.-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA -46*th*POETRY*BOOK:-..-(SLUSH*MOUTH!)? artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER.-13*POEMS-..*1ST*EDITION. (C)COPYRIGHT.-..(2017). 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*!)"? NOTE*ALSO*online*PUBLISHED: 38*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*- PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS. 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, 2008-2016. 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*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(!?) -POEM*ONE- ..-”(SWEET*TEA!/-..-FROM*ARIZONIA/-..-(AIN’T*GONNA*SAVE*YOU*BUDDY*!)-..-..”*-YOU*-..? (CONSTANT*LY*BLISTER*ING/-..--*FROM*YOUR*READER’S/-..-ANG*IETY(!?)..LIKE*CAROL*(!?)-CONSTANT*LY/-..-(LIFT*TING*HER*/-..-(DRESS*/-..-AS*IF*/-..-(WILLIAMS*BUERG/-..WAS*FOR-.. *EVER*(!)?-..(HER*SAY*ING/-..-(WHAT*TOOK*YOU/-..(SO*LONG!)?-..-(&*HAND*ING*ME*26*SELF*/-..-DE*FEAT*ISH*POEMS/-..(ALL *TYPYED*UP/-..-ON*QUALITY*POETS/-..-(*PAPER!?)-..-(*HER -(BLUE*GREY*EYES/-..-STAR*RING/-..-(AT*ME*TO*ANSWER!)?-..(ME*LOOKING*AT*HER*NON-CHALANT*LY)!?-..-(AS*IF/-..-(I*DIDN’T*HEAR*HER!)?)-..-(&*DONALD*TRUMP’S/-..- (SHEEP*ISH*- GRIN*WAS*ALL*OVER/-..-(MYE*BI*QUS*PIDS?)-..NOT*TO*MENTION/-..WERE*SMARTING!)!? (BECAUSE*(SLUSH*MOUTH*SEEM’S/-..-TO*BE*FOR*EVER(!)”?-..(THIS*DIABETTUS*MELITIS/-..IN -SIP*I*DUS/-..-”*WULD*LIKE*A/-..(TALL*16oz./-..SAMUEL*ADAM’S/-..-(ICE*COLD*BOSTON*LA -GER/-..-FROM*BOSTON(!)?-..-&*(MAY*BE*FILON*MIGON/-..-(MEDIUM*RARE*/-..-PINK*&*MA -Y*BE*BLEEDING*/-..-AS*HOPE*/-..-IS*WHERE*YOU*/-..-(FIND*IT!)?-..-LIKE*KELLY*CALLING*FR- OM*CALI*FORN*INA/-..-(WANT*ING*ME/-..-(-TO*LISTEN*TO*HER*MASTUR*BATE!)?-..-(ME*C- HUCKLE*ING/-..-(AT*HER*AU*DACITY!)?-..-&*APPALL*ED/-..-OF*(*THE*YEARS*GONE*BYE!?_?) -*&*ALL*THOSE*KANGA*ROO*RATS/-..-(*DROWN*ING*/-..-N’-*the*ARROYO’S!)?-..-(BUT*WH-AT*THE*HECK*/-..-(I*CAN’T*/-..-SAVE*THEM*ALL(!?)?-..-IN*NEW*JERSEY-..-OR*P.A./-..-OR*NY-- C(!)?-..-ME*AM*ONLY*ME(!)?-..-LIKE*BEING*INTER*NATIONAL*POET*PAINTER*COMPOSER*A -IN’T*/-.._*(E*NOUGH!)?..-FOR*A*RE*TIRE*D/-..-*TEACH*ING*MASTER/-..-(inTHE*GOOD*OLE * /-..BLANKETY*BLANK*/-..-(U>S>A>)? ..-(AS*SHE*SAID/-..-*ARE*YOU*RETIRED*/-..-R*NOT! ??- -(ME*NOT*KNOWING*RETIRE*MENT/-..-(OR*HOW*TO*FILL*OUT-PAINTER/POET/COMPOSER- -(*FORM*)!?-..(DEATH*LOOKING*AT*ME/-..-LIKE*IT*LOOK*ED/-..-AT*(BILL*PAXTON/-..MYE*C-OLLECTOR*/-..-FROM*(SURGERY*COMPLI* CATIONS/-..-(!?)-THAT*/-..-DRINKING ITALIAN**YELLOW*OILO/-. .-DIDN’T*SOLVE/-.._*US*-?-AT*(GRAND*CENTRAL’S*CIPPRI*ANNI’S/- ..-LADY’LOUSIE*/-..(!?)--NEW*BERRY’S/-..(RUBBING*MYE*LEG’S/-..-UN DER*THIGH*/-(!?)-* CLASS*TABLE(!)-..-(WF’*HIS*SILLY*PHOTOG*FRIEND/-?-*JOHN*-? -..-(LOOKING*ON!))?-..-(LOVE*YA*BILL/-..-SO*DOES-*KELLY!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -POEM*TWO -ON*THE*GO/-..(-ALL*WAYS*ON/-..(THE*GO*!)?-..(ALL*WAY’S*GOING*SOME*WHERE!)?-..*- DROP*ING/-..(THE*TOILET*PAPER/-.-FOR*THINGS*/-..(THERE*A*BOUTS!)?-..-TRYING*TO*KEEP - *IT *CIVIL(!)?/-..(LIKE*AES*C*HYL*LUS!)?-..-PUTTING*ON*MYE*/-BLACK*NYC*CAP!)?-..THIS*M- ARCH*/-..-CHILLY*LY*CAPO*COLD(!)-&*MYE*/-..(DEAR*FRIEND*GOING/-._O*MERTA(!);?-WF’- COM*PLI*CATIONS/-..-(WHILE*IN*SURGERY!)-..-IN*CALI*FORN*I*IA..(-LOUISE*BITING/-HER*- NAILS/-..PAINTED*BLACK(!))?-..-WHIE*JOHN*PHOTO*GRAPH/-.ED.-(THE*WHOLE*DYING*EPIT- HAPH*/-..-(LIKE*EUROPEAN*SHROUDS*HEAD?)-..-BILL’S*HEAD*SPIN*NING/-..-LIKE*OKLA*HO MA*TOR*NAD*O/-..-NEAR*SHAWNEE/-..-OR*OKLA*/-..PAN*HANDLE(!)?-.. 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TO*KEEP*WILLIAM*/-..-(FROM*GETTING*INTO*IT!?)-..(SOME*RED*PAINT*/-..-(STILL*WET(!!!!!!! !)?-..-(HER*AGOG/-..-&*PLEASURE*SMILING!)?-..ME*SAD*/-..-&*(DOWN*TRODDEN/-..-*LOSIN- G*ONE*OF/-..-(MYE*BEST*GIRLS*/-..-(LIKE*BLOOD*RED*PIGS/-..-*HEART!)?..-ON-(ANIS”S*HO -G *FARM(!)?..-&*(REMEM*BER*ING/-.._(HITCH*HIKE*ING/-..-(SHE*SAID/-..-&*(LEFT*IN*FRON- T-..(CHICKEN*SHACK/-..-UTAH*/-..-AS*?(-WORKING*GIRL!?)_&-(LEG*BONE*TRICKS!?)_..-&*OT- ER*/-..-MAL*GIRL*/-..-*FUNCTION’S/-.-(LED*HER*TO*NYC.-&*MYE*ART*STUDENT’S*CLASS?)!? -TO*BECOME*A*KINDA*/-..(YOU*LOUISE*CHICK?_>>OF*?>>(ONE*OF*MYE*PAINTINGS!(?)- IN*CAN_CAN*ATTIRE*(!?))-..-LEG”S*OPEN*TO?_>(MAN’orWOMAN’S*DESIRE!)?-SO*SEZ*YO> &*SO*(SOME*ONE*SHOULD*‘AVE*SAID/-..OR*TAUGHT*THE*CROW*/-..-(AT*TOP*-..UV’*-..? *ROOM!?_..TO*CROW*ABOUT*--HIS*FANCY*(DOUBLE*TALKING*TUNE!)?-..-(WITH*OUT*SPLI- T*TING/-..(!?)-..(HIS*TONGUE*/-..-TO*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MORE*BILL*/-..-YOUR*NO*PARROT(!)?- EVEN*BYE*BUYING*KELLY*?_?AS-(YOUR*HEART”S*FULL*FILL*MENT*/-..-N’(RED*STOCKINGS? -SHE*SAID*/-..-(THAT*LOUISE*APPROVED/-WF’-HANDS*DOWN/-..&*(RED*GARTER*BELT*?-???_????) PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*THREE- I*SHOULD’NT*/-..-AVE’*BEEN*THERE(!)?-..-ME*ALL*STEAM*ING*HOT*/-..WF’*/-..DIA*BETES?? -AT*THREE*-0*CLOCKam.-..(IN*MORN*ING!)?-..(THREE*HOOTS/-..-FOR(*OLD*BOY*SCOUTS*/- NEAR*FT.*SMITH,-..*AR*KAN*SAW(!)?-..-COLLECT*ING*/-..(MYE*WITS*&*LONG*EARED*BA-? TS!)?-..AS*SPECI*MANS/-..-(GREAT*HORNED*OWL’S/-..-(*PELLETS*/-..GRATI*FIED/-..(BYE*PRO- B*ING*NEEDLE*/-..-(THE*SHIN*BONE/-..-CONNECTED*TO*LEG*BONE)-..CONNECTED*TO*F0 -OT*BONE*SCATS*(!)?-..(BUT*BOY’S/-..-WILL*BE*BOYS!?)?-..-&*(DAVY*BOWLIN’S*CHAMP*IO -N-*SHIP(!)?-..IT*WAS*SO*COLD/-..N*-(DEM*DAYS*/-..OH*HOW*THE*(HOT*COFFEE*TASTES-SO-?- GOOD(!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*FOUR- -BUT*(LOCKED*IN*TO*RED*GRANITE*ROCKS/?-..-(SWEEZ*ING*MY*RIB*CAGE/-..-LIKE*(GO-N N-A/-..-(BE*/-..-*BORE*D/-?..-AS* -IN*..?-(TO*MORROW’S/-..-*FORE*SHORE*/-..-LIKE* I - HEAR-? HEAR*NG/-..*VOICES*/-..-(N’*N.Y>C?/-..-*LATER*/-..(-ON*DARK*GREEN/-..-(FIRE*ESCAPE!?)-..- -(CALL*THEM*NUDE*QUAKES/-..-(LIKE*MYE*PAINTINGS?-..-IN*OILS/-..-OR*ACRY*LICS/-(RED*- *M-USTER!)???-..-&(SUCH*DARK*CAVES/-..-VOICE*ING/-..-(LIKE*BAT’S/-..-(CHEE*CHEE*CHEE)!?- CON*FUSE*ION/-..-N’-(LOWER*MAN*HATTAN’S/-..-(PUERTO*RICO’S/-..-DRUGG*ED*LAMENT? )(THINKING*COM*PLAIN*INGS/-..-THE*WAY*TO*GO/-..--IN*SING*SONG/-..-TRUTH*VERSUS* VER*SUS*/-..-(LIFE*COULD*BE/-..-&*WOULD*BE*DIFF*ER*ENT(!)?-..-(FOR*SHIRLEY*SMITH/-..-FR KANSAS*&*-(HOL*STEIN*COWS!)?-..-&*(I*AGREE*ED/-..-WF’*HER*-..*ASS*UMPTION/-..BE*C- AUSE*SHE*WANT*ED/-..-&*WAS*STANDING*NUDE*(!?)?_..-THE*PHAM*TOM’/-..-(+HAD*BOU GHT*HIS*MISTRESS/-..-A*RED**FOX*COAT/-..-(-FULL*LENGHT?_>>BUT*SAID* ?_>>(PLEASE*-?? KILL*THE*-..THE*MOUSE*/-..(-UNDER*THE*SINK!)?-..(PHILIP*/- ..-THEY*GIVE*ME*THE*(CREAPY *CRAWLER’S/-..&*LET*THE*RED*FOX*FUR*/-..-(FALL*AWAY*/-..-FROM*CUME*PLEATLY/- ..-(NU -DE*BODY!??_? -&*(HER*RED*/-..-(HAIR*ED*MUFF!?)_..-(&*the*RED*HAIR*ED*MOUSE!)?-..-WAITING*FOR*P(!? IIN *K*/-..-HIS*RED* EN TRY !?)_..-MAY*BE*?_>>-(ABOUT*4:OO PM!?)_..-(!?)-..-(THAT*DAY*BE-? ING*TUESDAY*(!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*FIVE: I -GUESS*IT’S*IN/-..-(MY*FATE*/-..-SHE*SAID*(!?)-..-DO*YOU*WANT*/-..-(SUM*HOT*COFFEE!? I*CON*STAN*LY*?-..-(ALL*WAY’S/-..-BEING*HARROW*ED/-..-(BYE*SEX!)?-../-&*GOD*DESS’S*- ”*&*THE*PHAN*TOM*/-..-(HAVE*BROKEN*UP/-..-&*I*NEED*SEX*)!?..(RIGHT*NOW/-..-ME*BU SILY/-..-(SEARCH*ING/-..FOR*IM*AGE*I*NARY*MOUSE/-..UNDER*SINK*ING/-..REAL*I*LI*ZAT ONS*THAT*NOTH*ING/-..-WAS*TRUE(!!!!!!!)?- ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*SIX: -SEEM*ING*LY/-..-ONE*MUST*BE*READY(!?)-..-(WHEN*THE*MUSE*SPEAKS/-..&*RE*SPOND-IN -G*T-O*&*LISTEN*VERY*CLOSE*LY/-..-(TO*THE*POET’S*TONGUE/-..-*TO*THE*WORD*COUNT *ED*F OR-M!?)?-..-&*NOTICE*/-..-MY*WORDS*/-..-(FLOW*OUT/-..-LIKE*WATER!)?-SEZ*YOU*MA- CKY*/-..-IN*SAC*RO*DE*SANT*BELIEF(!))?-..OKAY*DAR*LIN(!)?-.-(SO*GOOD*/-..-SO*WELL!?)- -&*WHEN*I*HEARD*/-..-THAT*LOUD*POP(!)?-..-IN*THE*REFRIGERATOR*/-..-THAT*GREG*THE*- GREEDY*ONE*/-..-ONE*OF*TWO*BROS*/-..-GAVE*ME*OUT*OF*GUILT(?)-..-(THAT*ALL*WAYS HAD*/-..-a*(SE*SMELL*/-..-MAY*BE*PLANTED*in*(?)..-AS*PRIVATE*PLOT(!????)-..-AS*SAM-E*DAY*SER*VICE -(???)-..-GANGS*(RUN*NING* AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO- R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND- NGS*(RUN*NING*AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO- R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-. ..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND- *ING*OVER*/-..-NOT*MY*THING*/-..-(BEING*EX*TREMLY*HETERO)!?-..-(AS*WOMAN’S*MYE? -LOVE*DARLIN’-..-&*THERE*SEEM’S/-..-NO*WAY*TO*FIX/-..-THE*ETERNAL*CLOCK/-..-EVEN*W- F/-..-A*SET*OF*ETER*NAL*KEYS/-..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-FROM*ROME/-..-&*EVEN*/-..-WRAPPED- N’/-..-(GOLD*FOIL*POPE’S*MONEY*LIRA)???-..-*EVEN*/-..WF’-(SOCRATES*PHILOSOPHY!)?-..-?? -OR*SOCRATES*PEBBLES*/-.,,-IN*BLOODY*MOUTH*(!)?-..-AS*ENGLISH*-**COCK****OLD(!)? -&*A*/-..(MOTHER’S*VER*BAL**IN*TENT*/-..-OR*USUAGE*/-..-OR*VISUAL*PROOF*/-..UV’*W ACO*MAMA*/-..&*COMMIE*MAMA*/-..-(WRAPPED*AROUND*/-..&*LOCKED*IN*/-..-LISBEAN *(LICK*A*LIKES*LUCK*)?-..-(&*THE*EARTH*CON*STANT*LY/-..-VIBRATE*ING/-..-OR*SHIM*ME- R*ING*/-..-FROM*SHALE*DIS*PLACE*MENTS/-..-CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAK*ES!)?-..-MAN*MA- -DE*/-..-THROUGH*OUT*EARTH’S*SUR*FACE’S(!)?-..-EVEN*IN*STATE*/-..-OF*OKLA*HOMA*)!? I*WONDER*/-..-HOW*MUCH*/-..(OIL*RIGHT’S*CAN*BE*/-..*RE*VERT*ED*)?-..-ASK*MY*SIS*T ER(!)????-..-WHO*MADE*DE*CIS*ION*/-..-TO*SELL*OIL*RIGHTS/-..-FOR*FREE(!)?-..-WITH*OUT? -(CON*SULT*ING*-ISSUES*/-..-WF’*ME(!)?-..-YEAH*-ED*RIE’S*MAE’S/-..*DAUGHTERS*DE*CIS* ION*/-..-..-YEAH*DAISY*MAE’S/-..-AL*CAP*/-..(FUNNY*PAPER’S/-..-LIL*AB*NER’S*BLONDE*JO- OURN*AL*IST*Y*JOY*(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*SEVEN: =THERE*YOU*R’/-..-(*AGAIN*/-..-(LIKE*A*REG*U*LAR*NEW’SPAP*ER*/..-GIVING*ME*FIRST*- PLACE*ON*YOUR*-(SPORT’S*PAGE/-..-PLAY*ING*-(THIRD*BASE*/-..FOR*JESUS!)?-..-&*RIDE*(!- ING*/-..-TO*HO*BOKEN*-(!?)_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..TO(PENN.STATION!)?_ES*PEC*I* LY/-..-ON*_(RAINY*DAY”S!)?_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..-(TO*GET*?BROOK*LYN*SQUARE ‘S/-..-(TO*GET*MYE*/-..-(POME*A*DORO?_>>FOR*THE*WEEK’S*TOMATO*ACID*I*T-IRON(!)? -THEN*WHEN/-..-LATER*IN*THE*NIGHT*/-..(LORRAINE*CALL’S*COMPLAIN*ING*UV’*PAIN(!?) )-..-(WITH*OUT*HOPE*/-..-(THAT*MAY*BE*/-..-(SHE’S*BEEN*/-..-(MIS*DIA*NOSED/-..THAT*MA -Y*BE*/-..-*SHE*DOES*NOT*/-..(HAVE*CANCER*/-..-STILL*ALIVE/-..-(AFTER*DOc’s/-GIVE*HER*- ONE*MORE*YEAR*/-..-(TO*LIVE*!)? -(CRY*ING*LIKE*HER*FEM*I*NINE/-..-(RAGGI*TY*ANNE* -!?)-..-(A*LITTLE*MORE/-..-(THAN*DIS*TURB*ING/-..=BUT*AFTER*/-..-TALK*ING*TO*JESUS(!?)_?- -I*DE*CIDED*TO*HEAT*/-..-(THE*SQUARES/-.-&*(DRINK*THE*COKE*/-..(ICE*COLD*$1.49*GI- ANT*DRINK*/-..-FOR*IT’S*SUGAR*CALORIES*/-..-(SO*BE*IT*WILLARD*RUFUS*/-..-(FROM*ALA -BAMA*/-..-(TRY*ING/-..-FOR*DY*ING/-..-(FOR*MYE*SWEET*LOR*RAINE*AL*WAY’S*NEVER’S. -YET*BRAVO*PIZZA*/-..AT*30TH*STREET/-..&*EIGHT*AVE/-..-MAKES*SOME*DAM*GOOD *** SI*CI*LIAN-*SQUARES(!)?-..-(SINCE*I*LIVED*A*YEAR/-..-(IN*ROME’S/-..-RE*CIVE*ING/-..-1986- PRIX*de*ROMA’S*(HONOR*FOR*PAINTING/-..DOING*104*/-..-(CON*STRUZ*ION*ES/-..-&*?- 100*SEPERATE*PAINTINGS(!)?-..-(SO*I*KNOW*WHAT*/-..-(I*AM*TALKING*ABOUT!)?-=*ME*-? PROF*ESSOR*EMIR*I*TUS(!)?-..&*WAS*ASKED*/-..-(TO*VISIT/-..-(TO*GIVE*MYE*O*PINION!?) -TO*THE*/-..-HEAD*HONCHO*RESTOR*IER/-..-UV’-(THE*SIS*TINE*CHAPEL*/-..-UV’*-(MECHALI- AN*A*LO(!)?-..-JAPAN*ESE*CHEMICALS*&*PAINT*/-..-TURN*ING*THE*MAEST*RO*/-..-INTO* (JAPANESE*TOILET*/-..-or*CHEAP*FAST*FOOD*/-..-I*TAL*IAN*GAB*I*NETTA(!)?-..-WHILE*UP*- ON*SCAFF*OLD*ING/-..-(CHIEF*RESTOR*IOR/-..-AFTER*HIS*QUEST*ION-.._IS*IT*GOOD*REST ORATION/-..-(“I*SAID*NO*/-..-YOU*HAVE*TAKEN*AWAY*TIME*/-..-&*CENTURIES*OF*IN*CE NSE*?_>>(YOU*IN*ESS*CENCE*HAVE*DES*TROY*/-..*-ED(!?)-..-*ME*COL*LO’S*WORK(!?)??? -(HUSH*HUSH*/-..-THOSE*PEOPLE/-...-(DOWN*BELOW*R’/-..-THE*MONEY*PEOPLE-&*MIGHT*- (HEAR*YOU*/-..-YOU*DAM*AMERICAN*ARTISTS*/-..-(R’*TOO*TRUTH*FULL)?-&*(I*LOOKED*A BASH*ED(!)?-..-&*(SHA*GRIN*NED/-..-&*APPALLED*(!)?--WHICH*REMINDS*ME/-..UV’*I*READ* IN*(FLORENTINE’S/-..PRIME*NEWS*PAPER/-..(THAT*20thCENTURY*ITAILAN*WORKERS/-..*HA- DRILLED*OUT*AT*BASE*UV’/-..(DU*O*MO*2!?)-..&*(THAT’S*WHY*IT*/-..-WAS*OPEN*ING*F- ROM*(TOP*LIKE*ORANGE!?)-..-&*(THE*ITALIAN’S*WERE*USING*STEEL*CABLES/-..-TO*TRY*T- O*TY*a*15*CENTURY*DUOMO*/-..(LIKE*HUMP*I*TY*DUMP*ITY/-..-BACK*TO*GETHER*AGA- IN(!)?-..wf’-..(20thCENTURY*/-..-PUN*IN*TEND*ED)?? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*EIGHT: -&*AGAIN*PHONE*RING*ING*AGAIN*/-..-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN-*AGAIN*/-..(IT’S*ME*HELE- N*LIEB*HABER*?-..-FROM*-(HOUSE*/-..-UV’*CRIM*ANAL*INSANE(!?)-..-(YOUNG*MAN*/-I*H-? OPE*YOU*DON’T*MIND*/-..-YOUNG*MAN*ME*CALLING*AGAIN*/-..AS*IT’S*WED*NES*DA Y*?_*&-..(AFTER*TUES*DAY!)?_..-&*(YOUNG*MAN*I*WANT*TO*STEAL(!?)_..-YOUR*HEART*A -WAY*(!?)_..-AS*IT’S*APRIL*26th*2017/-..-at*9:15AM(!)”?-..(Good*Morning*LOVE*!)?-..ER(!?)-& *AGAIN*/-..-(GOOD*MORN*ING*YOUNG*MAN!)?..-ME*DIZZY*FROM*THE(VERBAL*REPEATS )!?_..(MYE*TOES*CRAMP*ING*FROM*DIA*BETIS*WIGG*LING*/-..-IN*BED*/-..-!?)-..&*HOPE*I- ING*THEY*WOULD*NOT*/-..(BE*AMP*U*TATED*/-..-BYE*SOME*OVER*IN*DULGE*ANT*SUR- GEON*/-..(HIRED*BYE*SPECT*RUM*/-..3*WAY*PLAN!)?-..-PHONE/COM*PUTER/-T.V.(!)?-*YES?- *HELEN*WHAT*DO*YOU*WISH*/-..*NOW*/-..MYE*BOOK/-..(PER*TAIN*ING*TO*OUR*LOV- E*HAS*NOT*HIT*THE*(FRENCH*PRESSES*YET!)?-..-BUT*IN*I*TAL*IAN*YES(!)?-SO*YOUR*YOU NG*MAN*/-..(WILL*LOOK*GOOD!)_..-(WHILE*YOU*STEAL*HIS/-..-HEART*A*WAY(!)?-..*AD*? -NAUSE*UM(!)?-..-I*CAN’T*GIVE*YOU*BUT/-..n(SEVEN*MINUTES!?)-..-(BE*CAUSE*YOU*CALLE- D*ALL*NIGHT*?..-SAY*ING/-..-WAKE*UP*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*DON’T*REMIND*ME*/-..UV’*Y EARS*THAT*HAVE*FLOWN*BYE*/-..-(SINCE*YOU*/-..-WERE*19!?)-..-(RARE*IN*TO*GO(!?)_-??? ANY*WHERE*FROM*BREN*TAN*OS/-..-(WF*ME*TO*BE*COME*POET!)?-..(OH!?-THOSE*WER- THE*DAY’S!)?_..-(EH!)?-..-&*(YOU*SAID*/-..THE*ONLY*WAY/-..-(YOU*COULD*SEE*ME*/-BE*C AUSE*OF*HELENA*(!)?-..-WAS*TO*POSE*/-..&*LET*ME*PAINT*YOU(!))?..-HELLO*OLD*GIRL(?) -WE*?(DID*IT*YOU*WF’*BAD*SENT*I*MENT/-..-(GERMAN*FARM*GIRL’D/-..-&*(I*AN*FRESH* OKIE?*FOND*LING*YOUR*KISSES*/-..-AT*EVERY*BREAK*/-..YOU*WANT*ED/-..-BEYOND*TB*- ’S*DE-STRUCTIVE*/-..(BALLARD’S*BIS*QUITS!)?-..-&*I*WARN*ED*YOU*-(NOT*TO!)?_..-BUT*YOU*WOU-D*NOT*LISTEN(!)”?-..(&*YOU*-GAVE*me*YOUR*?_-*BEST_*HEART*AWAY(!)? .-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*NINE: -HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-(lets*Have*a*Des*cent*CON*VERSATION*YOU*LIS*TEN*ING*ME *TALK*ING*/-..-YOU*LIST*EN*ING*/-..-(ME*TALK*ING!!!!)?-..&*-(DO*I*HAVE*TO*RE*PEAT?_? -(BALABB/-..ER?)_..(BABBER*ER?)_..(BLAB*BER-ER!!!?)-..--HELLO*YOUNG*MAN/-..-DO*YOU*WA NT*ME*TO*GET*OUTTA*HERE*/-..-&*COME*BE*WITH*YOU(!)?-..-(RE*MEMBER*ING*HER*AT- 19*YRS./-..-NOW*71*YRS./-..-&*(GUARD*ING*THE*(ART*BOX*STATION?)..-WF’*ONLY*A*FE- W*SCRAG*GLY*HAIRS*ON*HEAD!)-..-FROM*(TIMES’*E*RAISE*MENT?)_..-VERY*FEW*TEETH*- MEAN*ING*/-..TO*GUM*IT(!)????..-&*(NOT*HEAR*ING*A*LICK?)-..-&*I*STILL*USE*NO*DEO- DER*ANT*/-..-R*WASH*AT*MY*YOUNG*AGE(!)?-..-(YOUNG*MAN!)?-..-ALSO*RE*MEMBER*IN G*ARIS*(YOUNG*STRONG*SMELLING*/-..-ARIES*GIRL*STUDENT*/-..AT*-(Art*Students*LEAU-? GUE*-..-(WHERE*I*TAUGHT*FOR*25*YEARS*A*LIFE*CLASS!)?_..-&*I*AM*NOT*AD*VER*SED? TO*-/-..(FE*MALES*IN*HEAT*/-..-&*SOME*FE*MINE*SMELLS*/-..-IN*DE*SIRE*/-..-TO*COP*U*- LATE*(!)?-..-WHICH*ARIES*LIVED*IN*(!?)-..-(DRUG*GE*STASH*HOUSE*BLDG./-..-IN*(LOWER*? GRUNGE*BLDG./-..-&*EVEN*I*/-..-ASKED*HER*/-..TO*GO*WASH*/-..(FOR*MYE*SAKE!?)_..?? -AS*SOME*TIMES*PEOPLE*/-..-(LIVE*SO*LONG!?)_..-(WITH*OUT*WASH*ING/-..-CAN*NO*L0 NGER*SMELL*THEM*SELVES()?-..&*(-HAVE*TO*BE*RE*MIND*ED/-..-IF*THEY*STILL*WANT*A*- FEW*FRIENDS*/-..-THIS*IS*NECES*SARY(!)?-..-(SWEET*SWEAT*CLEAN*MEAT!)?_..-LOWER*EAS -T*SIDE*MAN*HATTAN(!)?-..&*SOME*TIMES*/-..-DREAM*HEAVEN*TIS*POSSIBLE(!?)-..-THANK* GOD*/-..FOR*THIS*APPLE*MAC*/-..-PUT*IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..-WHILE*I*WAS*/-..-UP*STATE*-? AD*I*ROND*ACKS/-..IN*SUMMER-***/-..1999(!?)-..-WHEN*I*CAME*BACK*/-..IN*SEPT./-COU- D*N’T*GET*MY*16’/-.-(FRESH*WATER*PLASTIC*CHALLENGER/-..-IN*NYC>-..-BECAUSE*COM*- PUT-TER*/-..WAS*BLOCK*ING*MY*EN*TRAD*A(!!!!?)?-..(SMALL*LOFT*BUILD*ING*PLACE!?)-..? -HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*********-ETC. ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*TEN: &*-SHE*JUST*KEPT*ON*/-..-ON*TALK*ING*/-..-*ON*PHONE(!)?-..-WHILE*BETTY*BLANK/-..-JU- ST*KEPT*ON*PAINT*ING/-..-HER*P.H.D./-..BROOK*LYN*(DRIVE*IN**PAINT*ING-..-(AS*STUD-? ENT*OF*MYNE/-..THAT*THROUGH*THE*YEARS/-..HAS*MARRIED* _>*MOVED*TO*/-..* -STATE*of*NEW- JERSEY(!)?-WHICH*LEADS*ME- TO*SAY*/-.-THAT*I*MIGHT*BE*/-..THE*O*RIGIN(!!!???)_AL*(?)?- *I*NAL*ADAM -*BEING*BORN*/-..WITH*OUT*SECOND*RIB*/-..N’/-..*Pauls*Valley* OKLAH-? */- .VIA*DR.VACHEL*LIND*SEY/-..OR*IN*NYC*/- ..,-WITH*FIRST*RIB**CON*G-ENT*I*TI*LY*- -*MISSING*/-..BUT*THE*THINK*ING*/-.. -THAT*ALL*ARTIST’s/-..have*to*Have*SOME?-DE*M- AIMED*ED/-..-*PHY*I*CAL*/-..-N’*CAPLE*MENT*?_..-TIS*NOT*ONLY*STUPID*/-..-BUT*a*MALE *FaRction*Uv’*Bi-B*(!?)- -*I*CAL**BIBLE*MAL*FACTION(!)?_..&-(MIGHT*BE*some*UV’/-..-THE*21ST**CENTURY*PSYCH- O*FACTIONS*/-..-THE*WORLD,*WON’T*WANT*/-..-TO*BE*A*TOU*LOUSE*/-..-OR*BIGOT*ED *JEAL*OUS*/-..-(LOOK*AT*HIS*/-..-*MAL*FARCT*ION/-..-(YEAH*!?-..*BABY*OF*THE*PHANT*- OM*OPERA(!)?-..-&*IT*MIGHT*CAUSE-/-..-(SECOND*THOUGHTS?)?-..-(SO*BE*IT*STANLEY*)!?? BUT*SOME*R”*?_>>_-ALL*WAY”S/-..-(SECOND*GUESS*ING*/-..-A*FIRST*REAL*A*L*_*ITY)??? -LIKE*MUDDY*WATER’S/-ONLY*THE*BOY’S/CAN*TELL*HOW*MUDDY*-...*H2O*CAN*GET(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -..*POEM*11: -&*(ALL*POEMS*/-..-ARE*WRITTEN/-..-(ELSE*WIZE*?)_..-(BREAK*ING*RULES*/-..-UV’*CLASSI*CAL*/-STAND*ARD/-..****QUA*TRAIN)!? -&*NOT*TO*BE*CHANGED*/-..-(BYE*ANY*ONE*/-PUBLIS*ER*/-*SON*SANDRO/-*BERT*ETC).- OR*(OTHER*IDIOTS?)?-WHERE*THE*EGO*..--TIS*BIGGER*THN*THEIR*INTELL*ECTS(!)? -(GIVE*ME*LIB*ER*TY/-..-WF’/-.-.*WORD’S*/-..---OR*GIVE*ME*LIT*ER*AL*HIERARCHICAL*/-..-DEATH(!?)-? -UNCLE*SAM*STILL*SAYS/-..WF’*FINGER*POINTING/-STRAIGHT*AT*YOU*AMERICA(!)? -(PAT*RICK*HENRY*/-..-(SAY’S*I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-MAY*BE*-SHERRO’DS*RIGHT(!)? -..-*POEM*12: -SOME*SAY*/-..-DOES*HE*MEAN*IT(!?)?-..-(DOUBLE*ARIES*SHARI*/-..IN*FLORIDA*?_>>SAY”- *”S*YES(!)?_-HELEN*LIEB.-.._IN-*(HOUSE*OF*IN*SANE/-..-SAYS*(HER*MOTHER*SAYS*YES!))? -AS*AN*ARIES*DE*FUNCT(!)?-..-AMONG*THE*RED*POSIES(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -POEM*13: -&*I*Say*YES(!)?-..-(RIGHT*SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..DO*GOOD*ER*BLACK*/-..-*N*EAST*HARLEM- *GROUP*/-..-(TRY*ING*TO*BRING*BACK*HARLEM’S*MUSIC*/-..-OF*DAY’S*ELE*GANCE/-..*? (DUKE*EL*LING*TON*SMOOTH*EASY*SPEAK*/-..-(WE*GOT*IT*/-..-LIKE*YOU*WANT*IT!?)_?- &*CAN*NOT*/-..-HAVE*IT*EVER*A*GAIN*(!?)-..-THE*5*BROOK*LYN*(WOMAN*SUFFRAGE*? )_-DO*GOODER*GROUP(!?)_..-(DOWN*IN*BROOK*LYN*!)?_..-&*WE*WANT*IT*BACK*/-..-LKE*RUSSIAN*PIANO(!)_>>-HOSI*M-OPH*HANO*BEAM*AH-*/-..-SERIAL*NUMBER-..-?YES*(247422-38)?..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-(BYE*LOVER?)-..-UV*-*PUTIN’S*LOVE*/-..-?-(DON’T*TELL*U>S>A>*ANY*THING(!)?-..&*TRUMP’S*RED*HAIR*ED*TOP(?)))) -FINI*!? .-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA -46*th*BOOK:-..-(SLUSH*MOUTH!)? artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER.-13*POEMS-..*1ST*EDITION. (C)COPYRIGHT.-..(2017).



