHIELLE- ’S* TENDON(!)?..THEM*ITALIANS?-..Driving*Bye*N’-(Poqolito*Moto*Scerininos!)?-Very*Fast!?
-(TRYING*TO*CATCH/-?-THE*SUN*SET!)?-..But*POLITE(!)?-..Trying*TO/-ARRIVO/-LA*CASA
(POST*MORTEUM-?/..MANG’E*MANG’E!)?-..TIS*DIFFERENT/-..AS*(PONTIUS*PILOT/-..*WA

-SHING*HANDS/-..*DE-NY-*ING/-*JESUS!)?-..Like-(CARLOS*HIQUELOS/-..Cuban*Writer/-N’R
ES-I*DENCE!)?-..FOR*A*SAFER/-..SOCIAL*POLITICAL*LIVING(!)?-Galls*Mye*Balls(!)?-..Trait T-OR*/-?..PAR*EXCEL*LLANCE(!)?-&*Saying*Sherrod/-..They*Don’t(!?)-Understand*Us(!)?-US*
-Eatin’Ile*de*Franc’e/-La*Buc^chette*Goat*Cheese..(IMPORTED*BYE*ANCO)-..FAIRFIELD,N.J.(!?)



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-(JR’s*Eyes/-*Flashing/-..Like*Disco/-Lights!)?..Run*Amuck!)-..&*(-Garden*Spider/-Hanging*..


On/-?.To(-Web*Spun/-?..At*(-45Miles/-Per*Hour!)?-..&The*(-Small*Red/-..*Toyota/-*Almost*Hit-
-Ting*The*Curb(!))..-If*She*Had*Not/-..(*Screamed!)?-Look*Out(!)?-..Me*Looking/-Over*Mye*..
Should-ered*Past(!)?-&*The(-Garden*Spider/-Trying*/-..To*(Cut*Loose/-..His*Web/-Wailing*N’-?
*Wind(!)))?-Leaves*Some*Doubt/-..As*To*(Whose*N’*Control/-Here*..*Anyway!)?-&*Rosa*Kat-

Zen*Nelson/-?..Driving*Cross*Country/-..(Like*Argentinean*Immigrant!)?-Me*Smiling/-Which*I..
-(Never*Do!)?-At*(The*Excited*Look/-?..Of*Sagittarian*Joker)-?../-Trying*To(-Put*On*Her*Lips-
*Tick*/-..As*A*Normal/-)*Dysfunction!(?)-..Her*Claiming/-..(Constant*Dis*Ablement!)?-Made*Me
*Realize/-..(-I*had*To/-?..Take*The/-..-Bull*Bye*Horns/-*Stuff(!)?..-As*Maybe/-..(That*Black*For-

Rest*Ham/-(?))-1/2*Sandwich..*Was/-..Stronger*(..Than*Expected!)?-Or*Tha’..(Need*To*Poppy*Se-eded*Repast!)?-..At*(Cait&*Abbeys!)?-..Where*(Officer*Aimes/-..&His*Burly*Fore*Arms!)?..-Wf’* Freckles*Bigger*Than/-..His*(Big*Mouth!)?-..”Yelling/-..Don’t*Take/-..(All*Day!)”?-..Unloading*My
-*Self/-..From*Sarah*Green*Bergs’(SUV!)?-..Wf’(-Barbara*Rosenbaum’s/-..60lb.*Bag!)-Uv’*Kos

-her*Goodies!(?)-..Left*Me*Perplexed/-?..After*Tickling..(Tha’*Chauffer’s/-..*Adam’s*Apple!)?-)Off
-cer*Aimes/-..Yelling*At-(Train*Station’s*Door!)?-Reminding*Me/-?..(-Agatha*Christie/-..Had*Noth-ing*On*Me!)?-..Not*Life’s*Plot/-..Or*(Morbid*Imagination!)?-But*(To*Be*Arrested/-?..For*Dis*Tur-
bing*The*Peace!)-..Me*Not*Making/-?..Any*Sounds/-..*Audible/-..On*Da’Piano/-..Or*/-..Otherwize!)?