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ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come

 from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?

..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-

(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?

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..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-

..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..

-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-

..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-

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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(!?)

-POEM*ONE-

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*TYPYED*UP/-..-ON*QUALITY*POETS/-..-(*PAPER!?)-..-(*HER

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GRIN*WAS*ALL*OVER/-..-(MYE*BI*QUS*PIDS?)-..NOT*TO*MENTION/-..WERE*SMARTING!)!?

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OM*CALI*FORN*INA/-..-(WANT*ING*ME/-..-(-TO*LISTEN*TO*HER*MASTUR*BATE!)?-..-(ME*C-

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-(ME*NOT*KNOWING*RETIRE*MENT/-..-(OR*HOW*TO*FILL*OUT-PAINTER/POET/COMPOSER-

-(*FORM*)!?-..(DEATH*LOOKING*AT*ME/-..-LIKE*IT*LOOK*ED/-..-AT*(BILL*PAXTON/-..MYE*C-OLLECTOR*/-..-FROM*(SURGERY*COMPLI* CATIONS/-..-(!?)-THAT*/-..-DRINKING ITALIAN**YELLOW*OILO/-. .-DIDN’T*SOLVE/-.._*US*-?-AT*(GRAND*CENTRAL’S*CIPPRI*ANNI’S/- ..-LADY’LOUSIE*/-..(!?)--NEW*BERRY’S/-..(RUBBING*MYE*LEG’S/-..-UN

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-ON*THE*GO/-..(-ALL*WAYS*ON/-..(THE*GO*!)?-..(ALL*WAY’S*GOING*SOME*WHERE!)?-..*-

DROP*ING/-..(THE*TOILET*PAPER/-.-FOR*THINGS*/-..(THERE*A*BOUTS!)?-..-TRYING*TO*KEEP - *IT *CIVIL(!)?/-..(LIKE*AES*C*HYL*LUS!)?-..-PUTTING*ON*MYE*/-BLACK*NYC*CAP!)?-..THIS*M-

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COM*PLI*CATIONS/-..-(WHILE*IN*SURGERY!)-..-IN*CALI*FORN*I*IA..(-LOUISE*BITING/-HER*-

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HAPH*/-..-(LIKE*EUROPEAN*SHROUDS*HEAD?)-..-BILL’S*HEAD*SPIN*NING/-..-LIKE*OKLA*HO

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!)?-..-(HER*AGOG/-..-&*PLEASURE*SMILING!)?-..ME*SAD*/-..-&*(DOWN*TRODDEN/-..-*LOSIN-

G*ONE*OF/-..-(MYE*BEST*GIRLS*/-..-(LIKE*BLOOD*RED*PIGS/-..-*HEART!)?..-ON-(ANIS”S*HO -G *FARM(!)?..-&*(REMEM*BER*ING/-.._(HITCH*HIKE*ING/-..-(SHE*SAID/-..-&*(LEFT*IN*FRON-

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-TO*BECOME*A*KINDA*/-..(YOU*LOUISE*CHICK?_>>OF*?>>(ONE*OF*MYE*PAINTINGS!(?)-

IN*CAN_CAN*ATTIRE*(!?))-..-LEG”S*OPEN*TO?_>(MAN’orWOMAN’S*DESIRE!)?-SO*SEZ*YO>

&*SO*(SOME*ONE*SHOULD*‘AVE*SAID/-..OR*TAUGHT*THE*CROW*/-..-(AT*TOP*-..UV’*-..? *ROOM!?_..TO*CROW*ABOUT*--HIS*FANCY*(DOUBLE*TALKING*TUNE!)?-..-(WITH*OUT*SPLI-

T*TING/-..(!?)-..(HIS*TONGUE*/-..-TO*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MORE*BILL*/-..-YOUR*NO*PARROT(!)?-

EVEN*BYE*BUYING*KELLY*?_?AS-(YOUR*HEART”S*FULL*FILL*MENT*/-..-N’(RED*STOCKINGS?

-SHE*SAID*/-..-(THAT*LOUISE*APPROVED/-WF’-HANDS*DOWN/-..&*(RED*GARTER*BELT*?-???_????)

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POEM*THREE-

I*SHOULD’NT*/-..-AVE’*BEEN*THERE(!)?-..-ME*ALL*STEAM*ING*HOT*/-..WF’*/-..DIA*BETES??

-AT*THREE*-0*CLOCKam.-..(IN*MORN*ING!)?-..(THREE*HOOTS/-..-FOR(*OLD*BOY*SCOUTS*/-

NEAR*FT.*SMITH,-..*AR*KAN*SAW(!)?-..-COLLECT*ING*/-..(MYE*WITS*&*LONG*EARED*BA-?

TS!)?-..AS*SPECI*MANS/-..-(GREAT*HORNED*OWL’S/-..-(*PELLETS*/-..GRATI*FIED/-..(BYE*PRO-

B*ING*NEEDLE*/-..-(THE*SHIN*BONE/-..-CONNECTED*TO*LEG*BONE)-..CONNECTED*TO*F0

-OT*BONE*SCATS*(!)?-..(BUT*BOY’S/-..-WILL*BE*BOYS!?)?-..-&*(DAVY*BOWLIN’S*CHAMP*IO -N-*SHIP(!)?-..IT*WAS*SO*COLD/-..N*-(DEM*DAYS*/-..OH*HOW*THE*(HOT*COFFEE*TASTES-SO-?-

GOOD(!)?

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POEM*FOUR-

-BUT*(LOCKED*IN*TO*RED*GRANITE*ROCKS/?-..-(SWEEZ*ING*MY*RIB*CAGE/-..-LIKE*(GO-N  N-A/-..-(BE*/-..-*BORE*D/-?..-AS* -IN*..?-(TO*MORROW’S/-..-*FORE*SHORE*/-..-LIKE* I - HEAR-? HEAR*NG/-..*VOICES*/-..-(N’*N.Y>C?/-..-*LATER*/-..(-ON*DARK*GREEN/-..-(FIRE*ESCAPE!?)-..-

-(CALL*THEM*NUDE*QUAKES/-..-(LIKE*MYE*PAINTINGS?-..-IN*OILS/-..-OR*ACRY*LICS/-(RED*-

*M-USTER!)???-..-&(SUCH*DARK*CAVES/-..-VOICE*ING/-..-(LIKE*BAT’S/-..-(CHEE*CHEE*CHEE)!?-

CON*FUSE*ION/-..-N’-(LOWER*MAN*HATTAN’S/-..-(PUERTO*RICO’S/-..-DRUGG*ED*LAMENT?

)(THINKING*COM*PLAIN*INGS/-..-THE*WAY*TO*GO/-..--IN*SING*SONG/-..-TRUTH*VERSUS*

VER*SUS*/-..-(LIFE*COULD*BE/-..-&*WOULD*BE*DIFF*ER*ENT(!)?-..-(FOR*SHIRLEY*SMITH/-..-FR

KANSAS*&*-(HOL*STEIN*COWS!)?-..-&*(I*AGREE*ED/-..-WF’*HER*-..*ASS*UMPTION/-..BE*C-

AUSE*SHE*WANT*ED/-..-&*WAS*STANDING*NUDE*(!?)?_..-THE*PHAM*TOM’/-..-(+HAD*BOU GHT*HIS*MISTRESS/-..-A*RED**FOX*COAT/-..-(-FULL*LENGHT?_>>BUT*SAID* ?_>>(PLEASE*-??

KILL*THE*-..THE*MOUSE*/-..(-UNDER*THE*SINK!)?-..(PHILIP*/- ..-THEY*GIVE*ME*THE*(CREAPY  *CRAWLER’S/-..&*LET*THE*RED*FOX*FUR*/-..-(FALL*AWAY*/-..-FROM*CUME*PLEATLY/- ..-(NU  -DE*BODY!??_?

-&*(HER*RED*/-..-(HAIR*ED*MUFF!?)_..-(&*the*RED*HAIR*ED*MOUSE!)?-..-WAITING*FOR*P(!? IIN *K*/-..-HIS*RED* EN TRY !?)_..-MAY*BE*?_>>-(ABOUT*4:OO PM!?)_..-(!?)-..-(THAT*DAY*BE-?

ING*TUESDAY*(!)?

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POEM*FIVE:

I -GUESS*IT’S*IN/-..-(MY*FATE*/-..-SHE*SAID*(!?)-..-DO*YOU*WANT*/-..-(SUM*HOT*COFFEE!?

I*CON*STAN*LY*?-..-(ALL*WAY’S/-..-BEING*HARROW*ED/-..-(BYE*SEX!)?-../-&*GOD*DESS’S*- ”*&*THE*PHAN*TOM*/-..-(HAVE*BROKEN*UP/-..-&*I*NEED*SEX*)!?..(RIGHT*NOW/-..-ME*BU

SILY/-..-(SEARCH*ING/-..FOR*IM*AGE*I*NARY*MOUSE/-..UNDER*SINK*ING/-..REAL*I*LI*ZAT

ONS*THAT*NOTH*ING/-..-WAS*TRUE(!!!!!!!)?-

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POEM*SIX:

-SEEM*ING*LY/-..-ONE*MUST*BE*READY(!?)-..-(WHEN*THE*MUSE*SPEAKS/-..&*RE*SPOND-IN -G*T-O*&*LISTEN*VERY*CLOSE*LY/-..-(TO*THE*POET’S*TONGUE/-..-*TO*THE*WORD*COUNT *ED*F OR-M!?)?-..-&*NOTICE*/-..-MY*WORDS*/-..-(FLOW*OUT/-..-LIKE*WATER!)?-SEZ*YOU*MA-

CKY*/-..-IN*SAC*RO*DE*SANT*BELIEF(!))?-..OKAY*DAR*LIN(!)?-.-(SO*GOOD*/-..-SO*WELL!?)-

-&*WHEN*I*HEARD*/-..-THAT*LOUD*POP(!)?-..-IN*THE*REFRIGERATOR*/-..-THAT*GREG*THE*-

GREEDY*ONE*/-..-ONE*OF*TWO*BROS*/-..-GAVE*ME*OUT*OF*GUILT(?)-..-(THAT*ALL*WAYS

HAD*/-..-a*(SE*SMELL*/-..-MAY*BE*PLANTED*in*(?)..-AS*PRIVATE*PLOT(!????)-..-AS*SAM-E*DAY*SER*VICE -(???)-..-GANGS*(RUN*NING* AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO-

R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND-

NGS*(RUN*NING*AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO-

R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-.

..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND-

*ING*OVER*/-..-NOT*MY*THING*/-..-(BEING*EX*TREMLY*HETERO)!?-..-(AS*WOMAN’S*MYE?

-LOVE*DARLIN’-..-&*THERE*SEEM’S/-..-NO*WAY*TO*FIX/-..-THE*ETERNAL*CLOCK/-..-EVEN*W-

F/-..-A*SET*OF*ETER*NAL*KEYS/-..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-FROM*ROME/-..-&*EVEN*/-..-WRAPPED-

N’/-..-(GOLD*FOIL*POPE’S*MONEY*LIRA)???-..-*EVEN*/-..WF’-(SOCRATES*PHILOSOPHY!)?-..-??

-OR*SOCRATES*PEBBLES*/-.,,-IN*BLOODY*MOUTH*(!)?-..-AS*ENGLISH*-**COCK****OLD(!)?

-&*A*/-..(MOTHER’S*VER*BAL**IN*TENT*/-..-OR*USUAGE*/-..-OR*VISUAL*PROOF*/-..UV’*W

ACO*MAMA*/-..&*COMMIE*MAMA*/-..-(WRAPPED*AROUND*/-..&*LOCKED*IN*/-..-LISBEAN

*(LICK*A*LIKES*LUCK*)?-..-(&*THE*EARTH*CON*STANT*LY/-..-VIBRATE*ING/-..-OR*SHIM*ME-

R*ING*/-..-FROM*SHALE*DIS*PLACE*MENTS/-..-CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAK*ES!)?-..-MAN*MA-

-DE*/-..-THROUGH*OUT*EARTH’S*SUR*FACE’S(!)?-..-EVEN*IN*STATE*/-..-OF*OKLA*HOMA*)!?

I*WONDER*/-..-HOW*MUCH*/-..(OIL*RIGHT’S*CAN*BE*/-..*RE*VERT*ED*)?-..-ASK*MY*SIS*T

ER(!)????-..-WHO*MADE*DE*CIS*ION*/-..-TO*SELL*OIL*RIGHTS/-..-FOR*FREE(!)?-..-WITH*OUT?

-(CON*SULT*ING*-ISSUES*/-..-WF’*ME(!)?-..-YEAH*-ED*RIE’S*MAE’S/-..*DAUGHTERS*DE*CIS*

ION*/-..-..-YEAH*DAISY*MAE’S/-..-AL*CAP*/-..(FUNNY*PAPER’S/-..-LIL*AB*NER’S*BLONDE*JO-

OURN*AL*IST*Y*JOY*(!)?

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POEM*SEVEN:

=THERE*YOU*R’/-..-(*AGAIN*/-..-(LIKE*A*REG*U*LAR*NEW’SPAP*ER*/..-GIVING*ME*FIRST*-

PLACE*ON*YOUR*-(SPORT’S*PAGE/-..-PLAY*ING*-(THIRD*BASE*/-..FOR*JESUS!)?-..-&*RIDE*(!-

ING*/-..-TO*HO*BOKEN*-(!?)_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..TO(PENN.STATION!)?_ES*PEC*I*

LY/-..-ON*_(RAINY*DAY”S!)?_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..-(TO*GET*?BROOK*LYN*SQUARE

‘S/-..-(TO*GET*MYE*/-..-(POME*A*DORO?_>>FOR*THE*WEEK’S*TOMATO*ACID*I*T-IRON(!)?

-THEN*WHEN/-..-LATER*IN*THE*NIGHT*/-..(LORRAINE*CALL’S*COMPLAIN*ING*UV’*PAIN(!?)

)-..-(WITH*OUT*HOPE*/-..-(THAT*MAY*BE*/-..-(SHE’S*BEEN*/-..-(MIS*DIA*NOSED/-..THAT*MA

-Y*BE*/-..-*SHE*DOES*NOT*/-..(HAVE*CANCER*/-..-STILL*ALIVE/-..-(AFTER*DOc’s/-GIVE*HER*-

ONE*MORE*YEAR*/-..-(TO*LIVE*!)? -(CRY*ING*LIKE*HER*FEM*I*NINE/-..-(RAGGI*TY*ANNE*

-!?)-..-(A*LITTLE*MORE/-..-(THAN*DIS*TURB*ING/-..=BUT*AFTER*/-..-TALK*ING*TO*JESUS(!?)_?-

-I*DE*CIDED*TO*HEAT*/-..-(THE*SQUARES/-.-&*(DRINK*THE*COKE*/-..(ICE*COLD*$1.49*GI-

ANT*DRINK*/-..-FOR*IT’S*SUGAR*CALORIES*/-..-(SO*BE*IT*WILLARD*RUFUS*/-..-(FROM*ALA

-BAMA*/-..-(TRY*ING/-..-FOR*DY*ING/-..-(FOR*MYE*SWEET*LOR*RAINE*AL*WAY’S*NEVER’S.

-YET*BRAVO*PIZZA*/-..AT*30TH*STREET/-..&*EIGHT*AVE/-..-MAKES*SOME*DAM*GOOD *** SI*CI*LIAN-*SQUARES(!)?-..-(SINCE*I*LIVED*A*YEAR/-..-(IN*ROME’S/-..-RE*CIVE*ING/-..-1986-

PRIX*de*ROMA’S*(HONOR*FOR*PAINTING/-..DOING*104*/-..-(CON*STRUZ*ION*ES/-..-&*?-

100*SEPERATE*PAINTINGS(!)?-..-(SO*I*KNOW*WHAT*/-..-(I*AM*TALKING*ABOUT!)?-=*ME*-?

PROF*ESSOR*EMIR*I*TUS(!)?-..&*WAS*ASKED*/-..-(TO*VISIT/-..-(TO*GIVE*MYE*O*PINION!?)

-TO*THE*/-..-HEAD*HONCHO*RESTOR*IER/-..-UV’-(THE*SIS*TINE*CHAPEL*/-..-UV’*-(MECHALI-

AN*A*LO(!)?-..-JAPAN*ESE*CHEMICALS*&*PAINT*/-..-TURN*ING*THE*MAEST*RO*/-..-INTO*

(JAPANESE*TOILET*/-..-or*CHEAP*FAST*FOOD*/-..-I*TAL*IAN*GAB*I*NETTA(!)?-..-WHILE*UP*-

ON*SCAFF*OLD*ING/-..-(CHIEF*RESTOR*IOR/-..-AFTER*HIS*QUEST*ION-.._IS*IT*GOOD*REST

ORATION/-..-(“I*SAID*NO*/-..-YOU*HAVE*TAKEN*AWAY*TIME*/-..-&*CENTURIES*OF*IN*CE

NSE*?_>>(YOU*IN*ESS*CENCE*HAVE*DES*TROY*/-..*-ED(!?)-..-*ME*COL*LO’S*WORK(!?)???

-(HUSH*HUSH*/-..-THOSE*PEOPLE/-...-(DOWN*BELOW*R’/-..-THE*MONEY*PEOPLE-&*MIGHT*-

(HEAR*YOU*/-..-YOU*DAM*AMERICAN*ARTISTS*/-..-(R’*TOO*TRUTH*FULL)?-&*(I*LOOKED*A

BASH*ED(!)?-..-&*(SHA*GRIN*NED/-..-&*APPALLED*(!)?--WHICH*REMINDS*ME/-..UV’*I*READ*

IN*(FLORENTINE’S/-..PRIME*NEWS*PAPER/-..(THAT*20thCENTURY*ITAILAN*WORKERS/-..*HA-

DRILLED*OUT*AT*BASE*UV’/-..(DU*O*MO*2!?)-..&*(THAT’S*WHY*IT*/-..-WAS*OPEN*ING*F-

ROM*(TOP*LIKE*ORANGE!?)-..-&*(THE*ITALIAN’S*WERE*USING*STEEL*CABLES/-..-TO*TRY*T-

O*TY*a*15*CENTURY*DUOMO*/-..(LIKE*HUMP*I*TY*DUMP*ITY/-..-BACK*TO*GETHER*AGA-

IN(!)?-..wf’-..(20thCENTURY*/-..-PUN*IN*TEND*ED)??

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POEM*EIGHT:

-&*AGAIN*PHONE*RING*ING*AGAIN*/-..-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN-*AGAIN*/-..(IT’S*ME*HELE-

N*LIEB*HABER*?-..-FROM*-(HOUSE*/-..-UV’*CRIM*ANAL*INSANE(!?)-..-(YOUNG*MAN*/-I*H-?

OPE*YOU*DON’T*MIND*/-..-YOUNG*MAN*ME*CALLING*AGAIN*/-..AS*IT’S*WED*NES*DA

Y*?_*&-..(AFTER*TUES*DAY!)?_..-&*(YOUNG*MAN*I*WANT*TO*STEAL(!?)_..-YOUR*HEART*A

-WAY*(!?)_..-AS*IT’S*APRIL*26th*2017/-..-at*9:15AM(!)”?-..(Good*Morning*LOVE*!)?-..ER(!?)-&

*AGAIN*/-..-(GOOD*MORN*ING*YOUNG*MAN!)?..-ME*DIZZY*FROM*THE(VERBAL*REPEATS

)!?_..(MYE*TOES*CRAMP*ING*FROM*DIA*BETIS*WIGG*LING*/-..-IN*BED*/-..-!?)-..&*HOPE*I-

ING*THEY*WOULD*NOT*/-..(BE*AMP*U*TATED*/-..-BYE*SOME*OVER*IN*DULGE*ANT*SUR-

GEON*/-..(HIRED*BYE*SPECT*RUM*/-..3*WAY*PLAN!)?-..-PHONE/COM*PUTER/-T.V.(!)?-*YES?-

*HELEN*WHAT*DO*YOU*WISH*/-..*NOW*/-..MYE*BOOK/-..(PER*TAIN*ING*TO*OUR*LOV-

E*HAS*NOT*HIT*THE*(FRENCH*PRESSES*YET!)?-..-BUT*IN*I*TAL*IAN*YES(!)?-SO*YOUR*YOU

NG*MAN*/-..(WILL*LOOK*GOOD!)_..-(WHILE*YOU*STEAL*HIS/-..-HEART*A*WAY(!)?-..*AD*?

-NAUSE*UM(!)?-..-I*CAN’T*GIVE*YOU*BUT/-..n(SEVEN*MINUTES!?)-..-(BE*CAUSE*YOU*CALLE-

D*ALL*NIGHT*?..-SAY*ING/-..-WAKE*UP*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*DON’T*REMIND*ME*/-..UV’*Y

EARS*THAT*HAVE*FLOWN*BYE*/-..-(SINCE*YOU*/-..-WERE*19!?)-..-(RARE*IN*TO*GO(!?)_-???

ANY*WHERE*FROM*BREN*TAN*OS/-..-(WF*ME*TO*BE*COME*POET!)?-..(OH!?-THOSE*WER-

THE*DAY’S!)?_..-(EH!)?-..-&*(YOU*SAID*/-..THE*ONLY*WAY/-..-(YOU*COULD*SEE*ME*/-BE*C

AUSE*OF*HELENA*(!)?-..-WAS*TO*POSE*/-..&*LET*ME*PAINT*YOU(!))?..-HELLO*OLD*GIRL(?) 

-WE*?(DID*IT*YOU*WF’*BAD*SENT*I*MENT/-..-(GERMAN*FARM*GIRL’D/-..-&*(I*AN*FRESH*

OKIE?*FOND*LING*YOUR*KISSES*/-..-AT*EVERY*BREAK*/-..YOU*WANT*ED/-..-BEYOND*TB*-

’S*DE-STRUCTIVE*/-..(BALLARD’S*BIS*QUITS!)?-..-&*I*WARN*ED*YOU*-(NOT*TO!)?_..-BUT*YOU*WOU-D*NOT*LISTEN(!)”?-..(&*YOU*-GAVE*me*YOUR*?_-*BEST_*HEART*AWAY(!)?

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POEM*NINE:

-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-(lets*Have*a*Des*cent*CON*VERSATION*YOU*LIS*TEN*ING*ME

*TALK*ING*/-..-YOU*LIST*EN*ING*/-..-(ME*TALK*ING!!!!)?-..&*-(DO*I*HAVE*TO*RE*PEAT?_?

-(BALABB/-..ER?)_..(BABBER*ER?)_..(BLAB*BER-ER!!!?)-..--HELLO*YOUNG*MAN/-..-DO*YOU*WA

NT*ME*TO*GET*OUTTA*HERE*/-..-&*COME*BE*WITH*YOU(!)?-..-(RE*MEMBER*ING*HER*AT-

19*YRS./-..-NOW*71*YRS./-..-&*(GUARD*ING*THE*(ART*BOX*STATION?)..-WF’*ONLY*A*FE-

W*SCRAG*GLY*HAIRS*ON*HEAD!)-..-FROM*(TIMES’*E*RAISE*MENT?)_..-VERY*FEW*TEETH*-

MEAN*ING*/-..TO*GUM*IT(!)????..-&*(NOT*HEAR*ING*A*LICK?)-..-&*I*STILL*USE*NO*DEO-

DER*ANT*/-..-R*WASH*AT*MY*YOUNG*AGE(!)?-..-(YOUNG*MAN!)?-..-ALSO*RE*MEMBER*IN

G*ARIS*(YOUNG*STRONG*SMELLING*/-..-ARIES*GIRL*STUDENT*/-..AT*-(Art*Students*LEAU-?

GUE*-..-(WHERE*I*TAUGHT*FOR*25*YEARS*A*LIFE*CLASS!)?_..-&*I*AM*NOT*AD*VER*SED?

TO*-/-..(FE*MALES*IN*HEAT*/-..-&*SOME*FE*MINE*SMELLS*/-..-IN*DE*SIRE*/-..-TO*COP*U*-

LATE*(!)?-..-WHICH*ARIES*LIVED*IN*(!?)-..-(DRUG*GE*STASH*HOUSE*BLDG./-..-IN*(LOWER*?

GRUNGE*BLDG./-..-&*EVEN*I*/-..-ASKED*HER*/-..TO*GO*WASH*/-..(FOR*MYE*SAKE!?)_..??

-AS*SOME*TIMES*PEOPLE*/-..-(LIVE*SO*LONG!?)_..-(WITH*OUT*WASH*ING/-..-CAN*NO*L0

NGER*SMELL*THEM*SELVES()?-..&*(-HAVE*TO*BE*RE*MIND*ED/-..-IF*THEY*STILL*WANT*A*- FEW*FRIENDS*/-..-THIS*IS*NECES*SARY(!)?-..-(SWEET*SWEAT*CLEAN*MEAT!)?_..-LOWER*EAS

-T*SIDE*MAN*HATTAN(!)?-..&*SOME*TIMES*/-..-DREAM*HEAVEN*TIS*POSSIBLE(!?)-..-THANK*

GOD*/-..FOR*THIS*APPLE*MAC*/-..-PUT*IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..-WHILE*I*WAS*/-..-UP*STATE*-?

AD*I*ROND*ACKS/-..IN*SUMMER-***/-..1999(!?)-..-WHEN*I*CAME*BACK*/-..IN*SEPT./-COU-

D*N’T*GET*MY*16’/-.-(FRESH*WATER*PLASTIC*CHALLENGER/-..-IN*NYC>-..-BECAUSE*COM*- PUT-TER*/-..WAS*BLOCK*ING*MY*EN*TRAD*A(!!!!?)?-..(SMALL*LOFT*BUILD*ING*PLACE!?)-..?

-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*********-ETC.

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POEM*TEN:

&*-SHE*JUST*KEPT*ON*/-..-ON*TALK*ING*/-..-*ON*PHONE(!)?-..-WHILE*BETTY*BLANK/-..-JU-

ST*KEPT*ON*PAINT*ING/-..-HER*P.H.D./-..BROOK*LYN*(DRIVE*IN**PAINT*ING-..-(AS*STUD-?

ENT*OF*MYNE/-..THAT*THROUGH*THE*YEARS/-..HAS*MARRIED*

_>*MOVED*TO*/-..* -STATE*of*NEW- JERSEY(!)?-WHICH*LEADS*ME-

 TO*SAY*/-.-THAT*I*MIGHT*BE*/-..THE*O*RIGIN(!!!???)_AL*(?)?- 

*I*NAL*ADAM

-*BEING*BORN*/-..WITH*OUT*SECOND*RIB*/-..N’/-..*Pauls*Valley*

OKLAH-? */- .VIA*DR.VACHEL*LIND*SEY/-..OR*IN*NYC*/-

..,-WITH*FIRST*RIB**CON*G-ENT*I*TI*LY*- 

-*MISSING*/-..BUT*THE*THINK*ING*/-..

-THAT*ALL*ARTIST’s/-..have*to*Have*SOME?-DE*M-

AIMED*ED/-..-*PHY*I*CAL*/-..-N’*CAPLE*MENT*?_..-TIS*NOT*ONLY*STUPID*/-..-BUT*a*MALE 

*FaRction*Uv’*Bi-B*(!?)-

-*I*CAL**BIBLE*MAL*FACTION(!)?_..&-(MIGHT*BE*some*UV’/-..-THE*21ST**CENTURY*PSYCH-

O*FACTIONS*/-..-THE*WORLD,*WON’T*WANT*/-..-TO*BE*A*TOU*LOUSE*/-..-OR*BIGOT*ED

*JEAL*OUS*/-..-(LOOK*AT*HIS*/-..-*MAL*FARCT*ION/-..-(YEAH*!?-..*BABY*OF*THE*PHANT*-

OM*OPERA(!)?-..-&*IT*MIGHT*CAUSE-/-..-(SECOND*THOUGHTS?)?-..-(SO*BE*IT*STANLEY*)!??

BUT*SOME*R”*?_>>_-ALL*WAY”S/-..-(SECOND*GUESS*ING*/-..-A*FIRST*REAL*A*L*_*ITY)???

-LIKE*MUDDY*WATER’S/-ONLY*THE*BOY’S/CAN*TELL*HOW*MUDDY*-...*H2O*CAN*GET(!)?

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-..*POEM*11:

-&*(ALL*POEMS*/-..-ARE*WRITTEN/-..-(ELSE*WIZE*?)_..-(BREAK*ING*RULES*/-..-UV’*CLASSI*CAL*/-STAND*ARD/-..****QUA*TRAIN)!?

-&*NOT*TO*BE*CHANGED*/-..-(BYE*ANY*ONE*/-PUBLIS*ER*/-*SON*SANDRO/-*BERT*ETC).-

OR*(OTHER*IDIOTS?)?-WHERE*THE*EGO*..--TIS*BIGGER*THN*THEIR*INTELL*ECTS(!)?

-(GIVE*ME*LIB*ER*TY/-..-WF’/-.-.*WORD’S*/-..---OR*GIVE*ME*LIT*ER*AL*HIERARCHICAL*/-..-DEATH(!?)-?

-UNCLE*SAM*STILL*SAYS/-..WF’*FINGER*POINTING/-STRAIGHT*AT*YOU*AMERICA(!)?

-(PAT*RICK*HENRY*/-..-(SAY’S*I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-MAY*BE*-SHERRO’DS*RIGHT(!)?

-..-*POEM*12:

-SOME*SAY*/-..-DOES*HE*MEAN*IT(!?)?-..-(DOUBLE*ARIES*SHARI*/-..IN*FLORIDA*?_>>SAY”-

*”S*YES(!)?_-HELEN*LIEB.-.._IN-*(HOUSE*OF*IN*SANE/-..-SAYS*(HER*MOTHER*SAYS*YES!))?

-AS*AN*ARIES*DE*FUNCT(!)?-..-AMONG*THE*RED*POSIES(!)?

..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017

POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER

MASTER*TEACHER.

-POEM*13:

-&*I*Say*YES(!)?-..-(RIGHT*SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..DO*GOOD*ER*BLACK*/-..-*N*EAST*HARLEM-

*GROUP*/-..-(TRY*ING*TO*BRING*BACK*HARLEM’S*MUSIC*/-..-OF*DAY’S*ELE*GANCE/-..*?

(DUKE*EL*LING*TON*SMOOTH*EASY*SPEAK*/-..-(WE*GOT*IT*/-..-LIKE*YOU*WANT*IT!?)_?-

&*CAN*NOT*/-..-HAVE*IT*EVER*A*GAIN*(!?)-..-THE*5*BROOK*LYN*(WOMAN*SUFFRAGE*?

)_-DO*GOODER*GROUP(!?)_..-(DOWN*IN*BROOK*LYN*!)?_..-&*WE*WANT*IT*BACK*/-..-LKE*RUSSIAN*PIANO(!)_>>-HOSI*M-OPH*HANO*BEAM*AH-*/-..-SERIAL*NUMBER-..-?YES*(247422-38)?..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-(BYE*LOVER?)-..-UV*-*PUTIN’S*LOVE*/-..-?-(DON’T*TELL*U>S>A>*ANY*THING(!)?-..&*TRUMP’S*RED*HAIR*ED*TOP(?))))

-FINI*!?

.-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

-46*th*BOOK:-..-(SLUSH*MOUTH!)?

artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017

POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER

MASTER*TEACHER.-13*POEMS-..*1ST*EDITION.  (C)COPYRIGHT.-..(2017).