-Me*Finally/-Saying*(Wat’s*New/-..N’*Mudville!)?-..Decided*To*Also..(-Break*/-..Babe*Ruth’s*60*-
Homer*Record/-?..As*It*Wuz/-..That*Time*Uv’*Year!)?-..Wf’(Mye*/-..Continual*Rubbing/-*Uv’(Ster-
Oidal*Creame!)?..&*Putting*Plenty/-..Uv’(Creosoted*Black*Tar!)?-..On*Da’..(-Hitting*Implement!)?-C-
All*It/-?(A*Bat/-..Or*A/-..Louisville*Slugger!)-..Made*N’/-(Abraham*Lincoln’s/-..Oak*Ville*Kentucky!)?


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-Long*Tall/-..*Sinewy/-?..Legs*Crossed*Over/-?..-Pisces*/At*(Historical/-?..*Society’s/-Ash*Can*Eight(!)?)


-?..-Placing*Mye/*Testosterone/-?..Count*Up(!)?-Between*The..(-Fleecing*Uv’*Pictures/-.?-&*Furtive..?*
Glances*?)..&*Looks(!)?-..Yet*Another*Salome..&*(-Moving*/-..Wf’*Grace!)?..-So*Henri/-..Yore*Art*
SpIrit/-?..(-Finally*Ran*Out!)?-..Not*To*Say(-Luks*Drinking..(?)-Companions*To*Avoid/-..Tha’*Pain(!)?)
-With*/-..As*Always/-..William*Glackens/-..(The*Surprise/-?-..&*Pene du Bois/-?-..&*Altercation)-?..To*-

-Being*Introverted*&*Private(!)?-..Wf’..Everett*Shinn/-?..So*-Transparent*&*Thin(!)?-..Wf’*Paint(!?)-..If*N-
Ot*..(To*Say*Image!)?-..But*(Leon*Kroll/-?-Friend*Of/-..Ms.*Parker/-*Cripple..ly*Around/-?..On*Crutches!)
-Seeing*To*It/-..(That*I*Receive/-?..Three*(Childe*Hassam/-..*Purchases/-1967-69-74!)?-..The*Very*Year/-?
-He*Died(!)?-Was*A*(Shocking*Revolution/-..To*Me!)?-&*(Those*Dated*Booths/-..Wf’Facetious*Moments!)

?..-Uv’..(The*Way/-?-..It*Was!)?-..HollyWood’s*Impression(!)?-..”Historically*Speaking(!)”?-Those*(-Dark*D
-ays!/-N’Personal*Ways/-As*N’*Estrangement!)?-..As*N’(William*Glackens/-..(The*Tray!))?-“Chez*Mouquin” Rich*/Burger *Miser(!)/-?..&*(Lady*Resturant*Wife/-?&N’*Drunk*/-Nostalgic*Dream!)?-..Wondering/-?..Will* This*Artist-*Ever/-..*Be*Finished(!)?..-Looking*(Like*/-Sea*Gull/-?-..Flying!)?-Most*Impeccably*Illustrators/-?

..Wf’Out?-Camera’s*/-?-Industrial*Age!(?)-..&*(-To*Find/-?-Mye*Friend/-?..Ken*Ratner/-?*Owning/-?..*Glack-
en ’s*Couple(!))?-..”Chez*Mouquin!”?-I*Hope*/-..Mye*Husband/-..Doesn’t*(Find*Out!)?-..Tray*Stuff(!)?-..&*F-ood*For*Tha’*Eating(!)?-But*Bellows/-..You*Were*Right(!)?-Wf’(1904*Front*Row!)?..-Rough*House*/-?(Slug Fest!)?..-As*Always/-..(-Sloan*Mye*Favorite*!)?-..”Painter/-..Uv’(South*Beach*Bathers!)”?-Again*Reporting(!!)