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S 47th*POETRY*BOOK: -”(MOTOR*MOUTH!)”? -1ST*EDITION/-..(C)-15*POEMS- 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*!)"? NOTE*ALSO*online*PUBLISHED: 38*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*- PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS. 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, 2008-2016. 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*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(!?) -(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)- -(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..*QUATRAIN*)!? POEM ONE: -SINCE*I*HAVE*NO*WAY*/-..-UV’*KNOWING*/-..-(AS*I*DON’T*HAVE*CALLER*WAITING)- LISTED*ON*MYE*PHONE*LIST(!)?-..-(EVERY*CALL*COULD*BE*HELEN*LIEB*HABER/-..-DE*M-? ANDING*HER*-/-..-50*50/-..-MINUTES*YELLING/-..-(SHE’S*KEEP*ING*ING*ME*/-..-*ALIVE*? )-..-(WHILE*PEOPLE/-..-IN*IN*SANE*CRIMINA*LY*INSANE?_>>YELL*?_>>(GOD*OFF*ULL*YE- LL’S*?_>>I*GUESS*?_>>_FROM*(THE*HELL*?_>>-THEY*CAME*FROM!?)_>>&*R”*GOING*T- O*HELL’S*PLAY*HOUSE*/-..-DOWN*ON*/-..-(CONEY*IS*LAND!?)_..-AT*ABOUT*3:45AM*O- N*A*COLD*NIGHT*/-..-N’*NOVEMBER*-SOME*YEAR’S*AGO(!)?_..-THAT*HAS*BEEN*BOU-? G HT*?_..-SO*DEATH’S*TRANS*SIS*TION/-..-WILL*FEEL*LIKE*THE*EARTH*LIFE/-..THEY*LEFT -ONLY*(GOD*KNOWS!)?_..-&*MAY*BE*JESUS(!?)_..-(GOD*KNOWS!?)?-..-*ONLY(!)?-..-&*TH- AT’S/-..-THE*WAY*IT*SHOULD*BE/-..-IF*you*Grew*Up/-..IN*THE*BIBLE*BELT*/-..-UV’*TEXAS- OKLAHOMA*or*KAN*SAS*/-..-WF’*BEAUT*I*FULL*/-..-(HIGH*SKIES!)?_..-FULL*GOD’S*WHE AT*&*PRAIRE*(BOOM*COCK*CHICKENS!)?_..-(GETTING*THROATY*ABOUT*IT!)?_..-SING*A *SONG*BELLOW*ING*OUT*/-..-(LIKE*THE*PAST*/-..-MARIO*LANZA*HEART*FELT*ARIAS*(? )-..OR*BETTER*STILL*/-..-EN*RICO*CARUSO(!)?_>>-(MYE*LOVE*DARLING!)?-..-WAIT*ING*N’ BACK*GROUND*/-..-POSSESSED*&*BOOM*COCK*READY(!)?-..-(RIGHT*ERNEST*/-..-LIKE*SH -OOTING*DUCK’S*/-..AT*DAWN*/-..-WF’*OUT*/-..-SHOT*GUN*/-..-JAM*MING*/-..-*YEAH!? POEM TWO: AS*TO*/-..(PRACTI*CLE*MEASURES(!?)-..-(I*LIKE*IT*/-..-WHEN*I*SEE*/-..-(SWAMP*GRASS*?- *IN*AC*CRATR*CL*ES/-..-(REMEM*BER*ING/-..AL*MINER’S/-..-(WOULD*BE*POET****(*(P-.. **&(*(PICK*UP*FROM*2nd*AVE.*BAR* &*HIS*DECISION*/-..-(TO*BRING*HER*HERE*/-..-??&*(KNOCK*OVER*A*FEW*CAN*VAS*ES!?)-BE*-CAUSE*?_>>-SHE*LIKED*-..(ROUGH*SEX!?)- LIKE*NOT*OWN*/-..OR*HAVE*MORE*OBJECTS/-..TO*TAKE*CARE*OF(!?).=..&*LEADS*TO-? ( CONSTANT*THEATRICAL*COUNT*/-..OF*-(HOW*MANY*SWAMP*BLADES*OF*GRASS!)*?- *SEEDS*/-..-CAN*ONE*PUT*/-..-ON*-(HEAD*UV’*/-..A*RED*HEADED*PIN*(!?)_-*JACKSON* -that*Had*Come*/-..up*From*BirmingHAM-..-ALA*BAMA(!)?_..-TO*DE*FEAT*/-..GENERAL*LEE .-*AT*GETTYS*BURG*/-..-LIKE*RIGHT*ON*MAMA*(!)?-..-RIGHT*WACO*MOTHER/-..-WORD?? *READER*/-..-SINCE*YOU*QUIT*THE/-..-MASTER*ART*CLASS/-..-BECAUSE*SUM*RE*LATIVE-? -NOW*OWNS*-(RIGHTS*TO*NIGHT’S/-..-TONIGHT*CLUB*/-..-&*SELLS*AL*CO*HOL?_>>-PR-? OBABLY*SMIR*IN*OFF*/-..-AS*RUSSIAN*JEW*/-.(DRUNK*CRITIC*/-*GONE*SPASTIC*KIN?-. &*(DOESN”T*AD*VISE*YOU?)_>>TO*STAY*IN*?_>>(MYE*CLASS/-..-TO*MAY*BE*LEARN*-? -BOOM*COCK*PAN*HANDLE*PERS*PECT*TIVE*/-..-&*THE*WAY*?_>OF*THE*5*CIVILIZED*- *TRIBES?_>_(PUT*IN*STATE*OF*?_>>_OKLA*HOMA!)?_>>BYE*WHICH*PRES(!)?_-(I*SHOUL-. NOT*MEN*TION?_>>-..CON*SID*ER*ING*/-..-(THE*VIOLENCE*UV’/-..-(THE*NYC*TIMES!!)?? POEM THREE: ..-WHICH*UP*SET*?_>>_*ME*/-..-TER*REFI*C*ALY(!)?-?-SHALL*I*../-START*AGAIN*HORACI-. O*?_>&I*KNOW*YOU*/-..’*R*/-..-NOT*A*SLOW*ART*IS*TIC/-..-LEARN*ER/-..-(HIDING*IN*- *YOUR*MORRIS*TOWN*ATTIC/-..-PROB*A*LY*/-..-IN*BIBE*ING/-..(RIGHT*NOW*IN*GOOD *RED*WINE*&*IT’S*WONDER*FULL*RES*VIER*ATROL(!)_..-(LIKE*THE*BOTTLES/-..-YOU*GA- VE*ME(!)?-..-AS*THE*GOOD*STUFF(!)?-..-(YOU*BET*CHA!)?-LIKE*/-..SARAH*BERN*HART?_>> DRESSED*AS*HAM*LET*/-..IN*1899/-..-(LOOK*ING*TOUGH*ENOUGH*/-..-TO*TAKE*ON*- THE*MS13*GANG*STONED*ON*RU*FIES/-..COCKE*/-..-OR*-(CHINA*WHITE!)?_..WF*BLOO D*/-..ON*THEIR*MIND’S/-..-OUT*IN*/-..-(LONG*IS*LAND*GANGS!)_(?)-..-(KILLING*YOUTH’ S)-..-AS*OWNER*/-..-UV’*ISLANDS*/-..(STREET*CORNERS!?)-..-(HOW*PIT*I*FUL/-..-SISTER*H-? O’S?/-..-WHATTA*LIFE*/-..-TO*LISTEN*TOO(!)?-..-YOUNG*BROS(!)?-..-ME*START*AGAIN(!!!!?) “(I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..IF*YOU*GET*IT(!)?-..-*BUBBA*(!)?-..-(&*YOU*GOTTA*STOP*PLAY*IN? G*TOUCH*FOOT*BALL*(!?)_>>_-(BECAUSE*YOU*GET*DE*MERITS/-..-FOR*NOT*CLEAN*IN- YOUR*M-ONE*RIFLE/-..-WIF’/-..(NO*OKLA*HOMA*DUST*/-..-N”*BORE*UV’/-YOUR*RIFLE(?) -&*AF*TER*/-..KNOCK*ING*CAP*ITAN*COLD/-..-(Because*He*CALLED*ME*/-..-SON*OF*BIT -CH*/-..FOR*MARCH*ING/-..(MYE*SQUAD*BACK*WARDS/-..AS*A*JOKE*/-..TO*THE*SERIO -US*HEAT*UV’/-..-(THE*SUN!)?_..-RATHER*THAN*(COURT*MARSHAL*ME!)_..(PRO*MOT*ED- *ME*?_>>BY*MAJOR*COR*NEL?_>>_(TO*SARG*ENT*MAJOR!)?_>>-SO**I*MARCH*ED*TH PRIVATES*?_>>(N”*THE*OKLA*HOMA*SUN?_>>4or5*HOURS?>>(TILL*THEY*PASSED*OUT. -&*(HEAR*I*AM*TODAY*?_>>WF”*YOU*READ*ING*MYE*BOOK*?_>>LISTEN*ING*TO*RA _IN*?_>>&*(LOVE*ING*YOUR*/-..(RUNN*A*WAY*DAUGHT*ERS*BEING*CALLED*PRE D*-? ATOR/-..(BYE*WACO*MAMA!)?-..-(COURSE*SHE*TOLD*ME*GUSTAF*KLIMPT/-..-WAS*NAZI? POEM FOUR: -TO*BE*CON*TIN*UED/-..*SANDRO*/-..*SON*/-..AS-(IF*THIS*DOES’NT*/-..(GALL*YOUR*B- ALLS*/-..-ALL*THAT*RHET*I*RIC*/-..-UV’*/-..-(OKLAH*OMA*STATE*/-..(-ON*THE*PEOPLE’S?-? PLAQUE*/-..*IS-..(IN*LABOR*YE*SHALL*/-..-BE**MADE*GOOD**HAPPY*/-..-OR*LABOR*IS*- GOOD*FOR*HEALTH(!)?--AS*WITH*/-..-WILL*RODERS*/-SAID*”(I*NEVER*MET*A*MAN*I*?? _>>(I*DIDN’T*LIKE?)-AS*I*CAN*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MET*A*WOMAN*?)/-..-(I*DID’NT*LOVE!)? -AS*/-..-OLIVER*WENDELL*HOL*MES/-..(JUDGE****(-*SAID-..”*MAN*/-..HAS*HIS*WILL*/-..-(AND*WOMAN*HAS*HER*WAY”? POEM FIVE: -YES*NANCY*MYE*HYPER*SISTER*?-..-(“IWILL*GO*CHECK/-..THE*MAIL*BOX/-..HERE*IN*NY C./-..(!?)_.._*BUT*&?-(THE*BANK*?_>>WAS*CLOSED!?)..-AND*IT*WAS*GOOD*STROLL*BE* CAUSE*I*BOUGHT*/-..(TWO*LITTLE*19” X 23”/-..GOLD*FRAMES/-..-TO*PAINT*ON/-..-FROM BLACK*CURB*STREET*MAN/-..-SO*HE*COULD*EAT*BEFORE*THE*RAIN’S*SETS*IN(!)?-SOO- N*IT*BEING*CLOUDY*COVERED*SATUR*DAY!)?--&*LIKE*ME*(DRAGGING*ONE*FOOT!?)-P- ARA*LET*IC*LIKE*/-..HIM*WALKING*&*TALKING*GINGER*LY/-..ON*(SIXTH*AVE./-..-!!!?)*LAUGH*ING*/-..-SAY*ING/-..(I*RE*MEMBER*YOU!)?-..-YOUR*THE*ONE’S*COUSIN/-..WHO*- OWNS/-..(MOUNTAIN*DOWN*IN*ALABAMA/-..-PRIDE*MOUNTAIN/-..-&*BEAR*CREEK(!)?-?- ME*LOOK*ING*AT*HIM(!)?-..-&*SAY*ING/-..(MYE*COUSIN*JUST*DIED/-..-(THIS*MONTH??) -HIM*SAY*ING/-..-GLORY*BE*(!)?-..-HIS*EYES*A*GREE*ING*LY*SAD(!)?-..-HERE*LET*ME*GI- VE*YOU*YOUR*TEN*BUCKS(!)?-..--(I*THANKED*HIM*?_>>_&*SAID*SEE*YA*LATER(!?_..??)-.. ON*SIXTH*AVENUE*/-..-THINGS*CAN*GET*IN*TI*MINT/-..-ES*soiusLY*IN*MONTH*UV’*T- AURUS*/-..-MONTH*OF*NEW*LITTLE*FLOWERS(!)?-..-”WHERE’S-..(MYE*SON?)_..-I*DON’T*K NOW*BUSTER!(?)_..-GOTTA*GO*CALL*/-..-MYE*SISTER-..-(LONG*DISTANCE!)?-..-&*THOSE*/- INDIAN*Socialis*SURE*/-..-SMELL*GOOD/-..-UNTIL(THE*GREASE*SET’S*IN/-..-WHAT*EYE*BR OWS/-..-THAT*MAN*HAD(!)?-..-SHE*SAID/-..-BETTER*RUN/-..-THE*RAIN’S/-..COME*ING*Now -..-YES***NOW*(!)? POEM SIX: YES/-*YES*/-**YES**(!)?-..-(YOU*ARE*RIGHT!)?-..-START*A*GAIN(!)?-..-END*ING*UP/-..N’*S- OUTH*ORANGE*/-..-ORDER*ING*BLUE*BERRY*SCONE/-..-AT*(CAIT*&*ABBEY’S)?-..-A*LOST- ARTIST*-LISTEN*ING/-..TO*ALL*THE*/-..-GOBB*LY*GOOK*(!)?-..-&*(DRINK*ING*A-..$1.75*C AIT*&*ABBEY’S/-..-(MIRA*CLE*DRINK*/-..-WF’/-..-(CAR*MELL*ED*SEASON*ER/-..-REALLY*HO T?-..ON*MYE*THIN*PIANO*ED*HANDS*(!)?-..-*THROB*BING/-..-FROM*POUND*ING/-..*TO- O*HARD*/-..IN*(MONTH*OF*MAY!?)-..-(*WONDER*ING*HOW*LOR*RAINE’S*DOING!???)-WF’/-..(HER*FORM*UV’/-..-*CANCER*/-..-(AFTER*CO-*HABITING*WF’*ME*/-..-FOR*7*YEARS -AT*(HER*PLACE*/-..-TELLING*ME?_>>SHE*WILL*PROB*A*LY?_>>GET*CANCER-/-..&*SHE*DI -D(!!!!)?-..-MAKES*HER*WOMAN’S*IN*TUI*TIVE/-..-SEEMLY*FINE(!)?_>>-*WONDER*WHAT*- -HER*DOC*TOR’S*/-..-(LATE*EST*REPORT*/-..-ON*HER*SIXTH*SENSE*/-..-IS*NOW*CHEM O **** THER*PY*PILL(!)?)-..-(MISS*HER*IN*PAINTING*CLASS!)?)-LOVED*HER*QUOTE/-.”(I*DO- N’T*KNOW*ANY*THING(!)?”-SHE*ACTU*ALLY*DID*N’T/-EX*CEPT*WHAT*I*HAD*TAUGHT* HER*FOR-*YEARS/-..BEYOND*COLLEGE*OF*FAIR*LEIGH*DICK*IN*SON*/-&*7*YEARS /-..BE YOND*COLLEGE*OF*FAIR*LEIGH*DICK*IN*S*&*BEYOND*COMMON*IL *LA*STRATION-? ENDED*UP*IN/-..(MYE*CLASS*/-.._IN*(SUMMIT*NEW*JERSEY/--*SCHOOL*FOR*VISUAL*A T’S/-..&*(WAS*HEALTHLY*HAPPY)?->>(CO*PLACE*ENT*LY*A*COW?)-..-*MOO*ING*ART?? POEM SEVEN: -WOMEN*WANDER*ING*AROUND/-..-(OTHER*MEN*/-..-LOOKING*FOR*THE*MASTER*/-..* TEACHER/-..&FROUGHT*WF’/-..-EXTREME*ANXIETY/-..-(ABOUT*DO*I*LOOK*BETTER/-..-IN*YE LLOW*OR*RED!!)?-..or*SHOULD*I*GO*/-..TO*HIS*STUd*IO*/-..IN*N>Y>C(!)?-..OR*CALL*HIm*ME/-..ON-*TELEPHONE*wf’/..(PINK*FLOYD*2)??-..-(WAKE*ING*/-..-HIM*TO*PLEASURE*)? YES*SAYS*?_>>(THE*MASTER*CLOCK!/-)?-..=(HANG*ING*RIGHT*ON*HIS*/-..-WALL*WORK E-D*OVER*/-..-BYE*PACK*ISTAN*I*AN*CON*STRUCT*ION*ALI(!)?-..(THAT*DIDNOT*FALL*?- YET*with*ALL*/-..(THE-*KNUCKLE*HEADS*/-COMING*IN*&*OUT*/-..-OF*HERE/-..-(*I*THINK *ABOUT*TO(STEAL*/-.._*ER”GET*a*PAINT*ING(!)-.._(YES*I*HAVE*BEEN*STOLEN*BE*FORE(?) &*(TWO*HAVE*ARRIVED*?_>>_*BACK*?_>>FROM*PARIS*?_>>_AFTER*7*LONG*YEARS*-?-TO*DAY?_>>_(TIGHT*LY*WRAPPED*/-..&*CRATED*-RIGHT*LAUREN*C*(!)?-..-(SO*BE*IT!!)???- -ANOTHER*DAY/-..-ANOTHER*DOLLAR*OB*BLID*ER*ATED(!)?_..-THANK*YOU*LAUREN(!)??? -AS*CON*STRUCT*ION*WORKER*/-..-SAID*-”IF*I*STOLE*A*CANVAS*?_>>-(FROM*YOU*”T HEY*WOULD*LOCK*ME*UP/-..-(FOR*EVER/-..-BECAUSE*IT’S*NOT*WORTH*IT/-..-BUT*ILOVE- YOUR*WORK(!)?_..-&*BECAUSE*I”M*(DARK*SKINNED)”?-..(I*WULD*NEVER*GET*OUT*UV” *JAIL*/-..-”(BUT*YOU*CULD*/-..-COME*VISIT*ME(!)?_..-ME*CAN”T*HELP**LIKE*ING*HIM!)? YOU*KNOW*I*AM*FROM*GUATE*MA*L*A(!)?”-..&*(YOU*WULD*LIKE*IT*THERE*SIGNOR ”?-..-(ME*PRO*VOKED?_>>(TO*LAUGH*ING?_>>OUT*LOUD_>>(AT*HIS*HON*ESTY*LOVE? YOU*KNOW*I*AM*FROM*GUATE*MA*L*A(!)?”-..&*(YOU*WULD*LIKE*IT*THERE*SIGNOR”-&*ON*TO*?_>>_(SAME*DAY*SER*VICE!?)_>..WF’*GANGS*RUN*NING*AMUCK*IN**BR ONX*?_>>_(ME*WF*MEMORY*LOST*/-..-&*NAU*SEA(!?)-..-&*(MOUTH*SORE*WF”*IM*PLA -NTS*)/-..&(NO*WAY*TO*FIX*ING*ETER*NAL*CLOCK(!)?_..-EVEN*-(WF’*E*TERNAL*KEY!)?-_..-EVEN*-?WF’/-.._DIA*BET*TIS*ME*LIT*TIS/-..*2(!)?-..-AS*MYE*MOTHER*?_>>_USTA*EAT*? BEAUTI*FUL?_>>_(YELLOW*GREEN*CREAME*?_>>PIES*?_>>(FOR*BREAK*FAST*SLICE*AT*T -IME?_>>WF”_(HER*COFFEE’S)?_>>_-(&*MYE*FATHER?_>>_-USTA*GO*BONK*ER”S(!?)-*ME- *C-OM*PLETEY*FLAB*ER*GASTED(!)?-..-(&*THAT*EX*PLAINS/-..WHY*COMMIE*MAMA/-..-&* *!!!?&*WACO*MAMA*/-..-(GOT*LOCK*ED*IN*/-..*ON*_-THIER*NUDED*BODIES*TRYST*??) -(WRAP*PED*A*ROUND*?_>>_(MORAL*LY*DE*CA*DENT*?_>>DE*SIRE*S(!)))?__-EH*THEO- DORE*DUMAS*?_>>_(YOU*DECA*DENT?_>>APPOLLO*SECOND*PHASE*COLLECT*OR*UV’- *MINE*?_>>&*IT”S*TIME*JUDY*?_>_(GOT*RE*COM*PENSE!)?_..(or*GREEK*POLICEMAN?). POEM EIGHT: -&_(THE*Rain*Starts*Again/-..-&*THE*RAIN*STARTS*AGAIN/-..-on*MAY*GENTLE*DARK*DAY (VERY*DARK*MAY*DAY/-..-FALLING*HEAVILY*/-..-BETWEEN*THE*AL*COVES/-..-OF*BUILDIN -GS/-..&*(I*WRITE*ING*AGAIN*/-..AFTER*MYE*SON/-..-TELLS*ME*WHAT*?-..TO*BEAT*THE? MACHINE*/)..AT*IT’S/-..-MECHANICAL*GAME8/-..-OF*TRY*ING*/-..-(TO*CONTROL*ME*IN* -MYE*/-..-AL*GO*RYTHMS*/-..-BELATE*ED*LY/-..-WHILE*I*DOZ/-..-(WITH*MYE*WORDS?)_..?- -ON*THE*BEACH*UV’..-(SERAUT’S*SUN*DAY*AFTER*NOON/-..-IN*DARK*DREAM*PLAY(!)?- but*-REALLY*STAMMER*ING/-..-TO*MYE*16*YEAR*OLD*LOVER(!)?_..-(NO*THIS/-..NO*THAT -WE*(REALLY*CAN’T/-.-*DO*THAT!)?-..-ON*_(THIS*BEACH/-..-THEY*WULD*SKIN*US*ALIVE?) -BUT*THEN*AGAIN/-..-(MAY*BE/-..WE*CAN*/-..-AFTER*ROMAN*POLANSKY*WENT*SO*FA- R*/-..IN*WHAT*FATE*FULL*YEAR*WAS*IT(!)?_.-DON’T*REMEMBER/-..-YES*/-..1913*/-..VIA*- WIN*NING*-jeu*de*Palm*AWARD*-..OR*THE*PALME*d’*OR(!)?-..-IN*CANNE*FRANCE(!)?-? me*UP*SET/-..-OVER*HIS*PREG*NANT*WIVE’S*MURDER*BYE(CHARLES*MANSION*GROUP -GIVE*ING*POLAND*)-..-ANOTHER*BLACK*LISTED*NAME(!)?-..-(wf‘*KNIFE*IN*THE*WAT-ER? -RAISE*ING*ART*STAND*ARDS/-..-IN*EUROPE(!))?-..-AND*IT’S*STILL*RAIN*ING*TODAY*/-?- MAY*BE*CELE*BRATING*/-..(THAT*DAY*&*ALL*DAY’S!)?-..-(ME*WRITE*/-ING*AGAIN*ON* SUCH*A*DARK*DARK*DAY(!)?-..-WHILE*-(*GUESS*MELDA*?)_..-(SIT’S*IN*BACK*ROOM!?)_ POEM NINE: I*GUESS*MR.J*TOLL*/-..WILL*SHOW*UP/-..WHEN*I*LEAST*EXPECT/-..*DEMANDING*HE*CAN*FIX*MYE*MACHINE/-..-BUT*MYE*SON*?_>>_(HAS*AL*LEV*I*ATED*THAT/-..(BYE*SIMP- -LY-SAY*ING*PAPA*/-..-(JUST*PULL*THE*PROB*LEM?_>>_DOWN*&*OFF*I*WEB(!)?_.. -SO*I *D-ID*?_>>_&*(SHO*NEOUGH!)?_>>..-(IT*WORKED!)?_..&*I*GUESS*?_>>_(WE*HAVE *BEE N*-IN*VADE*ED?_>>-..(BYE*ME*CHAN*I*CAL*ALIENS*AGAIN!)-..-&*(THE*RAIN*CON*TINE ‘ES* !?)_..-”TUTTI*FRUITTI/-..-HOW*I*MISS*THOSE*DAY’S/-..(WHEN*IT*DID’**ENT*RAIN(!?)- POEM 10: -&*THE*EARTH*SHOOK*AGAIN/-..-(CON*STANT*LY**BECOME*ING*MORE*SHAKE*Y!)?-?? -CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAKES*/-..-(EVEN*IN*OKLA*HOMA*?_>>WHERE*I*ONCE*A*BOUN ED(!)?_..-AM*STILL*CON*CERNED*ABOUT*NANCY*SELL*ING*MOTHER”S?_(OIL*RIGHTS!)? BUT*ONE*HAS*NO*CON*TROL?_>>_OVER*a*GEM*I*NIES*LIFE(!?)_>>_(DOES*ONE*BRO _OKLYNN-or*MOMO(!)?_..-(IT’S*a*DOG*PUG’S*LIFE!)-//-*RIGHT*(LITTLE*RICHARD-or*DAD* -DY*WHAMMY(!)?-..-&*-..(I*DON’T*BELIEVE*IT/-..-SIT*TING*RIGHT*HERE*in*MY*LAP(!)-..???- PHONE’S*RING*ING/-..-MUST*BE*/-..(SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..or*AL*SHARP*TON*CALL*ING? ABOUT*AN OTHER*BLACK*COM*PLAINT/-..-(uv’*EAST*HARLAM’ABODE?)-..-wf’-(SWIGGER* -ER*BIGG-ER*BEER!?)_..-(!?)-or*(CHUBBY*CHECKER*BELTING*out*HIS*EN*THUSI*ASIM*!?)?? POEM 11: -HEARING*A*HUM/-..-AGAIN*LAY*ING/-..-(IN*BED/-.._HEARING*MOTOR*Mouth*PURR*IN’- ?)_..-(WHILE*THE*REST*UV’/-..-(WORLD*GO’S*BYE!)?-..-(NOT*HEARING*/-..-FROM*J.P/-..or*-J.T>/-..-or*ANY*OF’/-..-MYE*FLOOZYIES(!?)_..-CELE*BRATING*MYE*NONE*EX*IST*ANCE(!)? ON*a*FRIDAY/-..-NO*BODY*WANTS*/-..-TO*BUY(!)?-..-BUT*BOOGER*BILL-..-DE*CE*DENT*U -BUFFALO*BILL*/-..-RIDING*HIS*FAVORITE*/-..-PAINTED*INDIAN*PONY(!)?-..-(MARK*TWAIN- ‘S**BOOK*/-..-(THE*JUMP*ING*FROG*/-..UV’*CALA*DAR*IUS*COUNTY!)?_..AL*WAY’S*A- PPEALLED*TO*ME*?_>>-AS(MOTOR*MOUTH*RUNS/-..-THAT*WAY/-..IN*(SHARP*CRIT*IC*SI M!)?_..-MEASURING*ALL*FROG’S*JUMP*/-..-BYE*INCHES(!)?_..-N’/-..(RURALor^URBAN*AME -RICA!)?_>>AS*OF*THE*WORLD!)?_..-(-THINKING*WHAT*DIANNE*SPIE*VACK*/-..TOLD*ME (PLEASE*CUM*OVER/-..-&*DO*(MYE*ASS!)?_.(*SHERROD*)!?-..-BE*CAUSE*I*HAVE*AGRO*- -APHOBIA/-..-(&*CAN”T*LEAVE*MYE*APART*MENT!)_..-IS*SOME*REASON/-..-FOR*ME*TO*- (AS*MOTOR*MOUTH*/-to*VISIT*HER!)?-..-THAT’s*All*I*Need*/-..-TIS*GREATER*DETAIL*SEX? (NO*THANK*YOU*DIANNE!)?_..-(THIS*FROG*AIN’T*JUMPING!?)_.-..-(BUT*I*CULD*PAINT*? ..-YU(!?).-,,-SAC*YU*FICING*YOUR*SELF*?_>>_TO*THe*WORLD(!)?_..-WULD*PROB*ALY*MA -KE*MOTOR*MOUTH*/-..-*SPUT*TER*(!)_>_*FASTER*(!)?-..BE*ME*EVER*?_>>SO*HUMBLE(!) -”SLIP*IN’/-..&*SLIDD’*IN’/-..-LIKE*LITTLE*RICHARD/-..-or*CHUBBY*CHECKER*DO*AGAIN(!)!? POEM 12: -”YES*MAM*/-..-(ANY*THING*/-..-TO**PLEASE!)?”-..-*THAT*ELEVATOR*BELL* KEEPS*RING*I- ING*ME*DIZZY*/-..-AS*(OLD*LADIES*/-..-COME*&*GO(!)”?)-..-(THEN*THE*CARD?_>>FROM- (HERALD*SQUARE*DENTAL*IM*PLANTS/-..-224 WEST 35th*Street)-..(16TH*FLOOR)-..-????????LOST*TO*WAITING*&*FROM*HER*..n’MAY*N>Y>C- /?)..-BETWEEN*7th/-..&th*AVE.‘S-..????from*CHAR*MAINE*&*DR.*SONG*D>D>S>-..(-&*ME*/-..-SO*THANK*FUL/-..-I*m *DONE(!)?_(Rough*AS*ARIES*Dentist*/-..-BORN*IN*SEOUL*-*KOREA (!?)-FOR*DOING*COS*METIC*SURGERY*-(WF”COPPER* PLAQUE)_>>SAY*ING*I*BEST*SEOUL*K-?OREAN*ALIVE(!)?-(&*ME*BORN*to*BREAKING*QUATRAIN*RULES)? POEM 13: -A*WAKING*TO*STRANGE/*-..-*SOUNDS*IN*NIGHT(!?)_?..-LIKE*SHULD*AVE’*DONE*MYE- *HOME*WORK*/-..-(ALL*THESE*YEARS*/-..-IN*QUESTION*/-..-(WHY*IT*ALL*HAPPENED*TH- AT*WAY*)-..*&*ME*UNABLE*TO*SWAY*/-..*OTHER’S*TO*GREAT*ER*CON*VIC*TION(!?)? (*THAT*RED*APPLES*?_>>DON’T*TURN*YELLOW*>>IDEA”S/-..-INTO*LESSOR*DESIRE’S-*DE -ARIE(!)?_>>..-AS*GRAND*PAW’S*CON*VIC*TION/-..IF*YOU*START*LIFT*ING*A*YOUNG-? *PIG*/-..(OVER*A*FENCE/-..WHEN*YOUNG!?)_..-AS*IT*GET’S*HEAVIER*?_>>YOU*’LL*BE*- ABLE*TO*LIFT*HER*LATER*/-..(IN*LIFE*BE*IT*WIFE*/-..-OR*FOE!)?-..-SO*BE*IT*CHARMAINE -AS*DOWN*N’/-..-*JA*MA*I*CA*/-..-WHERE’S*THERE’S/-..-(GOOD*MUSIC!)?-..*RIGHT*BAB- Y*(!)?-..-BYE*THE*WAY/-..-(WHERE*IS*MONA*DENIS!)?_..-&*(MONA*YU*IN*THAT*YELLOW *SUN*DRESS*/-..-&*(THOSE*YELL*OW*HIGH*HEELS/-..-AL*WAYS*WIGGLLING-..(FOR*ME!)- ALL*THE*WAY/-..-..(TAHITI*/-..-er’*..-(DO*MIN*CIAN*RE*PUB*LIC!)-..N’*THAT*YELL*OW*SK -IRT*?_>>..&*(WF’*YOUR*FRENCH*ACC*ENT!)_?-..BLIPPING*THE*WORD*/-..RITE*OFF*PAG- -*E(!)? POEM 14: -YEOWEL*BABY*!!?/-..-DO*THAT*AGAIN(!)?-..-READ*TO*ME/-..-(ALL’S*THAT’S*POSSIBLE!)?-..- WF’/-..-YOUR*(FRENCH*TON*GUE!)>-..-IN*Mye*Gentle*HAIRY*EAR’S(!)-..-BE*YOND*MID*N- IGHT*/-..-THOSE*PINK*FORM’S(!?)_..-A*LLUM*I*NATE/-..-MYE*PRI*MORD*IAL*/-..-*SPIRIT(!) -WF’*SOUND’S*/-..0F*RIGHT*/-.._-HERE*PINK*FORMS*SING*/-..-NAUGHT*Y*MAN*BLUES? POEM 15: -&*I*SAT*UP*?_>><<_LIKE*I*WAS*SHOT(!)?-..>><<..-TO*THE*LAST*SER*A*NADE*?_SAPPE- D/-..-LIKE*DIA*BET*TIC/-..-(-ON*SUGAR!)?_>..&*-(COCAO*DREAM’S?)-..-&*(SUN*FLOWER’S) -HOT*FROM*a*-HIRED*DIS*MISSAL(!)?-..-(RAVISHED*BYE*a*WINTER’S*DE*FEAT!)?-..-&*MY* EY*LIDS*BURN*ING*/-..-IN*(BLUE*FLASH*E’S/-..-&*RED*LASH*E’S(!)?_..&*(PASSED*OUT!)?? -FINI*!? .-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER.-13*POEMS-..*1ST*EDITION. -(C)COPYRIGHT.-..(2017). 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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*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(!?)