“Dempsey&Firpo -?-Dempsey*Almost(Gittin’*His*Ass*Whipped!)”?-1924*Slick*Lighting(!)?-To*M.Prendergast!?
-Tha*Dim*Pictures/-?..Some*Say*..(-Master*/Piece*Pictures/-?..-Are*A*Thing)-?..Only*A*/..-Thing*Uv’*Past!(?)
-But*(Walking/-?..Out*Uv’*Picture!)-..Like*3*Paris/-..*Graces(!?)-..She*Moved*Among/-?..The*-Dark*Room(!?)
-Long*Tall/-..&*Sinewy/-?(White*Irish*/-*Female!)?-”Asking*/..-&*Begging*/For*Artist*Card/-?..I*Gave*Her(!)?”


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-Opening*Up/-..(?)-4*/-Wrapped*Packages/-?..N’*One.-(?)-..&’*Colors/-..N’/-Orange &*Green(!)?


Straight*From*Jessica’s/-..Hands*/-..Into*Mine(!)?-..A*(Kind*Of*-/Con-*Vo-*lution!)?-..Uv’*Will(!?)
Uv’(Heart*/-..&*Mind!)?-..Maybe*As*Spiritual/-..As*It*Comes(!)?-..-Although*Sexually-*Concerned!
Wf’*Why/-?-Her*Hand*/-Written*Note/-*Card(!)?-..Said*..(“here’s a novia!/-..a bride/-..for the*purp-
-Le*/-..frog*prince!”)?-..All*Be*It/-?..from*Mexico(!)?-..-“An*Ultr/-A*Marine*Blue/-..Squatting*Bra-

-Ying*Bull/-..*Ass/-..Or*Donkey/-..Or*Dog/-..Wf’*Rabies(!)?-..&*Red*Polka*Dots(!)”?--&*Written-? ..”I*Hope/-He*Likes/-..His*(-Girls*Buxom!)?-..Careful*/-(Her*Tail/-..is*Detached!)-..(Butt*Only/-..?F -or*Tax*Purposes)(?)&*PacKing!(?)-Love*Jess(!)?-Mye*Father’s*Name/-?Spoken/-..From*(Davie*Jo
-nes/-(?)-..*Locker!)???-&*Signed/-..N’White(!?)-Wf’(White*Ink!)?-..(”Blanca*Gomez!”)?-If*Barbara-

*Ledesma*Esquinca/-?..-Sees*This/-?..It*Will*(Not*Only/-..Be*-/Jealousy..Uv’*Paolita?)- ..But*/-But- -t*Jealousy/-?..-Uv’Blanca*Gomez!(?)..-&*..(-Re*member/-..The*Alamo!)?-..She*Said(!)?-Laughing*-
..-IN*DOM*I*TAB*LY/-..Like*(South*Orange*Joker(!))?-Me*N’(Total*Query!)?-..-Butt*Looking(!)?
As*(Chick*Shopping..N’Mill*/-..Burns*/Macy’s/-?..Walks*Bye!)?-Me*..(-Totally*Engulphed/-.N’Spr-

Ng*(!?))-..(Bob**Bing!)?-..-Mammalerian**Phantasy’s(!))?-Why*Should/-(?)..(Bobbing*For*Apples/-?*Orbs/..Be*Only*N’(-Fall*Time!))?..-Er’Do-(?)…(-Titties*/-..Bounce*More*/-(?)..N’-*Spring(!))))?-..Must*’Ave/-Some*Thing/-(To*Do*/-Wf’/-(?)..-Proto*/-..*Plasmic/-..*Moto/-..*Ring!)-Any*way*M-..
Ost*Men’s/-(Hang*Up’s!)?-..&*Most*Certainly*(Not*Mine!)?-“I’Am/-..(A*Legg*Man!)?..He*Said!”?