-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-

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

POEM ONE:

-SINCE*I*HAVE*NO*WAY*/-..-UV’*KNOWING*/-..-(AS*I*DON’T*HAVE*CALLER*WAITING)-

LISTED*ON*MYE*PHONE*LIST(!)?-..-(EVERY*CALL*COULD*BE*HELEN*LIEB*HABER/-..-DE*M-?

ANDING*HER*-/-..-50*50/-..-MINUTES*YELLING/-..-(SHE’S*KEEP*ING*ING*ME*/-..-*ALIVE*?

)-..-(WHILE*PEOPLE/-..-IN*IN*SANE*CRIMINA*LY*INSANE?_>>YELL*?_>>(GOD*OFF*ULL*YE-

LL’S*?_>>I*GUESS*?_>>_FROM*(THE*HELL*?_>>-THEY*CAME*FROM!?)_>>&*R”*GOING*T-

O*HELL’S*PLAY*HOUSE*/-..-DOWN*ON*/-..-(CONEY*IS*LAND!?)_..-AT*ABOUT*3:45AM*O-

N*A*COLD*NIGHT*/-..-N’*NOVEMBER*-SOME*YEAR’S*AGO(!)?_..-THAT*HAS*BEEN*BOU-? G HT*?_..-SO*DEATH’S*TRANS*SIS*TION/-..-WILL*FEEL*LIKE*THE*EARTH*LIFE/-..THEY*LEFT

-ONLY*(GOD*KNOWS!)?_..-&*MAY*BE*JESUS(!?)_..-(GOD*KNOWS!?)?-..-*ONLY(!)?-..-&*TH-

AT’S/-..-THE*WAY*IT*SHOULD*BE/-..-IF*you*Grew*Up/-..IN*THE*BIBLE*BELT*/-..-UV’*TEXAS-

OKLAHOMA*or*KAN*SAS*/-..-WF’*BEAUT*I*FULL*/-..-(HIGH*SKIES!)?_..-FULL*GOD’S*WHE

AT*&*PRAIRE*(BOOM*COCK*CHICKENS!)?_..-(GETTING*THROATY*ABOUT*IT!)?_..-SING*A

*SONG*BELLOW*ING*OUT*/-..-(LIKE*THE*PAST*/-..-MARIO*LANZA*HEART*FELT*ARIAS*(?

)-..OR*BETTER*STILL*/-..-EN*RICO*CARUSO(!)?_>>-(MYE*LOVE*DARLING!)?-..-WAIT*ING*N’

BACK*GROUND*/-..-POSSESSED*&*BOOM*COCK*READY(!)?-..-(RIGHT*ERNEST*/-..-LIKE*SH

-OOTING*DUCK’S*/-..AT*DAWN*/-..-WF’*OUT*/-..-SHOT*GUN*/-..-JAM*MING*/-..-*YEAH!?

POEM TWO:

AS*TO*/-..(PRACTI*CLE*MEASURES(!?)-..-(I*LIKE*IT*/-..-WHEN*I*SEE*/-..-(SWAMP*GRASS*?- *IN*AC*CRATR*CL*ES/-..-(REMEM*BER*ING/-..AL*MINER’S/-..-(WOULD*BE*POET****(*(P-.. **&(*(PICK*UP*FROM*2nd*AVE.*BAR* &*HIS*DECISION*/-..-(TO*BRING*HER*HERE*/-..-??&*(KNOCK*OVER*A*FEW*CAN*VAS*ES!?)-BE*-CAUSE*?_>>-SHE*LIKED*-..(ROUGH*SEX!?)-

LIKE*NOT*OWN*/-..OR*HAVE*MORE*OBJECTS/-..TO*TAKE*CARE*OF(!?).=..&*LEADS*TO-?

( CONSTANT*THEATRICAL*COUNT*/-..OF*-(HOW*MANY*SWAMP*BLADES*OF*GRASS!)*?-

*SEEDS*/-..-CAN*ONE*PUT*/-..-ON*-(HEAD*UV’*/-..A*RED*HEADED*PIN*(!?)_-*JACKSON*

-that*Had*Come*/-..up*From*BirmingHAM-..-ALA*BAMA(!)?_..-TO*DE*FEAT*/-..GENERAL*LEE

.-*AT*GETTYS*BURG*/-..-LIKE*RIGHT*ON*MAMA*(!)?-..-RIGHT*WACO*MOTHER/-..-WORD??

*READER*/-..-SINCE*YOU*QUIT*THE/-..-MASTER*ART*CLASS/-..-BECAUSE*SUM*RE*LATIVE-?

-NOW*OWNS*-(RIGHTS*TO*NIGHT’S/-..-TONIGHT*CLUB*/-..-&*SELLS*AL*CO*HOL?_>>-PR-?

OBABLY*SMIR*IN*OFF*/-..-AS*RUSSIAN*JEW*/-.(DRUNK*CRITIC*/-*GONE*SPASTIC*KIN?-.

&*(DOESN”T*AD*VISE*YOU?)_>>TO*STAY*IN*?_>>(MYE*CLASS/-..-TO*MAY*BE*LEARN*-?

-BOOM*COCK*PAN*HANDLE*PERS*PECT*TIVE*/-..-&*THE*WAY*?_>OF*THE*5*CIVILIZED*-

*TRIBES?_>_(PUT*IN*STATE*OF*?_>>_OKLA*HOMA!)?_>>BYE*WHICH*PRES(!)?_-(I*SHOUL-.

NOT*MEN*TION?_>>-..CON*SID*ER*ING*/-..-(THE*VIOLENCE*UV’/-..-(THE*NYC*TIMES!!)??

POEM THREE:

..-WHICH*UP*SET*?_>>_*ME*/-..-TER*REFI*C*ALY(!)?-?-SHALL*I*../-START*AGAIN*HORACI-.

O*?_>&I*KNOW*YOU*/-..’*R*/-..-NOT*A*SLOW*ART*IS*TIC/-..-LEARN*ER/-..-(HIDING*IN*-

*YOUR*MORRIS*TOWN*ATTIC/-..-PROB*A*LY*/-..-IN*BIBE*ING/-..(RIGHT*NOW*IN*GOOD

*RED*WINE*&*IT’S*WONDER*FULL*RES*VIER*ATROL(!)_..-(LIKE*THE*BOTTLES/-..-YOU*GA-

VE*ME(!)?-..-AS*THE*GOOD*STUFF(!)?-..-(YOU*BET*CHA!)?-LIKE*/-..SARAH*BERN*HART?_>>

DRESSED*AS*HAM*LET*/-..IN*1899/-..-(LOOK*ING*TOUGH*ENOUGH*/-..-TO*TAKE*ON*-

THE*MS13*GANG*STONED*ON*RU*FIES/-..COCKE*/-..-OR*-(CHINA*WHITE!)?_..WF*BLOO

D*/-..ON*THEIR*MIND’S/-..-OUT*IN*/-..-(LONG*IS*LAND*GANGS!)_(?)-..-(KILLING*YOUTH’

S)-..-AS*OWNER*/-..-UV’*ISLANDS*/-..(STREET*CORNERS!?)-..-(HOW*PIT*I*FUL/-..-SISTER*H-? O’S?/-..-WHATTA*LIFE*/-..-TO*LISTEN*TOO(!)?-..-YOUNG*BROS(!)?-..-ME*START*AGAIN(!!!!?)

“(I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..IF*YOU*GET*IT(!)?-..-*BUBBA*(!)?-..-(&*YOU*GOTTA*STOP*PLAY*IN?

G*TOUCH*FOOT*BALL*(!?)_>>_-(BECAUSE*YOU*GET*DE*MERITS/-..-FOR*NOT*CLEAN*IN-

YOUR*M-ONE*RIFLE/-..-WIF’/-..(NO*OKLA*HOMA*DUST*/-..-N”*BORE*UV’/-YOUR*RIFLE(?)

-&*AF*TER*/-..KNOCK*ING*CAP*ITAN*COLD/-..-(Because*He*CALLED*ME*/-..-SON*OF*BIT

-CH*/-..FOR*MARCH*ING/-..(MYE*SQUAD*BACK*WARDS/-..AS*A*JOKE*/-..TO*THE*SERIO

-US*HEAT*UV’/-..-(THE*SUN!)?_..-RATHER*THAN*(COURT*MARSHAL*ME!)_..(PRO*MOT*ED-

*ME*?_>>BY*MAJOR*COR*NEL?_>>_(TO*SARG*ENT*MAJOR!)?_>>-SO**I*MARCH*ED*TH
PRIVATES*?_>>(N”*THE*OKLA*HOMA*SUN?_>>4or5*HOURS?>>(TILL*THEY*PASSED*OUT.

-&*(HEAR*I*AM*TODAY*?_>>WF”*YOU*READ*ING*MYE*BOOK*?_>>LISTEN*ING*TO*RA
_IN*?_>>&*(LOVE*ING*YOUR*/-..(RUNN*A*WAY*DAUGHT*ERS*BEING*CALLED*PRE D*-? ATOR/-..(BYE*WACO*MAMA!)?-..-(COURSE*SHE*TOLD*ME*GUSTAF*KLIMPT/-..-WAS*NAZI?

POEM FOUR:

-TO*BE*CON*TIN*UED/-..*SANDRO*/-..*SON*/-..AS-(IF*THIS*DOES’NT*/-..(GALL*YOUR*B- ALLS*/-..-ALL*THAT*RHET*I*RIC*/-..-UV’*/-..-(OKLAH*OMA*STATE*/-..(-ON*THE*PEOPLE’S?-?

PLAQUE*/-..*IS-..(IN*LABOR*YE*SHALL*/-..-BE**MADE*GOOD**HAPPY*/-..-OR*LABOR*IS*-

GOOD*FOR*HEALTH(!)?--AS*WITH*/-..-WILL*RODERS*/-SAID*”(I*NEVER*MET*A*MAN*I*??  _>>(I*DIDN’T*LIKE?)-AS*I*CAN*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MET*A*WOMAN*?)/-..-(I*DID’NT*LOVE!)?

-AS*/-..-OLIVER*WENDELL*HOL*MES/-..(JUDGE****(-*SAID-..”*MAN*/-..HAS*HIS*WILL*/-..-(AND*WOMAN*HAS*HER*WAY”?

POEM FIVE:

-YES*NANCY*MYE*HYPER*SISTER*?-..-(“IWILL*GO*CHECK/-..THE*MAIL*BOX/-..HERE*IN*NY

C./-..(!?)_.._*BUT*&?-(THE*BANK*?_>>WAS*CLOSED!?)..-AND*IT*WAS*GOOD*STROLL*BE*

CAUSE*I*BOUGHT*/-..(TWO*LITTLE*19” X 23”/-..GOLD*FRAMES/-..-TO*PAINT*ON/-..-FROM

BLACK*CURB*STREET*MAN/-..-SO*HE*COULD*EAT*BEFORE*THE*RAIN’S*SETS*IN(!)?-SOO-

N*IT*BEING*CLOUDY*COVERED*SATUR*DAY!)?--&*LIKE*ME*(DRAGGING*ONE*FOOT!?)-P-

ARA*LET*IC*LIKE*/-..HIM*WALKING*&*TALKING*GINGER*LY/-..ON*(SIXTH*AVE./-..-!!!?)*LAUGH*ING*/-..-SAY*ING/-..(I*RE*MEMBER*YOU!)?-..-YOUR*THE*ONE’S*COUSIN/-..WHO*-

OWNS/-..(MOUNTAIN*DOWN*IN*ALABAMA/-..-PRIDE*MOUNTAIN/-..-&*BEAR*CREEK(!)?-?-

ME*LOOK*ING*AT*HIM(!)?-..-&*SAY*ING/-..(MYE*COUSIN*JUST*DIED/-..-(THIS*MONTH??)

-HIM*SAY*ING/-..-GLORY*BE*(!)?-..-HIS*EYES*A*GREE*ING*LY*SAD(!)?-..-HERE*LET*ME*GI-

VE*YOU*YOUR*TEN*BUCKS(!)?-..--(I*THANKED*HIM*?_>>_&*SAID*SEE*YA*LATER(!?_..??)-..

ON*SIXTH*AVENUE*/-..-THINGS*CAN*GET*IN*TI*MINT/-..-ES*soiusLY*IN*MONTH*UV’*T-

AURUS*/-..-MONTH*OF*NEW*LITTLE*FLOWERS(!)?-..-”WHERE’S-..(MYE*SON?)_..-I*DON’T*K

NOW*BUSTER!(?)_..-GOTTA*GO*CALL*/-..-MYE*SISTER-..-(LONG*DISTANCE!)?-..-&*THOSE*/-

INDIAN*Socialis*SURE*/-..-SMELL*GOOD/-..-UNTIL(THE*GREASE*SET’S*IN/-..-WHAT*EYE*BR

OWS/-..-THAT*MAN*HAD(!)?-..-SHE*SAID/-..-BETTER*RUN/-..-THE*RAIN’S/-..COME*ING*Now

-..-YES***NOW*(!)?

POEM SIX:

YES/-*YES*/-**YES**(!)?-..-(YOU*ARE*RIGHT!)?-..-START*A*GAIN(!)?-..-END*ING*UP/-..N’*S-

OUTH*ORANGE*/-..-ORDER*ING*BLUE*BERRY*SCONE/-..-AT*(CAIT*&*ABBEY’S)?-..-A*LOST-

ARTIST*-LISTEN*ING/-..TO*ALL*THE*/-..-GOBB*LY*GOOK*(!)?-..-&*(DRINK*ING*A-..$1.75*C

AIT*&*ABBEY’S/-..-(MIRA*CLE*DRINK*/-..-WF’/-..-(CAR*MELL*ED*SEASON*ER/-..-REALLY*HO

T?-..ON*MYE*THIN*PIANO*ED*HANDS*(!)?-..-*THROB*BING/-..-FROM*POUND*ING/-..*TO-

O*HARD*/-..IN*(MONTH*OF*MAY!?)-..-(*WONDER*ING*HOW*LOR*RAINE’S*DOING!???)-WF’/-..(HER*FORM*UV’/-..-*CANCER*/-..-(AFTER*CO-*HABITING*WF’*ME*/-..-FOR*7*YEARS

-AT*(HER*PLACE*/-..-TELLING*ME?_>>SHE*WILL*PROB*A*LY?_>>GET*CANCER-/-..&*SHE*DI

-D(!!!!)?-..-MAKES*HER*WOMAN’S*IN*TUI*TIVE/-..-SEEMLY*FINE(!)?_>>-*WONDER*WHAT*-

-HER*DOC*TOR’S*/-..-(LATE*EST*REPORT*/-..-ON*HER*SIXTH*SENSE*/-..-IS*NOW*CHEM O **** THER*PY*PILL(!)?)-..-(MISS*HER*IN*PAINTING*CLASS!)?)-LOVED*HER*QUOTE/-.”(I*DO-

N’T*KNOW*ANY*THING(!)?”-SHE*ACTU*ALLY*DID*N’T/-EX*CEPT*WHAT*I*HAD*TAUGHT*

HER*FOR-*YEARS/-..BEYOND*COLLEGE*OF*FAIR*LEIGH*DICK*IN*SON*/-&*7*YEARS /-..BE

YOND*COLLEGE*OF*FAIR*LEIGH*DICK*IN*S*&*BEYOND*COMMON*IL *LA*STRATION-?