Me*Wondering/-..(Why*There/-..Had*To*Be/-..Such*A*Choice(!)?)..-Pre*Ferring/-*Most*(Mye* Ani -*Mals/-?..(Bad*Girls!)?-..Or*Pri*Mates/-?..*Primitive*/-?..&*Hot*Blooded!)?..-Like*/Live*N’(*Love –Rs/-(?).. Live*N’..(&*Ani*Mal*istic/-?-Cave*/-..Woe*Man’s!)?-Like*Caves/-Uv’(..*Altamira/-*Er’..-
Laus*caux(!?)-..Gathering*Fire*Wood/-..Wf’(Itchy*Scratchy*Arms/-Sun*Burnt/-Red*Painted*Lips!)


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-Opening*Up/-..(?)-4*/-Wrapped*Packages/-?..N’*One.-(?)-..&’*Colors/-..N’/-Orange &*Green(!)?


Straight*From*Jessica’s/-..Hands*/-..Into*Mine(!)?-..A*(Kind*Of*-/Con-*Vo-*lution!)?-..Uv’*Will(!?)
Uv’(Heart*/-..&*Mind!)?-..Maybe*As*Spiritual/-..As*It*Comes(!)?-..-Although*Sexually-*Concerned!
Wf’*Why/-?-Her*Hand*/-Written*Note/-*Card(!)?-..Said*..(“here’s a novia!/-..a bride/-..for the*purp-
-Le*/-..frog*prince!”)?-..All*Be*It/-?..from*Mexico(!)?-..-“An*Ultr/-A*Marine*Blue/-..Squatting*Bra-

-Ying*Bull/-..*Ass/-..Or*Donkey/-..Or*Dog/-..Wf’*Rabies(!)?-..&*Red*Polka*Dots(!)”?--&*Written-? ..”I*Hope/-He*Likes/-..His*(-Girls*Buxom!)?-..Careful*/-(Her*Tail/-..is*Detached!)-..(Butt*Only/-..?F -or*Tax*Purposes)(?)&*PacKing!(?)-Love*Jess(!)?-Mye*Father’s*Name/-?Spoken/-..From*(Davie*Jo
-nes/-(?)-..*Locker!)???-&*Signed/-..N’White(!?)-Wf’(White*Ink!)?-..(”Blanca*Gomez!”)?-If*Barbara-

*Ledesma*Esquinca/-?..-Sees*This/-?..It*Will*(Not*Only/-..Be*-/Jealousy..Uv’*Paolita?)- ..But*/-But- -t*Jealousy/-?..-Uv’Blanca*Gomez!(?)..-&*..(-Re*member/-..The*Alamo!)?-..She*Said(!)?-Laughing*-
..-IN*DOM*I*TAB*LY/-..Like*(South*Orange*Joker(!))?-Me*N’(Total*Query!)?-..-Butt*Looking(!)?
As*(Chick*Shopping..N’Mill*/-..Burns*/Macy’s/-?..Walks*Bye!)?-Me*..(-Totally*Engulphed/-.N’Spr-

Ng*(!?))-..(Bob**Bing!)?-..-Mammalerian**Phantasy’s(!))?-Why*Should/-(?)..(Bobbing*For*Apples/-?*Orbs/..Be*Only*N’(-Fall*Time!))?..-Er’Do-(?)…(-Titties*/-..Bounce*More*/-(?)..N’-*Spring(!))))?-..Must*’Ave/-Some*Thing/-(To*Do*/-Wf’/-(?)..-Proto*/-..*Plasmic/-..*Moto/-..*Ring!)-Any*way*M-..
Ost*Men’s/-(Hang*Up’s!)?-..&*Most*Certainly*(Not*Mine!)?-“I’Am/-..(A*Legg*Man!)?..He*Said!”?