ENDED*UP*IN/-..(MYE*CLASS*/-.._IN*(SUMMIT*NEW*JERSEY/--*SCHOOL*FOR*VISUAL*A

T’S/-..&*(WAS*HEALTHLY*HAPPY)?->>(CO*PLACE*ENT*LY*A*COW?)-..-*MOO*ING*ART??

POEM SEVEN:

-WOMEN*WANDER*ING*AROUND/-..-(OTHER*MEN*/-..-LOOKING*FOR*THE*MASTER*/-..* TEACHER/-..&FROUGHT*WF’/-..-EXTREME*ANXIETY/-..-(ABOUT*DO*I*LOOK*BETTER/-..-IN*YE

LLOW*OR*RED!!)?-..or*SHOULD*I*GO*/-..TO*HIS*STUd*IO*/-..IN*N>Y>C(!)?-..OR*CALL*HIm*ME/-..ON-*TELEPHONE*wf’/..(PINK*FLOYD*2)??-..-(WAKE*ING*/-..-HIM*TO*PLEASURE*)?

YES*SAYS*?_>>(THE*MASTER*CLOCK!/-)?-..=(HANG*ING*RIGHT*ON*HIS*/-..-WALL*WORK E-D*OVER*/-..-BYE*PACK*ISTAN*I*AN*CON*STRUCT*ION*ALI(!)?-..(THAT*DIDNOT*FALL*?-

YET*with*ALL*/-..(THE-*KNUCKLE*HEADS*/-COMING*IN*&*OUT*/-..-OF*HERE/-..-(*I*THINK    *ABOUT*TO(STEAL*/-.._*ER”GET*a*PAINT*ING(!)-.._(YES*I*HAVE*BEEN*STOLEN*BE*FORE(?)

&*(TWO*HAVE*ARRIVED*?_>>_*BACK*?_>>FROM*PARIS*?_>>_AFTER*7*LONG*YEARS*-?-TO*DAY?_>>_(TIGHT*LY*WRAPPED*/-..&*CRATED*-RIGHT*LAUREN*C*(!)?-..-(SO*BE*IT!!)???-

-ANOTHER*DAY/-..-ANOTHER*DOLLAR*OB*BLID*ER*ATED(!)?_..-THANK*YOU*LAUREN(!)???

-AS*CON*STRUCT*ION*WORKER*/-..-SAID*-”IF*I*STOLE*A*CANVAS*?_>>-(FROM*YOU*”T

HEY*WOULD*LOCK*ME*UP/-..-(FOR*EVER/-..-BECAUSE*IT’S*NOT*WORTH*IT/-..-BUT*ILOVE-

YOUR*WORK(!)?_..-&*BECAUSE*I”M*(DARK*SKINNED)”?-..(I*WULD*NEVER*GET*OUT*UV”

*JAIL*/-..-”(BUT*YOU*CULD*/-..-COME*VISIT*ME(!)?_..-ME*CAN”T*HELP**LIKE*ING*HIM!)?

YOU*KNOW*I*AM*FROM*GUATE*MA*L*A(!)?”-..&*(YOU*WULD*LIKE*IT*THERE*SIGNOR

”?-..-(ME*PRO*VOKED?_>>(TO*LAUGH*ING?_>>OUT*LOUD_>>(AT*HIS*HON*ESTY*LOVE?

YOU*KNOW*I*AM*FROM*GUATE*MA*L*A(!)?”-..&*(YOU*WULD*LIKE*IT*THERE*SIGNOR”-&*ON*TO*?_>>_(SAME*DAY*SER*VICE!?)_>..WF’*GANGS*RUN*NING*AMUCK*IN**BR

ONX*?_>>_(ME*WF*MEMORY*LOST*/-..-&*NAU*SEA(!?)-..-&*(MOUTH*SORE*WF”*IM*PLA

-NTS*)/-..&(NO*WAY*TO*FIX*ING*ETER*NAL*CLOCK(!)?_..-EVEN*-(WF’*E*TERNAL*KEY!)?-_..-EVEN*-?WF’/-.._DIA*BET*TIS*ME*LIT*TIS/-..*2(!)?-..-AS*MYE*MOTHER*?_>>_USTA*EAT*?

BEAUTI*FUL?_>>_(YELLOW*GREEN*CREAME*?_>>PIES*?_>>(FOR*BREAK*FAST*SLICE*AT*T

-IME?_>>WF”_(HER*COFFEE’S)?_>>_-(&*MYE*FATHER?_>>_-USTA*GO*BONK*ER”S(!?)-*ME- 

*C-OM*PLETEY*FLAB*ER*GASTED(!)?-..-(&*THAT*EX*PLAINS/-..WHY*COMMIE*MAMA/-..-&* *!!!?&*WACO*MAMA*/-..-(GOT*LOCK*ED*IN*/-..*ON*_-THIER*NUDED*BODIES*TRYST*??)

-(WRAP*PED*A*ROUND*?_>>_(MORAL*LY*DE*CA*DENT*?_>>DE*SIRE*S(!)))?__-EH*THEO-

DORE*DUMAS*?_>>_(YOU*DECA*DENT?_>>APPOLLO*SECOND*PHASE*COLLECT*OR*UV’-

*MINE*?_>>&*IT”S*TIME*JUDY*?_>_(GOT*RE*COM*PENSE!)?_..(or*GREEK*POLICEMAN?).

POEM EIGHT:

-&_(THE*Rain*Starts*Again/-..-&*THE*RAIN*STARTS*AGAIN/-..-on*MAY*GENTLE*DARK*DAY

(VERY*DARK*MAY*DAY/-..-FALLING*HEAVILY*/-..-BETWEEN*THE*AL*COVES/-..-OF*BUILDIN

-GS/-..&*(I*WRITE*ING*AGAIN*/-..AFTER*MYE*SON/-..-TELLS*ME*WHAT*?-..TO*BEAT*THE?

MACHINE*/)..AT*IT’S/-..-MECHANICAL*GAME8/-..-OF*TRY*ING*/-..-(TO*CONTROL*ME*IN*

-MYE*/-..-AL*GO*RYTHMS*/-..-BELATE*ED*LY/-..-WHILE*I*DOZ/-..-(WITH*MYE*WORDS?)_..?-

-ON*THE*BEACH*UV’..-(SERAUT’S*SUN*DAY*AFTER*NOON/-..-IN*DARK*DREAM*PLAY(!)?-

but*-REALLY*STAMMER*ING/-..-TO*MYE*16*YEAR*OLD*LOVER(!)?_..-(NO*THIS/-..NO*THAT

-WE*(REALLY*CAN’T/-.-*DO*THAT!)?-..-ON*_(THIS*BEACH/-..-THEY*WULD*SKIN*US*ALIVE?)

-BUT*THEN*AGAIN/-..-(MAY*BE/-..WE*CAN*/-..-AFTER*ROMAN*POLANSKY*WENT*SO*FA-

R*/-..IN*WHAT*FATE*FULL*YEAR*WAS*IT(!)?_.-DON’T*REMEMBER/-..-YES*/-..1913*/-..VIA*-

WIN*NING*-jeu*de*Palm*AWARD*-..OR*THE*PALME*d’*OR(!)?-..-IN*CANNE*FRANCE(!)?-?

me*UP*SET/-..-OVER*HIS*PREG*NANT*WIVE’S*MURDER*BYE(CHARLES*MANSION*GROUP

-GIVE*ING*POLAND*)-..-ANOTHER*BLACK*LISTED*NAME(!)?-..-(wf‘*KNIFE*IN*THE*WAT-ER?

-RAISE*ING*ART*STAND*ARDS/-..-IN*EUROPE(!))?-..-AND*IT’S*STILL*RAIN*ING*TODAY*/-?-

MAY*BE*CELE*BRATING*/-..(THAT*DAY*&*ALL*DAY’S!)?-..-(ME*WRITE*/-ING*AGAIN*ON*

SUCH*A*DARK*DARK*DAY(!)?-..-WHILE*-(*GUESS*MELDA*?)_..-(SIT’S*IN*BACK*ROOM!?)_

POEM NINE:

I*GUESS*MR.J*TOLL*/-..WILL*SHOW*UP/-..WHEN*I*LEAST*EXPECT/-..*DEMANDING*HE*CAN*FIX*MYE*MACHINE/-..-BUT*MYE*SON*?_>>_(HAS*AL*LEV*I*ATED*THAT/-..(BYE*SIMP- -LY-SAY*ING*PAPA*/-..-(JUST*PULL*THE*PROB*LEM?_>>_DOWN*&*OFF*I*WEB(!)?_.. -SO*I *D-ID*?_>>_&*(SHO*NEOUGH!)?_>>..-(IT*WORKED!)?_..&*I*GUESS*?_>>_(WE*HAVE *BEE N*-IN*VADE*ED?_>>-..(BYE*ME*CHAN*I*CAL*ALIENS*AGAIN!)-..-&*(THE*RAIN*CON*TINE 

‘ES* !?)_..-”TUTTI*FRUITTI/-..-HOW*I*MISS*THOSE*DAY’S/-..(WHEN*IT*DID’**ENT*RAIN(!?)-

POEM 10:

-&*THE*EARTH*SHOOK*AGAIN/-..-(CON*STANT*LY**BECOME*ING*MORE*SHAKE*Y!)?-??

-CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAKES*/-..-(EVEN*IN*OKLA*HOMA*?_>>WHERE*I*ONCE*A*BOUN

ED(!)?_..-AM*STILL*CON*CERNED*ABOUT*NANCY*SELL*ING*MOTHER”S?_(OIL*RIGHTS!)?

BUT*ONE*HAS*NO*CON*TROL?_>>_OVER*a*GEM*I*NIES*LIFE(!?)_>>_(DOES*ONE*BRO

_OKLYNN-or*MOMO(!)?_..-(IT’S*a*DOG*PUG’S*LIFE!)-//-*RIGHT*(LITTLE*RICHARD-or*DAD*

-DY*WHAMMY(!)?-..-&*-..(I*DON’T*BELIEVE*IT/-..-SIT*TING*RIGHT*HERE*in*MY*LAP(!)-..???-

PHONE’S*RING*ING/-..-MUST*BE*/-..(SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..or*AL*SHARP*TON*CALL*ING?

ABOUT*AN OTHER*BLACK*COM*PLAINT/-..-(uv’*EAST*HARLAM’ABODE?)-..-wf’-(SWIGGER* 

-ER*BIGG-ER*BEER!?)_..-(!?)-or*(CHUBBY*CHECKER*BELTING*out*HIS*EN*THUSI*ASIM*!?)??

POEM 11:

-HEARING*A*HUM/-..-AGAIN*LAY*ING/-..-(IN*BED/-.._HEARING*MOTOR*Mouth*PURR*IN’-

?)_..-(WHILE*THE*REST*UV’/-..-(WORLD*GO’S*BYE!)?-..-(NOT*HEARING*/-..-FROM*J.P/-..or*-J.T>/-..-or*ANY*OF’/-..-MYE*FLOOZYIES(!?)_..-CELE*BRATING*MYE*NONE*EX*IST*ANCE(!)? 

ON*a*FRIDAY/-..-NO*BODY*WANTS*/-..-TO*BUY(!)?-..-BUT*BOOGER*BILL-..-DE*CE*DENT*U

-BUFFALO*BILL*/-..-RIDING*HIS*FAVORITE*/-..-PAINTED*INDIAN*PONY(!)?-..-(MARK*TWAIN-

‘S**BOOK*/-..-(THE*JUMP*ING*FROG*/-..UV’*CALA*DAR*IUS*COUNTY!)?_..AL*WAY’S*A-

PPEALLED*TO*ME*?_>>-AS(MOTOR*MOUTH*RUNS/-..-THAT*WAY/-..IN*(SHARP*CRIT*IC*SI

M!)?_..-MEASURING*ALL*FROG’S*JUMP*/-..-BYE*INCHES(!)?_..-N’/-..(RURALor^URBAN*AME

-RICA!)?_>>AS*OF*THE*WORLD!)?_..-(-THINKING*WHAT*DIANNE*SPIE*VACK*/-..TOLD*ME

(PLEASE*CUM*OVER/-..-&*DO*(MYE*ASS!)?_.(*SHERROD*)!?-..-BE*CAUSE*I*HAVE*AGRO*-

-APHOBIA/-..-(&*CAN”T*LEAVE*MYE*APART*MENT!)_..-IS*SOME*REASON/-..-FOR*ME*TO*-

(AS*MOTOR*MOUTH*/-to*VISIT*HER!)?-..-THAT’s*All*I*Need*/-..-TIS*GREATER*DETAIL*SEX?

(NO*THANK*YOU*DIANNE!)?_..-(THIS*FROG*AIN’T*JUMPING!?)_.-..-(BUT*I*CULD*PAINT*?

..-YU(!?).-,,-SAC*YU*FICING*YOUR*SELF*?_>>_TO*THe*WORLD(!)?_..-WULD*PROB*ALY*MA

-KE*MOTOR*MOUTH*/-..-*SPUT*TER*(!)_>_*FASTER*(!)?-..BE*ME*EVER*?_>>SO*HUMBLE(!)

-”SLIP*IN’/-..&*SLIDD’*IN’/-..-LIKE*LITTLE*RICHARD/-..-or*CHUBBY*CHECKER*DO*AGAIN(!)!?

POEM 12:

-”YES*MAM*/-..-(ANY*THING*/-..-TO**PLEASE!)?”-..-*THAT*ELEVATOR*BELL* KEEPS*RING*I- ING*ME*DIZZY*/-..-AS*(OLD*LADIES*/-..-COME*&*GO(!)”?)-..-(THEN*THE*CARD?_>>FROM-

(HERALD*SQUARE*DENTAL*IM*PLANTS/-..-224 WEST 35th*Street)-..(16TH*FLOOR)-..-????????LOST*TO*WAITING*&*FROM*HER*..n’MAY*N>Y>C-  /?)..-BETWEEN*7th/-..&th*AVE.‘S-..????from*CHAR*MAINE*&*DR.*SONG*D>D>S>-..(-&*ME*/-..-SO*THANK*FUL/-..-I*m *DONE(!)?_(Rough*AS*ARIES*Dentist*/-..-BORN*IN*SEOUL*-*KOREA (!?)-FOR*DOING*COS*METIC*SURGERY*-(WF”COPPER* PLAQUE)_>>SAY*ING*I*BEST*SEOUL*K-?OREAN*ALIVE(!)?-(&*ME*BORN*to*BREAKING*QUATRAIN*RULES)?

POEM 13:

-A*WAKING*TO*STRANGE/*-..-*SOUNDS*IN*NIGHT(!?)_?..-LIKE*SHULD*AVE’*DONE*MYE-

*HOME*WORK*/-..-(ALL*THESE*YEARS*/-..-IN*QUESTION*/-..-(WHY*IT*ALL*HAPPENED*TH-

AT*WAY*)-..*&*ME*UNABLE*TO*SWAY*/-..*OTHER’S*TO*GREAT*ER*CON*VIC*TION(!?)?

(*THAT*RED*APPLES*?_>>DON’T*TURN*YELLOW*>>IDEA”S/-..-INTO*LESSOR*DESIRE’S-*DE

-ARIE(!)?_>>..-AS*GRAND*PAW’S*CON*VIC*TION/-..IF*YOU*START*LIFT*ING*A*YOUNG-? *PIG*/-..(OVER*A*FENCE/-..WHEN*YOUNG!?)_..-AS*IT*GET’S*HEAVIER*?_>>YOU*’LL*BE*-

ABLE*TO*LIFT*HER*LATER*/-..(IN*LIFE*BE*IT*WIFE*/-..-OR*FOE!)?-..-SO*BE*IT*CHARMAINE

-AS*DOWN*N’/-..-*JA*MA*I*CA*/-..-WHERE’S*THERE’S/-..-(GOOD*MUSIC!)?-..*RIGHT*BAB-

Y*(!)?-..-BYE*THE*WAY/-..-(WHERE*IS*MONA*DENIS!)?_..-&*(MONA*YU*IN*THAT*YELLOW

*SUN*DRESS*/-..-&*(THOSE*YELL*OW*HIGH*HEELS/-..-AL*WAYS*WIGGLLING-..(FOR*ME!)-

ALL*THE*WAY/-..-..(TAHITI*/-..-er’*..-(DO*MIN*CIAN*RE*PUB*LIC!)-..N’*THAT*YELL*OW*SK

-IRT*?_>>..&*(WF’*YOUR*FRENCH*ACC*ENT!)_?-..BLIPPING*THE*WORD*/-..RITE*OFF*PAG-

-*E(!)?

POEM 14:

-YEOWEL*BABY*!!?/-..-DO*THAT*AGAIN(!)?-..-READ*TO*ME/-..-(ALL’S*THAT’S*POSSIBLE!)?-..-

WF’/-..-YOUR*(FRENCH*TON*GUE!)>-..-IN*Mye*Gentle*HAIRY*EAR’S(!)-..-BE*YOND*MID*N-

IGHT*/-..-THOSE*PINK*FORM’S(!?)_..-A*LLUM*I*NATE/-..-MYE*PRI*MORD*IAL*/-..-*SPIRIT(!)

-WF’*SOUND’S*/-..0F*RIGHT*/-.._-HERE*PINK*FORMS*SING*/-..-NAUGHT*Y*MAN*BLUES?

POEM 15:

-&*I*SAT*UP*?_>><<_like>><<..-TO*THE*LAST*SER*A*NADE*?_SAPPE-

D/-..-LIKE*DIA*BET*TIC/-..-(-ON*SUGAR!)?_>..&*-(COCAO*DREAM’S?)-..-&*(SUN*FLOWER’S)

-HOT*FROM*a*-HIRED*DIS*MISSAL(!)?-..-(RAVISHED*BYE*a*WINTER’S*DE*FEAT!)?-..-&*MY*

EY*LIDS*BURN*ING*/-..-IN*(BLUE*FLASH*E’S/-..-&*RED*LASH*E’S(!)?_..&*(PASSED*OUT!)??

-FINI*!?

.-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA

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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*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(!?) POEM*ONE- ..-”(SWEET*TEA!/-..-FROM*ARIZONIA/-..-(AIN’T*GONNA*SAVE*YOU*BUDDY*!)-..-..”?-YOU*-..? (CONSTANT*LY*BLISTER*ING/-..--*FROM*YOUR*READER’S/-..-ANG*IETY(!?)..LIKE*CAROL*(!?)-CONSTANT*LY/-..-(LIFT*TING*HER*/-..-(DRESS*/-..-AS*IF*/-..-(WILLIAMS*BUERG/-..WAS*FOR-.. *EVER*(!)?-..(HER*SAY*ING/-..-(WHAT*TOOK*YOU/-..(SO*LONG!)?-..-(&*HAND*ING*ME*26* -SELF*/-..-DE*FEAT*ISH*POEMS/-..(ALL*TYPYED*UP/-..-ON*QUALITY*POETS/-..-(PAPER!?)-..-(HER -(BLUE*GREY*EYES/-..-STAR*RING/-..-(AT*ME*TO*ANSWER!)?-..(ME*LOOKING*AT*HER*NON- CHALANT*LY)!?-..-(AS*IF/-..-(I*DIDN’T*HEAR*HER!)?)-..-(&*DONALD*TRUMP’S/-..- (SHEEP*ISH*- GRIN*WAS*ALL*OVER/-..-(MYE*BI*QUS*PIDS?)-..(NOT*TO*MENTION/-..WERE*SMARTING!)!? (BECAUSE*(SLUSH*MOUTH*SEEM’S/-..-TO*BE*FOR*EVER(!)”?-..(THIS*DIABETTUS*MELITIS/-..IN -SIP*I*DUS/-..-”*WULD*LIKE*A/-..(TALL*16oz./-..SAMUEL*ADAM’S/-..-(ICE*COLD*BOSTON*LA -GER/-..-FROM*BOSTON(!)?-..-&*(MAY*BE*FILON*MIGON/-..-(MEDIUM*RARE*/-..-PINK*&*MA -Y*BE*BLEEDING*/-..-AS*HOPE*/-..-IS*WHERE*YOU*/-..-(FIND*IT!)?-..-LIKE*KELLY*CALLING*FR- OM*CALI*FORN*INA/-..-(WANT*ING*ME/-..-(-TO*LISTEN*TO*HER*MASTUR*BATE!)?-..-(ME*C- HUCKLE*ING/-..-(AT*HER*AU*DACITY!)?-..-&*APPALL*ED/-..-OF*(*THE*YEARS*GONE*BYE!?_?) -*&*ALL*THOSE*KANGA*ROO*RATS/-..-(*DROWN*ING*/-..-N’-*the*ARROYO’S!)?-..-(BUT*WH-AT*THE*HECK*/-..-(I*CAN’T*/-..-SAVE*THEM*ALL(!?)?-..-IN*NEW*JERSEY-..-OR*P.A./-..-OR*NY-- C(!)?-..-ME*AM*ONLY*ME(!)?-..-LIKE*BEING*INTER*NATIONAL*POET*PAINTER*COMPOSER*A -IN’T*/-.._*(E*NOUGH!)?..-FOR*A*RE*TIRE*D/-..-*TEACH*ING*MASTER/-..-(inTHE*GOOD*OLE * /-..BLANKETY*BLANK*/-..-(U>S>A>)? ..-(AS*SHE*SAID/-..-*ARE*YOU*RETIRED*/-..-R*NOT! ??- -(ME*NOT*KNOWING*RETIRE*MENT/-..-(OR*HOW*TO*FILL*OUT-PAINTER/POET/COMPOSER- -(*FORM*)!?-..(DEATH*LOOKING*AT*ME/-..-LIKE*IT*LOOK*ED/-..-AT*(BILL*PAXTON/-..MYE*C- OLLECTOR*/-..-FROM*(SURGERY*COMPLI*CATIONS/-..-(!?)-THAT*/-.. DRINKING ITALIAN**YELLOW*OILO/-..-DIDN’T*SOLVE/-.._*US*-? -AT*(GRAND*CENTRAL’S*CIPPRI*ANNI’S/-..-LADY’LOUSIE*/-..(!?)- -NEW*BERRY’S/-..(RUBBING*MYE*LEG’S/-..-UNDER*THIGH*/-(!?)- CLASS*TABLE(!)-..-(WF’*HIS*SILLY*PHOTOG*FRIEND/-?-*JOHN*-? -..-(LOOKING*ON!))?-..-(LOVE*YA*BILL/-..-SO*DOES-*KELLY!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -POEM*TWO -ON*THE*GO/-..(-ALL*WAYS*ON/-..(THE*GO*!)?-..(ALL*WAY’S*GOING*SOME*WHERE!)?-..*- DROP*ING/-..(THE*TOILET*PAPER/-.-FOR*THINGS*/-..(THERE*A*BOUTS!)?-..-TRYING*TO*KEEP - *IT *CIVIL(!)?/-..(LIKE*AES*C*HYL*LUS!)?-..-PUTTING*ON*MYE*/-BLACK*NYC*CAP!)?-..THIS*M- ARCH*/-..-CHILLY*LY*CAPO*COLD(!)-&*MYE*/-..(DEAR*FRIEND*GOING/-._O*MERTA(!);?-WF’- COM*PLI*CATIONS/-..-(WHILE*IN*SURGERY!)-..-IN*CALI*FORN*I*IA..(-LOUISE*BITING/-HER*- NAILS/-..PAINTED*BLACK(!))?-..-WHIE*JOHN*PHOTO*GRAPH/-.ED.-(THE*WHOLE*DYING*EPIT- HAPH*/-..-(LIKE*EUROPEAN*SHROUDS*HEAD?)-..-BILL’S*HEAD*SPIN*NING/-..-LIKE*OKLA*HO MA*TOR*NAD*O/-..-NEAR*SHAWNEE/-..-OR*OKLA*/-..PAN*HANDLE(!)?-.. THAT*HE*USED*T- O/-..(RUN*TO*!?)-..-&*(THAT*I*RAN*FROM!)?-..IN*(TORNADO*ALLEY!)?-..-SOME*THING*LIKE- KELLY*RHOADS/-..-WF”(RED*STOCK*INGS/-..-(THAT*I*DID/-..-IN*NYC.-..2004(!)-..-(IN*OIL*RED PAINT)-..-(HER*SITTING*ON*MYE*/-..(ROUND*TABLE!)?-..WHILE*HIS*FATHER/-..(POINTED*OU- T/-..-&*(SAID*THAT’S*A*BEAUTY(!?)-..-(YES*YES/-..-”I*LIKE*IT!)?-..-ME*GRABBING*THE*PAINT-.. TO*KEEP*WILLIAM*/-..-(FROM*GETTING*INTO*IT!?)-..(SOME*RED*PAINT*/-..-(STILL*WET(!!!!!!! !)?-..-(HER*AGOG/-..-&*PLEASURE*SMILING!)?-..ME*SAD*/-..-&*(DOWN*TRODDEN/-..-*LOSIN- G*ONE*OF/-..-(MYE*BEST*GIRLS*/-..-(LIKE*BLOOD*RED*PIGS/-..-*HEART!)?..-ON-(ANIS”S*HO -G *FARM(!)?..-&*(REMEM*BER*ING/-.._(HITCH*HIKE*ING/-..-(SHE*SAID/-..-&*(LEFT*IN*FRON- T-..(CHICKEN*SHACK/-..-UTAH*/-..-AS*?(-WORKING*GIRL!?)_&-(LEG*BONE*TRICKS!?)_..-&*OT- ER*/-..-MAL*GIRL*/-..-*FUNCTION’S/-.-(LED*HER*TO*NYC.-&*MYE*ART*STUDENT’S*CLASS?)!? -TO*BECOME*A*KINDA*/-..(YOU*LOUISE*CHICK?_>>OF*?>>(ONE*OF*MYE*PAINTINGS!(?)- IN*CAN_CAN*ATTIRE*(!?))-..-LEG”S*OPEN*TO?_>(MAN’orWOMAN’S*DESIRE!)?-SO*SEZ*YO> &*SO*(SOME*ONE*SHOULD*‘AVE*SAID/-..OR*TAUGHT*THE*CROW*/-..-(AT*TOP*-..UV’*-..? *ROOM!?_..TO*CROW*ABOUT*--HIS*FANCY*(DOUBLE*TALKING*TUNE!)?-..-(WITH*OUT*SPLI- T*TING/-..(!?)-..(HIS*TONGUE*/-..-TO*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MORE*BILL*/-..-YOUR*NO*PARROT(!)?- EVEN*BYE*BUYING*KELLY*?_?AS-(YOUR*HEART”S*FULL*FILL*MENT*/-..-N’(RED*STOCKINGS? -SHE*SAID*/-..-(THAT*LOUISE*APPROVED/-WF’-HANDS*DOWN/-..&*(RED*GARTER*BELT*?-???_????) PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*THREE- I*SHOULD’NT*/-..-AVE’*BEEN*THERE(!)?-..-ME*ALL*STEAM*ING*HOT*/-..WF’*/-..DIA*BETES?? -AT*THREE*-0*CLOCKam.-..(IN*MORN*ING!)?-..(THREE*HOOTS/-..-FOR(*OLD*BOY*SCOUTS*/- NEAR*FT.*SMITH,-..*AR*KAN*SAW(!)?-..-COLLECT*ING*/-..(MYE*WITS*&*LONG*EARED*BA-? TS!)?-..AS*SPECI*MANS/-..-(GREAT*HORNED*OWL’S/-..-(*PELLETS*/-..GRATI*FIED/-..(BYE*PRO- B*ING*NEEDLE*/-..-(THE*SHIN*BONE/-..-CONNECTED*TO*LEG*BONE)-..CONNECTED*TO*F0 -OT*BONE*SCATS*(!)?-..(BUT*BOY’S/-..-WILL*BE*BOYS!?)?-..-&*(DAVY*BOWLIN’S*CHAMP*IO -N-*SHIP(!)?-..IT*WAS*SO*COLD/-..N*-(DEM*DAYS*/-..OH*HOW*THE*(HOT*COFFEE*TASTES-SO-?- GOOD(!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*FOUR- -BUT*(LOCKED*IN*TO*RED*GRANITE*ROCKS/?-..-(SWEEZ*ING*MY*RIB*CAGE/-..-LIKE*(GO-N N-A/-..-(BE*/-..-*BORE*D/-?..-AS* -IN*..?-(TO*MORROW’S/-..-*FORE*SHORE*/-..-LIKE* I - HEAR-? HEAR*NG/-..*VOICES*/-..-(N’*N.Y>C?/-..-*LATER*/-..(-ON*DARK*GREEN/-..-(FIRE*ESCAPE!?)-..- -(CALL*THEM*NUDE*QUAKES/-..-(LIKE*MYE*PAINTINGS?-..-IN*OILS/-..-OR*ACRY*LICS/-(RED*- *M-USTER!)???-..-&(SUCH*DARK*CAVES/-..-VOICE*ING/-..-(LIKE*BAT’S/-..-(CHEE*CHEE*CHEE)!?- CON*FUSE*ION/-..-N’-(LOWER*MAN*HATTAN’S/-..-(PUERTO*RICO’S/-..-DRUGG*ED*LAMENT? )(THINKING*COM*PLAIN*INGS/-..-THE*WAY*TO*GO/-..--IN*SING*SONG/-..-TRUTH*VERSUS* VER*SUS*/-..-(LIFE*COULD*BE/-..-&*WOULD*BE*DIFF*ER*ENT(!)?-..-(FOR*SHIRLEY*SMITH/-..-FR KANSAS*&*-(HOL*STEIN*COWS!)?-..-&*(I*AGREE*ED/-..-WF’*HER*-..*ASS*UMPTION/-..BE*C- AUSE*SHE*WANT*ED/-..-&*WAS*STANDING*NUDE*(!?)?_..-THE*PHAM*TOM’/-..-(+HAD*BOU GHT*HIS*MISTRESS/-..-A*RED**FOX*COAT/-..-(-FULL*LENGHT?_>>BUT*SAID* ?_>>(PLEASE*-?? KILL*THE*-..THE*MOUSE*/-..(-UNDER*THE*SINK!)?-..(PHILIP*/- ..-THEY*GIVE*ME*THE*(CREAPY *CRAWLER’S/-..&*LET*THE*RED*FOX*FUR*/-..-(FALL*AWAY*/-..-FROM*CUME*PLEATLY/- ..-(NU -DE*BODY!??_? -&*(HER*RED*/-..-(HAIR*ED*MUFF!?)_..-(&*the*RED*HAIR*ED*MOUSE!)?-..-WAITING*FOR*P(!? IIN *K*/-..-HIS*RED* EN TRY !?)_..-MAY*BE*?_>>-(ABOUT*4:OO PM!?)_..-(!?)-..-(THAT*DAY*BE-? ING*TUESDAY*(!)? PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*FIVE: I -GUESS*IT’S*IN/-..-(MY*FATE*/-..-SHE*SAID*(!?)-..-DO*YOU*WANT*/-..-(SUM*HOT*COFFEE!? I*CON*STAN*LY*?-..-(ALL*WAY’S/-..-BEING*HARROW*ED/-..-(BYE*SEX!)?-../-&*GOD*DESS’S*- ”*&*THE*PHAN*TOM*/-..-(HAVE*BROKEN*UP/-..-&*I*NEED*SEX*)!?..(RIGHT*NOW/-..-ME*BU SILY/-..-(SEARCH*ING/-..FOR*IM*AGE*I*NARY*MOUSE/-..UNDER*SINK*ING/-..REAL*I*LI*ZAT ONS*THAT*NOTH*ING/-..-WAS*TRUE(!!!!!!!)?- ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*SIX: -SEEM*ING*LY/-..-ONE*MUST*BE*READY(!?)-..-(WHEN*THE*MUSE*SPEAKS/-..&*RE*SPOND-IN -G*T-O*&*LISTEN*VERY*CLOSE*LY/-..-(TO*THE*POET’S*TONGUE/-..-*TO*THE*WORD*COUNT ED*F OR-M!?)?-..-&*NOTICE*/-..-MY*WORDS*/-..-(FLOW*OUT/-..-LIKE*WATER!)?-SEZ*YOU*MA- CKY*/-..-IN*SAC*RO*DE*SANT*BELIEF(!))?-..OKAY*DAR*LIN(!)?-.-(SO*GOOD*/-..-SO*WELL!?)- -&*WHEN*I*HEARD*/-..-THAT*LOUD*POP(!)?-..-IN*THE*REFRIGERATOR*/-..-THAT*GREG*THE*- GREEDY*ONE*/-..-ONE*OF*TWO*BROS*/-..-GAVE*ME*OUT*OF*GUILT(?)-..-(THAT*ALL*WAYS HAD*/-..-a*(MOUSE*SMELL*/-..-MAY*BE*PLANTED*in*(?)..-AS*PRIVATE*PLOT(!????)-..-AS*SAM -E*DAY*SER*VICE-(???)-..-GANGS*(RUN*NING*AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO- R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND- *ING*OVER*/-..-NOT*MY*THING*/-..-(BEING*EX*TREMLY*HETERO)!?-..-(AS*WOMAN’S*MYE? -LOVE*DARLIN’-..-&*THERE*SEEM’S/-..-NO*WAY*TO*FIX/-..-THE*ETERNAL*CLOCK/-..-EVEN*W- F/-..-A*SET*OF*ETER*NAL*KEYS/-..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-FROM*ROME/-..-&*EVEN*/-..-WRAPPED- N’/-..-(GOLD*FOIL*POPE’S*MONEY*LIRA)???-..-*EVEN*/-..WF’-(SOCRATES*PHILOSOPHY!)?-..-?? -OR*SOCRATES*PEBBLES*/-.,,-IN*BLOODY*MOUTH*(!)?-..-AS*ENGLISH*-**COCK****OLD(!)? -&*A*/-..(MOTHER’S*VER*BAL**IN*TENT*/-..-OR*USUAGE*/-..-OR*VISUAL*PROOF*/-..UV’*W ACO*MAMA*/-..&*COMMIE*MAMA*/-..-(WRAPPED*AROUND*/-..&*LOCKED*IN*/-..-LISBEAN *(LICK*A*LIKES*LUCK*)?-..-(&*THE*EARTH*CON*STANT*LY/-..-VIBRATE*ING/-..-OR*SHIM*ME- R*ING*/-..-FROM*SHALE*DIS*PLACE*MENTS/-..-CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAK*ES!)?-..-MAN*MA- -DE*/-..-THROUGH*OUT*EARTH’S*SUR*FACE’S(!)?-..-EVEN*IN*STATE*/-..-OF*OKLA*HOMA*)!? I*WONDER*/-..-HOW*MUCH*/-..(OIL*RIGHT’S*CAN*BE*/-..*RE*VERT*ED*)?-..-ASK*MY*SIS*T ER(!)????-..-WHO*MADE*DE*CIS*ION*/-..-TO*SELL*OIL*RIGHTS/-..-FOR*FREE(!)?-..-WITH*OUT? -(CON*SULT*ING*-ISSUES*/-..-WF’*ME(!)?-..-YEAH*-ED*RIE’S*MAE’S/-..*DAUGHTERS*DE*CIS* ION*/-..-..-YEAH*DAISY*MAE’S/-..-AL*CAP*/-..(FUNNY*PAPER’S/-..-LIL*AB*NER’S*BLONDE*JO- OURN*AL*IST*Y*JOY*(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*SEVEN: =THERE*YOU*R’/-..-(*AGAIN*/-..-(LIKE*A*REG*U*LAR*NEW’SPAP*ER*/..-GIVING*ME*FIRST*- PLACE*ON*YOUR*-(SPORT’S*PAGE/-..-PLAY*ING*-(THIRD*BASE*/-..FOR*JESUS!)?-..-&*RIDE*(!- ING*/-..-TO*HO*BOKEN*-(!?)_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..TO(PENN.STATION!)?_ES*PEC*I* LY/-..-ON*_(RAINY*DAY”S!)?_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..-(TO*GET*?BROOK*LYN*SQUARE ‘S/-..-(TO*GET*MYE*/-..-(POME*A*DORO?_>>FOR*THE*WEEK’S*TOMATO*ACID*I*T-IRON(!)? -THEN*WHEN/-..-LATER*IN*THE*NIGHT*/-..(LORRAINE*CALL’S*COMPLAIN*ING*UV’*PAIN(!?) )-..-(WITH*OUT*HOPE*/-..-(THAT*MAY*BE*/-..-(SHE’S*BEEN*/-..-(MIS*DIA*NOSED/-..THAT*MA -Y*BE*/-..-*SHE*DOES*NOT*/-..(HAVE*CANCER*/-..-STILL*ALIVE/-..-(AFTER*DOc’s/-GIVE*HER*- ONE*MORE*YEAR*/-..-(TO*LIVE*!)? -(CRY*ING*LIKE*HER*FEM*I*NINE/-..-(RAGGI*TY*ANNE* -!?)-..-(A*LITTLE*MORE/-..-(THAN*DIS*TURB*ING/-..=BUT*AFTER*/-..-TALK*ING*TO*JESUS(!?)_?- -I*DE*CIDED*TO*HEAT*/-..-(THE*SQUARES/-.-&*(DRINK*THE*COKE*/-..(ICE*COLD*$1.49*GI- ANT*DRINK*/-..-FOR*IT’S*SUGAR*CALORIES*/-..-(SO*BE*IT*WILLARD*RUFUS*/-..-(FROM*ALA -BAMA*/-..-(TRY*ING/-..-FOR*DY*ING/-..-(FOR*MYE*SWEET*LOR*RAINE*AL*WAY’S*NEVER’S. -YET*BRAVO*PIZZA*/-..AT*30TH*STREET/-..&*EIGHT*AVE/-..-MAKES*SOME*DAM*GOOD *** SI*CI*LIAN-*SQUARES(!)?-..-(SINCE*I*LIVED*A*YEAR/-..-(IN*ROME’S/-..-RE*CIVE*ING/-..-1986- PRIX*de*ROMA’S*(HONOR*FOR*PAINTING/-..DOING*104*/-..-(CON*STRUZ*ION*ES/-..-&*?- 100*SEPERATE*PAINTINGS(!)?-..-(SO*I*KNOW*WHAT*/-..-(I*AM*TALKING*ABOUT!)?-=*ME*-? PROF*ESSOR*EMIR*I*TUS(!)?-..&*WAS*ASKED*/-..-(TO*VISIT/-..-(TO*GIVE*MYE*O*PINION!?) -TO*THE*/-..-HEAD*HONCHO*RESTOR*IER/-..-UV’-(THE*SIS*TINE*CHAPEL*/-..-UV’*-(MECHALI- AN*A*LO(!)?-..-JAPAN*ESE*CHEMICALS*&*PAINT*/-..-TURN*ING*THE*MAEST*RO*/-..-INTO* (JAPANESE*TOILET*/-..-or*CHEAP*FAST*FOOD*/-..-I*TAL*IAN*GAB*I*NETTA(!)?-..-WHILE*UP*- ON*SCAFF*OLD*ING/-..-(CHIEF*RESTOR*IOR/-..-AFTER*HIS*QUEST*ION-.._IS*IT*GOOD*REST ORATION/-..-(“I*SAID*NO*/-..-YOU*HAVE*TAKEN*AWAY*TIME*/-..-&*CENTURIES*OF*IN*CE NSE*?_>>(YOU*IN*ESS*CENCE*HAVE*DES*TROY*/-..*-ED(!?)-..-*ME*COL*LO’S*WORK(!?)??? -(HUSH*HUSH*/-..-THOSE*PEOPLE/-...-(DOWN*BELOW*R’/-..-THE*MONEY*PEOPLE-&*MIGHT*- (HEAR*YOU*/-..-YOU*DAM*AMERICAN*ARTISTS*/-..-(R’*TOO*TRUTH*FULL)?-&*(I*LOOKED*A BASH*ED(!)?-..-&*(SHA*GRIN*NED/-..-&*APPALLED*(!)?--WHICH*REMINDS*ME/-..UV’*I*READ* IN*(FLORENTINE’S/-..PRIME*NEWS*PAPER/-..(THAT*20thCENTURY*ITAILAN*WORKERS/-..*HA- DRILLED*OUT*AT*BASE*UV’/-..(DU*O*MO*2!?)-..&*(THAT’S*WHY*IT*/-..-WAS*OPEN*ING*F- ROM*(TOP*LIKE*ORANGE!?)-..-&*(THE*ITALIAN’S*WERE*USING*STEEL*CABLES/-..-TO*TRY*T- O*TY*a*15*CENTURY*DUOMO*/-..(LIKE*HUMP*I*TY*DUMP*ITY/-..-BACK*TO*GETHER*AGA- IN(!)?-..wf’-..(20thCENTURY*/-..-PUN*IN*TEND*ED)?? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*EIGHT: -&*AGAIN*PHONE*RING*ING*AGAIN*/-..-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN-*AGAIN*/-..(IT’S*ME*HELE- N*LIEB*HABER*?-..-FROM*-(HOUSE*/-..-UV’*CRIM*ANAL*INSANE(!?)-..-(YOUNG*MAN*/-I*H-? OPE*YOU*DON’T*MIND*/-..-YOUNG*MAN*ME*CALLING*AGAIN*/-..AS*IT’S*WED*NES*DA Y*?_*&-..(AFTER*TUES*DAY!)?_..-&*(YOUNG*MAN*I*WANT*TO*STEAL(!?)_..-YOUR*HEART*A -WAY*(!?)_..-AS*IT’S*APRIL*26th*2017/-..-at*9:15AM(!)”?-..(Good*Morning*LOVE*!)?-..ER(!?)-& *AGAIN*/-..-(GOOD*MORN*ING*YOUNG*MAN!)?..-ME*DIZZY*FROM*THE(VERBAL*REPEATS )!?_..(MYE*TOES*CRAMP*ING*FROM*DIA*BETIS*WIGG*LING*/-..-IN*BED*/-..-!?)-..&*HOPE*I- ING*THEY*WOULD*NOT*/-..(BE*AMP*U*TATED*/-..-BYE*SOME*OVER*IN*DULGE*ANT*SUR- GEON*/-..(HIRED*BYE*SPECT*RUM*/-..3*WAY*PLAN!)?-..-PHONE/COM*PUTER/-T.V.(!)?-*YES?- *HELEN*WHAT*DO*YOU*WISH*/-..*NOW*/-..MYE*BOOK/-..(PER*TAIN*ING*TO*OUR*LOV- E*HAS*NOT*HIT*THE*(FRENCH*PRESSES*YET!)?-..-BUT*IN*I*TAL*IAN*YES(!)?-SO*YOUR*YOU NG*MAN*/-..(WILL*LOOK*GOOD!)_..-(WHILE*YOU*STEAL*HIS/-..-HEART*A*WAY(!)?-..*AD*? -NAUSE*UM(!)?-..-I*CAN’T*GIVE*YOU*BUT/-..n(SEVEN*MINUTES!?)-..-(BE*CAUSE*YOU*CALLE- D*ALL*NIGHT*?..-SAY*ING/-..-WAKE*UP*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*DON’T*REMIND*ME*/-..UV’*Y EARS*THAT*HAVE*FLOWN*BYE*/-..-(SINCE*YOU*/-..-WERE*19!?)-..-(RARE*IN*TO*GO(!?)_-??? ANY*WHERE*FROM*BREN*TAN*OS/-..-(WF*ME*TO*BE*COME*POET!)?-..(OH!?-THOSE*WER- THE*DAY’S!)?_..-(EH!)?-..-&*(YOU*SAID*/-..THE*ONLY*WAY/-..-(YOU*COULD*SEE*ME*/-BE*C AUSE*OF*HELENA*(!)?-..-WAS*TO*POSE*/-..&*LET*ME*PAINT*YOU(!))?..-HELLO*OLD*GIRL(?) -WE*?(DID*IT*YOU*WF’*BAD*SENT*I*MENT/-..-(GERMAN*FARM*GIRL’D/-..-&*(I*AN*FRESH* OKIE?*FOND*LING*YOUR*KISSES*/-..-AT*EVERY*BREAK*/-..YOU*WANT*ED/-..-BEYOND*TB*- ’S*DE-STRUCTIVE*/-..(BALLARD’S*BIS*QUITS!)?-..-&*I*WARN*ED*YOU*-(NOT*TO!)?_..-BUT*YOU*WOU-D*NOT*LISTEN(!)”?-..(&*YOU*-GAVE*me*YOUR*?_-*BEST_*HEART*AWAY(!)? .-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*NINE: -HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-(lets*Have*a*Des*cent*CON*VERSATION*YOU*LIS*TEN*ING*ME *TALK*ING*/-..-YOU*LIST*EN*ING*/-..-(ME*TALK*ING!!!!)?-..&*-(DO*I*HAVE*TO*RE*PEAT?_? -(BALABB/-..ER?)_..(BABBER*ER?)_..(BLAB*BER-ER!!!?)-..--HELLO*YOUNG*MAN/-..-DO*YOU*WA NT*ME*TO*GET*OUTTA*HERE*/-..-&*COME*BE*WITH*YOU(!)?-..-(RE*MEMBER*ING*HER*AT- 19*YRS./-..-NOW*71*YRS./-..-&*(GUARD*ING*THE*(ART*BOX*STATION?)..-WF’*ONLY*A*FE- W*SCRAG*GLY*HAIRS*ON*HEAD!)-..-FROM*(TIMES’*E*RAISE*MENT?)_..-VERY*FEW*TEETH*- MEAN*ING*/-..TO*GUM*IT(!)????..-&*(NOT*HEAR*ING*A*LICK?)-..-&*I*STILL*USE*NO*DEO- DER*ANT*/-..-R*WASH*AT*MY*YOUNG*AGE(!)?-..-(YOUNG*MAN!)?-..-ALSO*RE*MEMBER*IN G*ARIS*(YOUNG*STRONG*SMELLING*/-..-ARIES*GIRL*STUDENT*/-..AT*-(Art*Students*LEAU-? GUE*-..-(WHERE*I*TAUGHT*FOR*25*YEARS*A*LIFE*CLASS!)?_..-&*I*AM*NOT*AD*VER*SED? TO*-/-..(FE*MALES*IN*HEAT*/-..-&*SOME*FE*MINE*SMELLS*/-..-IN*DE*SIRE*/-..-TO*COP*U*- LATE*(!)?-..-WHICH*ARIES*LIVED*IN*(!?)-..-(DRUG*GE*STASH*HOUSE*BLDG./-..-IN*(LOWER*? GRUNGE*BLDG./-..-&*EVEN*I*/-..-ASKED*HER*/-..TO*GO*WASH*/-..(FOR*MYE*SAKE!?)_..?? -AS*SOME*TIMES*PEOPLE*/-..-(LIVE*SO*LONG!?)_..-(WITH*OUT*WASH*ING/-..-CAN*NO*L0 NGER*SMELL*THEM*SELVES()?-..&*(-HAVE*TO*BE*RE*MIND*ED/-..-IF*THEY*STILL*WANT*A*- FEW*FRIENDS*/-..-THIS*IS*NECES*SARY(!)?-..-(SWEET*SWEAT*CLEAN*MEAT!)?_..-LOWER*EAS -T*SIDE*MAN*HATTAN(!)?-..&*SOME*TIMES*/-..-DREAM*HEAVEN*TIS*POSSIBLE(!?)-..-THANK* GOD*/-..FOR*THIS*APPLE*MAC*/-..-PUT*IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..-WHILE*I*WAS*/-..-UP*STATE*-? AD*I*ROND*ACKS/-..IN*SUMMER-***/-..1999(!?)-..-WHEN*I*CAME*BACK*/-..IN*SEPT./-COU- D*N’T*GET*MY*16’/-.-(FRESH*WATER*PLASTIC*CHALLENGER/-..-IN*NYC>-..-BECAUSE*COM*- PUT-TER*/-..WAS*BLOCK*ING*MY*EN*TRAD*A(!!!!?)?-..(SMALL*LOFT*BUILD*ING*PLACE!?)-..? -HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*********-ETC. ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. POEM*TEN: &*-SHE*JUST*KEPT*ON*/-..-ON*TALK*ING*/-..-*ON*PHONE(!)?-..-WHILE*BETTY*BLANK/-..-JU- ST*KEPT*ON*PAINT*ING/-..-HER*P.H.D./-..BROOK*LYN*(DRIVE*IN**PAINT*ING-..-(AS*STUD-? ENT*OF*MYNE/-..-THAT*THROUGH*THE*YEARS/-..-HAS*MARRIED*?_>>&*MOVED*TO*/-..-* -STATE*of*NEW- JERSEY(!)?-WHICH*LEADS*ME TO*SAY*/-.-THAT*I*MIGHT*BE*/-..THE*O*RIGN(!!!???)_AL*(?)?- *I*NAL*ADAM-*BEING*BORN*/-..-WITH*OUT*SECOND*RIB*/-..-N’/-..*Pauls*Valley*OKLAH-? */- .VIA*DR.VACHEL*LIND*SEY/-..-OR*IN*NYC*/-..,-WITH*FIRST*RIB**CON*G-ENT*I*TI*LY*- -*MISSING*/-..-BUT*THE*THINK*ING*/-..-THAT*ALL*ARTIST’s/-..-have*to*Have*SOME?-DE*M- AIMED*ED/-..-*PHY*I*CAL*/-..-N’*CAPLE*MENT*?_..-TIS*NOT*ONLY*STUPID*/-..-BUT*a*MALE *FaRction*Uv’*Bi-B*(!?)- -*I*CAL**BIBLE*MAL*FACTION(!)?_..&-(MIGHT*BE*some*UV’/-..-THE*21ST**CENTURY*PSYCH- O*FACTIONS*/-..-THE*WORLD,*WON’T*WANT*/-..-TO*BE*A*TOU*LOUSE*/-..-OR*BIGOT*ED *JEAL*OUS*/-..-(LOOK*AT*HIS*/-..-*MAL*FARCT*ION/-..-(YEAH*!?-..*BABY*OF*THE*PHANT*- OM*OPERA(!)?-..-&*IT*MIGHT*CAUSE-/-..-(SECOND*THOUGHTS?)?-..-(SO*BE*IT*STANLEY*)!?? BUT*SOME*R”*?_>>_-ALL*WAY”S/-..-(SECOND*GUESS*ING*/-..-A*FIRST*REAL*A*L*_*ITY)??? -LIKE*MUDDY*WATER’S/-ONLY*THE*BOY’S/CAN*TELL*HOW*MUDDY*-...*H2O*CAN*GET(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -..*POEM*11: -&*(ALL*POEMS*/-..-ARE*WRITTEN/-..-(ELSE*WIZE*?)_..-(BREAK*ING*RULES*/-..-UV’*CLASSI*CAL*/-STAND*ARD/-..****QUA*TRAIN)!? -&*NOT*TO*BE*CHANGED*/-..-(BYE*ANY*ONE*/-PUBLIS*ER*/-*SON*SANDRO/-*BERT*ETC).- OR*(OTHER*IDIOTS?)?-WHERE*THE*EGO*..--TIS*BIGGER*THN*THEIR*INTELL*ECTS(!)? -(GIVE*ME*LIB*ER*TY/-..-WF’/-.-.*WORD’S*/-..---OR*GIVE*ME*LIT*ER*AL*HIERARCHICAL*/-..-DEATH(!?)-? -UNCLE*SAM*STILL*SAYS/-..WF’*FINGER*POINTING/-STRAIGHT*AT*YOU*AMERICA(!)? -(PAT*RICK*HENRY*/-..-(SAY’S*I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-MAY*BE*-SHERRO’DS*RIGHT(!)? -..-*POEM*12: -SOME*SAY*/-..-DOES*HE*MEAN*IT(!?)?-..-(DOUBLE*ARIES*SHARI*/-..IN*FLORIDA*?_>>SAY”- *”S*YES(!)?_-HELEN*LIEB.-.._IN-*(HOUSE*OF*IN*SANE/-..-SAYS*(HER*MOTHER*SAYS*YES!))? -AS*AN*ARIES*DE*FUNCT(!)?-..-AMONG*THE*RED*POSIES(!)? ..-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER. -POEM*13: -&*I*Say*YES(!)?-..-(RIGHT*SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..DO*GOOD*ER*BLACK*/-..-*N*EAST*HARLEM- *GROUP*/-..-(TRY*ING*TO*BRING*BACK*HARLEM’S*MUSIC*/-..-OF*DAY’S*ELE*GANCE/-..*? (DUKE*EL*LING*TON*SMOOTH*EASY*SPEAK*/-..-(WE*GOT*IT*/-..-LIKE*YOU*WANT*IT!?)_?- &*CAN*NOT*/-..-HAVE*IT*EVER*A*GAIN*(!?)-..-THE*5*BROOK*LYN*(WOMAN*SUFFRAGE*? )_-DO*GOODER*GROUP(!?)_..-(DOWN*IN*BROOK*LYN*!)?_..-&*WE*WANT*IT*BACK*/-..-LKE*RUSSIAN*PIANO(!)_>>-HOSI*M-OPH*HANO*BEAM*AH-*/-..-SERIAL*NUMBER-..-?YES*(247422-38)?..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-(BYE*LOVER?)-..-UV*-*PUTIN’S*LOVE*/-..-?-(DON’T*TELL*U>S>A>*ANY*THING(!)?-..&*TRUMP’S*RED*HAIR*ED*TOP(?)))) -FINI*!? .-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017 POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER MASTER*TEACHER.