Me*Wondering/-..(Why*There/-..Had*To*Be/-..Such*A*Choice(!)?)..-Pre*Ferring/-*Most*(Mye* Ani -*Mals/-?..(Bad*Girls!)?-..Or*Pri*Mates/-?..*Primitive*/-?..&*Hot*Blooded!)?..-Like*/Live*N’(*Love –Rs/-(?).. Live*N’..(&*Ani*Mal*istic/-?-Cave*/-..Woe*Man’s!)?-Like*Caves/-Uv’(..*Altamira/-*Er’..-
Laus*caux(!?)-..Gathering*Fire*Wood/-..Wf’(Itchy*Scratchy*Arms/-Sun*Burnt/-Red*Painted*Lips!)


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-Showing*Up/-?..Ringing*Doorbell/-?..At*Time/-(Uv’/-The*N.Y.C.-/-Building*Inspectors!)?-..Pro*


-Liferation/-?..Wf’*Out..(-Poetical*Deliberation!)?-Wandering*-(N’*&*Out/-..Uv’*Mye*Life!)(?)
-At*Random/-..Like*Any*Typical/-?..*Pis*ces!(?)-..Or*(Dominican*Uv’*Republican!)..-Citizen*?
&*(-Inclined*To*Drink/-(INunez?)..&*To*Celebrate/-?..(Our*Loneliness!)?-..Said*He/-(Drinks?-?
-Only*Hard*Liquour/-(*Now?))-The*Whiskey’s/-..(Like*Jim*Beam/-Seagrams*7?)-Or*Good*Ole

-Jack**Daniels(!)?-No*More*Beer/-?..Cause*It*-(Bloats*You!)?-..&*(That’s*Why/-..He’s*Lost*W-
-eight!)?-..Him*Looking/-?..(Younger*Than/-..*Usual!)?-..But*If..(Truth*Hurts/-..He’s*Proof/-..Uv’*
It!)?-..As*Any/-..(Liar*Knows!)?-..Then*/-Shows*Me/-..(His*Ford*Mustang/-..2006!)?-Black*&*Sh-
Iney(!)?-..Pretending*/-..To*Ask*Me/-?..(About*Tha’Street/-?..Parking*Rules!)?-..Me*Saying/-..You*

Got*Me/-?..Street*Painter/-*Buster(!)?-..&*Famous*Omaha/-..Nebraskar(!)?-..For*(-Painting*Es’/NY*
-Hibbie*Jeebies!)?-..”Got*Noteirity/-?..Over*Night*Scene/-?..&*Homo*Sexual*Kindness(!)”?-..Born*-
N’(1976/-?..Like*Mye*Son/-?..A*Fire*Dragon/-..Drinking*Tha’(Fire*Water!))?-..Too*Long/-..Will*Ki-
Ll(!?)..-Tha’*Kidney’s(!)?-&*(Liver*Too!)?..-Sez*You/-?..Only*Got*Degree/-?..(N’Upstate*Purchase/-?

..College*/-&Concussion*Twice)-..N*8mos./-..(Bye*Falling/-..On*Head!)?-..After*Taking*Leak(!)?-Like
*Marc*Chagall’s/-..(Fiddler*On*Roof!)?-The*Other*Time/-?..Showing*Off/-..(For*Chick/-..As*Fear*B-
-et!)?..-Two*Stories*Down(!)?..(They*Put/-..Staples*/-..N’*Skull!)?-..Both*Times(!)?-&Guess*He/-..?
(Didn’t*Use*His/-..Noggin!)?-..Or*Street*Painter/-..*Wings!)(?)-Skull*Hanging*Apart/-..Brain*Ab*

-Sorbing*Concrete/-..*Words/-..&*Artistic*Educational/-..*Gravel!(?)-His*Father/-..Calling*Me*Up!
“Ivan’s..N’*Trouble(!)”?-..You*Mean/-..(Wf’*The*Law!/-..Yes*Law/-..Uv’*Gravity!(?)..-Me*Saying?
-&Dividing*Tip*&-Ending*Up*Ill!..(?)..After*Having..(Hot*Pastrami*Sandwich!)?-..At*/-Malibu*Diner(!)
?-&The*Chocolate*Milk*Shake(!)?-...Thinking*..(-He*Must*’Ave/-?..Sleapt*Me/-(?)..(-Date*Rape*Drug!))?


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-Taking*(-Life’s*Circumstances..Into*Consideration!?)-..Has*Always*Been/-..Difficult*/-For*Me-?


But*Out*..&*On/-(F*Train/-?..-Down*To*Brooklyn)-?..(-Jay*St.*Borough*Hall!)?-..&*Out*On/-?
-Willoueby*Street/-..Over*Cast/-..&*Wf’/Slight*Wind/-..(Seeing*Long*Legged/-..*Dark*Chick(!?))
-Cutting*A*Silhouette!)?-..Against*Concrete*Roads(-?..Tells*Me/-?..She’s*Going/-..*(Mye*Way!)?
-Because*She*Feels/-?..*UN*Easy(!)?-..Me*Saying/-..(I*Wish*I*Could*Empathize!)?-But*I*Was?

-..Completely*(Over*Taken/-..Bye*Her*Proportions!?)?-Her*Giggling/-..IN*Abandonment(!)?-..Was
-Off*Putting/-..As*Well*As/-?..UN*Nerving(!)?-..To*(Mye*Somber*Self!)?-..Even*Tho’/-..Most*D-
on’t*(Talk*About/-..-Psychological*Tendencies!)?-..At*Least/-..(On*Rainy*Day/-..N’*Upper*Brook- lyn!)-..But*She/-..Being*(So*Kind/-..To*Mye*Haggard*Self/-..Left*Me/-..Looking*More*At*Her!)?

-Finding*Out/-?..(The*Smaller*Details/-?..Were*Very*../-Pleasing*Too!)?-Us*Caring*On/-?..SuchA* Concern*/-(?)..-For*-Four*Blocks/-?..That*I*Thought/-?..We*Were*Married(!?)-Her*Telling*Me/-..?
She*Culd’/-?..Do*Worse(!)?-..Then*(Opening*/-Her*Pink/-?..Mouth*Wf’Flashing/-..White*Teeth!!?)
-Laughing*Hysterically(!)?-..Made*Me/-..Wonder*How/-?-She*/-..Ever*Culd’(-Be*Caught*Lonely!)?

-Telling*Her/-..I*Was*Going/-..To*(Art*Opening!)?-..Asked*Me/-..If*She(!?)-..(Culd’*Cum!)?-..I*D-
on’t*Know/-..(I*Said/-?..Even*Though/-..I*Knew*Better!)?-..I*Took*Her*Arm/-..N’(*Hand/-..&*Off-
We*Went(!))?..-To-(Saint*Francis*College/-..180*Remson St.)?-To*..(Federation*Of*Painters/-..&*S-
Culptors*Exhibition!)?-..Where*I*Had/-?..(A*Piece/-?-..Uv’)-?-..Well*23*Pieces*Uv’/-..Moon*Melon

(?)-..7*Pieces/-..Uv’(-Cantelope/-..5*Chocho*late*Cookies)-?-&*Her*Asking*Me/-?..Culd*We*Go*H ome -*Now(!)?-..Me*(Finding*/-?..It*Difficult/-?..To*Decide!)?-..Like*N’(Cameron*State*College!)?-..Saint*Augustine/-?..Wondering*How/-..Or*If*He*Shouldn’t/-?-..(Slay*/-..The*Algebraic*/-.Pie*R’* Square*/-?..Dragon!)?-..Her*(Doing*Mye*Hair/-?..Up*N’Knots/-?..Like*Dominican/-..Dread*Locks!!)?


-fini(!?)


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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

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*/-..-


POETRY BOOK: 25

 SIDE*WALK*SCRABBLE(!)?
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