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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*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(!?)


POEM*ONE-
..-”(SWEET*TEA!/-..-FROM*ARIZONIA/-..-(AIN’T*GONNA*SAVE*YOU*BUDDY*!)-..-..”?-YOU*-..?
(CONSTANT*LY*BLISTER*ING/-..--*FROM*YOUR*READER’S/-..-ANG*IETY(!?)..LIKE*CAROL*(!?)-CONSTANT*LY/-..-(LIFT*TING*HER*/-..-(DRESS*/-..-AS*IF*/-..-(WILLIAMS*BUERG/-..WAS*FOR-..
*EVER*(!)?-..(HER*SAY*ING/-..-(WHAT*TOOK*YOU/-..(SO*LONG!)?-..-(&*HAND*ING*ME*26*

-SELF*/-..-DE*FEAT*ISH*POEMS/-..(ALL*TYPYED*UP/-..-ON*QUALITY*POETS/-..-(PAPER!?)-..-(HER
-(BLUE*GREY*EYES/-..-STAR*RING/-..-(AT*ME*TO*ANSWER!)?-..(ME*LOOKING*AT*HER*NON-
CHALANT*LY)!?-..-(AS*IF/-..-(I*DIDN’T*HEAR*HER!)?)-..-(&*DONALD*TRUMP’S/-..- (SHEEP*ISH*-
GRIN*WAS*ALL*OVER/-..-(MYE*BI*QUS*PIDS?)-..(NOT*TO*MENTION/-..WERE*SMARTING!)!?

(BECAUSE*(SLUSH*MOUTH*SEEM’S/-..-TO*BE*FOR*EVER(!)”?-..(THIS*DIABETTUS*MELITIS/-..IN
-SIP*I*DUS/-..-”*WULD*LIKE*A/-..(TALL*16oz./-..SAMUEL*ADAM’S/-..-(ICE*COLD*BOSTON*LA
-GER/-..-FROM*BOSTON(!)?-..-&*(MAY*BE*FILON*MIGON/-..-(MEDIUM*RARE*/-..-PINK*&*MA
-Y*BE*BLEEDING*/-..-AS*HOPE*/-..-IS*WHERE*YOU*/-..-(FIND*IT!)?-..-LIKE*KELLY*CALLING*FR-

OM*CALI*FORN*INA/-..-(WANT*ING*ME/-..-(-TO*LISTEN*TO*HER*MASTUR*BATE!)?-..-(ME*C-
HUCKLE*ING/-..-(AT*HER*AU*DACITY!)?-..-&*APPALL*ED/-..-OF*(*THE*YEARS*GONE*BYE!?_?)
-*&*ALL*THOSE*KANGA*ROO*RATS/-..-(*DROWN*ING*/-..-N’-*the*ARROYO’S!)?-..-(BUT*WH-AT*THE*HECK*/-..-(I*CAN’T*/-..-SAVE*THEM*ALL(!?)?-..-IN*NEW*JERSEY-..-OR*P.A./-..-OR*NY--

C(!)?-..-ME*AM*ONLY*ME(!)?-..-LIKE*BEING*INTER*NATIONAL*POET*PAINTER*COMPOSER*A
-IN’T*/-.._*(E*NOUGH!)?..-FOR*A*RE*TIRE*D/-..-*TEACH*ING*MASTER/-..-(inTHE*GOOD*OLE * /-..BLANKETY*BLANK*/-..-(U>S>A>)? ..-(AS*SHE*SAID/-..-*ARE*YOU*RETIRED*/-..-R*NOT! ??-
-(ME*NOT*KNOWING*RETIRE*MENT/-..-(OR*HOW*TO*FILL*OUT-PAINTER/POET/COMPOSER-
-(*FORM*)!?-..(DEATH*LOOKING*AT*ME/-..-LIKE*IT*LOOK*ED/-..-AT*(BILL*PAXTON/-..MYE*C-

OLLECTOR*/-..-FROM*(SURGERY*COMPLI*CATIONS/-..-(!?)-THAT*/-..
 DRINKING ITALIAN**YELLOW*OILO/-..-DIDN’T*SOLVE/-.._*US*-?
-AT*(GRAND*CENTRAL’S*CIPPRI*ANNI’S/-..-LADY’LOUSIE*/-..(!?)-
-NEW*BERRY’S/-..(RUBBING*MYE*LEG’S/-..-UNDER*THIGH*/-(!?)-
CLASS*TABLE(!)-..-(WF’*HIS*SILLY*PHOTOG*FRIEND/-?-*JOHN*-?
-..-(LOOKING*ON!))?-..-(LOVE*YA*BILL/-..-SO*DOES-*KELLY!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


-POEM*TWO
-ON*THE*GO/-..(-ALL*WAYS*ON/-..(THE*GO*!)?-..(ALL*WAY’S*GOING*SOME*WHERE!)?-..*-
DROP*ING/-..(THE*TOILET*PAPER/-.-FOR*THINGS*/-..(THERE*A*BOUTS!)?-..-TRYING*TO*KEEP - *IT *CIVIL(!)?/-..(LIKE*AES*C*HYL*LUS!)?-..-PUTTING*ON*MYE*/-BLACK*NYC*CAP!)?-..THIS*M-
ARCH*/-..-CHILLY*LY*CAPO*COLD(!)-&*MYE*/-..(DEAR*FRIEND*GOING/-._O*MERTA(!);?-WF’-

COM*PLI*CATIONS/-..-(WHILE*IN*SURGERY!)-..-IN*CALI*FORN*I*IA..(-LOUISE*BITING/-HER*-
NAILS/-..PAINTED*BLACK(!))?-..-WHIE*JOHN*PHOTO*GRAPH/-.ED.-(THE*WHOLE*DYING*EPIT-
HAPH*/-..-(LIKE*EUROPEAN*SHROUDS*HEAD?)-..-BILL’S*HEAD*SPIN*NING/-..-LIKE*OKLA*HO
MA*TOR*NAD*O/-..-NEAR*SHAWNEE/-..-OR*OKLA*/-..PAN*HANDLE(!)?-.. THAT*HE*USED*T-

O/-..(RUN*TO*!?)-..-&*(THAT*I*RAN*FROM!)?-..IN*(TORNADO*ALLEY!)?-..-SOME*THING*LIKE-
KELLY*RHOADS/-..-WF”(RED*STOCK*INGS/-..-(THAT*I*DID/-..-IN*NYC.-..2004(!)-..-(IN*OIL*RED PAINT)-..-(HER*SITTING*ON*MYE*/-..(ROUND*TABLE!)?-..WHILE*HIS*FATHER/-..(POINTED*OU-
T/-..-&*(SAID*THAT’S*A*BEAUTY(!?)-..-(YES*YES/-..-”I*LIKE*IT!)?-..-ME*GRABBING*THE*PAINT-..

TO*KEEP*WILLIAM*/-..-(FROM*GETTING*INTO*IT!?)-..(SOME*RED*PAINT*/-..-(STILL*WET(!!!!!!!
!)?-..-(HER*AGOG/-..-&*PLEASURE*SMILING!)?-..ME*SAD*/-..-&*(DOWN*TRODDEN/-..-*LOSIN-
G*ONE*OF/-..-(MYE*BEST*GIRLS*/-..-(LIKE*BLOOD*RED*PIGS/-..-*HEART!)?..-ON-(ANIS”S*HO -G *FARM(!)?..-&*(REMEM*BER*ING/-.._(HITCH*HIKE*ING/-..-(SHE*SAID/-..-&*(LEFT*IN*FRON-

T-..(CHICKEN*SHACK/-..-UTAH*/-..-AS*?(-WORKING*GIRL!?)_&-(LEG*BONE*TRICKS!?)_..-&*OT-  ER*/-..-MAL*GIRL*/-..-*FUNCTION’S/-.-(LED*HER*TO*NYC.-&*MYE*ART*STUDENT’S*CLASS?)!?
-TO*BECOME*A*KINDA*/-..(YOU*LOUISE*CHICK?_>>OF*?>>(ONE*OF*MYE*PAINTINGS!(?)-
IN*CAN_CAN*ATTIRE*(!?))-..-LEG”S*OPEN*TO?_>(MAN’orWOMAN’S*DESIRE!)?-SO*SEZ*YO>

&*SO*(SOME*ONE*SHOULD*‘AVE*SAID/-..OR*TAUGHT*THE*CROW*/-..-(AT*TOP*-..UV’*-..? *ROOM!?_..TO*CROW*ABOUT*--HIS*FANCY*(DOUBLE*TALKING*TUNE!)?-..-(WITH*OUT*SPLI-
T*TING/-..(!?)-..(HIS*TONGUE*/-..-TO*SAY*/-..(NEVER*MORE*BILL*/-..-YOUR*NO*PARROT(!)?-
EVEN*BYE*BUYING*KELLY*?_?AS-(YOUR*HEART”S*FULL*FILL*MENT*/-..-N’(RED*STOCKINGS?
-SHE*SAID*/-..-(THAT*LOUISE*APPROVED/-WF’-HANDS*DOWN/-..&*(RED*GARTER*BELT*?-???_????)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*THREE-
I*SHOULD’NT*/-..-AVE’*BEEN*THERE(!)?-..-ME*ALL*STEAM*ING*HOT*/-..WF’*/-..DIA*BETES??
-AT*THREE*-0*CLOCKam.-..(IN*MORN*ING!)?-..(THREE*HOOTS/-..-FOR(*OLD*BOY*SCOUTS*/-
NEAR*FT.*SMITH,-..*AR*KAN*SAW(!)?-..-COLLECT*ING*/-..(MYE*WITS*&*LONG*EARED*BA-?
TS!)?-..AS*SPECI*MANS/-..-(GREAT*HORNED*OWL’S/-..-(*PELLETS*/-..GRATI*FIED/-..(BYE*PRO-
B*ING*NEEDLE*/-..-(THE*SHIN*BONE/-..-CONNECTED*TO*LEG*BONE)-..CONNECTED*TO*F0
-OT*BONE*SCATS*(!)?-..(BUT*BOY’S/-..-WILL*BE*BOYS!?)?-..-&*(DAVY*BOWLIN’S*CHAMP*IO -N-*SHIP(!)?-..IT*WAS*SO*COLD/-..N*-(DEM*DAYS*/-..OH*HOW*THE*(HOT*COFFEE*TASTES-SO-?-
GOOD(!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*FOUR-
-BUT*(LOCKED*IN*TO*RED*GRANITE*ROCKS/?-..-(SWEEZ*ING*MY*RIB*CAGE/-..-LIKE*(GO-N  N-A/-..-(BE*/-..-*BORE*D/-?..-AS* -IN*..?-(TO*MORROW’S/-..-*FORE*SHORE*/-..-LIKE* I - HEAR-? HEAR*NG/-..*VOICES*/-..-(N’*N.Y>C?/-..-*LATER*/-..(-ON*DARK*GREEN/-..-(FIRE*ESCAPE!?)-..-
-(CALL*THEM*NUDE*QUAKES/-..-(LIKE*MYE*PAINTINGS?-..-IN*OILS/-..-OR*ACRY*LICS/-(RED*-

*M-USTER!)???-..-&(SUCH*DARK*CAVES/-..-VOICE*ING/-..-(LIKE*BAT’S/-..-(CHEE*CHEE*CHEE)!?-
CON*FUSE*ION/-..-N’-(LOWER*MAN*HATTAN’S/-..-(PUERTO*RICO’S/-..-DRUGG*ED*LAMENT?
)(THINKING*COM*PLAIN*INGS/-..-THE*WAY*TO*GO/-..--IN*SING*SONG/-..-TRUTH*VERSUS*
VER*SUS*/-..-(LIFE*COULD*BE/-..-&*WOULD*BE*DIFF*ER*ENT(!)?-..-(FOR*SHIRLEY*SMITH/-..-FR
KANSAS*&*-(HOL*STEIN*COWS!)?-..-&*(I*AGREE*ED/-..-WF’*HER*-..*ASS*UMPTION/-..BE*C-

AUSE*SHE*WANT*ED/-..-&*WAS*STANDING*NUDE*(!?)?_..-THE*PHAM*TOM’/-..-(+HAD*BOU GHT*HIS*MISTRESS/-..-A*RED**FOX*COAT/-..-(-FULL*LENGHT?_>>BUT*SAID* ?_>>(PLEASE*-??
KILL*THE*-..THE*MOUSE*/-..(-UNDER*THE*SINK!)?-..(PHILIP*/- ..-THEY*GIVE*ME*THE*(CREAPY  *CRAWLER’S/-..&*LET*THE*RED*FOX*FUR*/-..-(FALL*AWAY*/-..-FROM*CUME*PLEATLY/- ..-(NU  -DE*BODY!??_?

-&*(HER*RED*/-..-(HAIR*ED*MUFF!?)_..-(&*the*RED*HAIR*ED*MOUSE!)?-..-WAITING*FOR*P(!? IIN *K*/-..-HIS*RED* EN TRY !?)_..-MAY*BE*?_>>-(ABOUT*4:OO PM!?)_..-(!?)-..-(THAT*DAY*BE-?
ING*TUESDAY*(!)?

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*FIVE:
I -GUESS*IT’S*IN/-..-(MY*FATE*/-..-SHE*SAID*(!?)-..-DO*YOU*WANT*/-..-(SUM*HOT*COFFEE!?
I*CON*STAN*LY*?-..-(ALL*WAY’S/-..-BEING*HARROW*ED/-..-(BYE*SEX!)?-../-&*GOD*DESS’S*- ”*&*THE*PHAN*TOM*/-..-(HAVE*BROKEN*UP/-..-&*I*NEED*SEX*)!?..(RIGHT*NOW/-..-ME*BU
SILY/-..-(SEARCH*ING/-..FOR*IM*AGE*I*NARY*MOUSE/-..UNDER*SINK*ING/-..REAL*I*LI*ZAT
ONS*THAT*NOTH*ING/-..-WAS*TRUE(!!!!!!!)?-

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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*SIX:
-SEEM*ING*LY/-..-ONE*MUST*BE*READY(!?)-..-(WHEN*THE*MUSE*SPEAKS/-..&*RE*SPOND-IN -G*T-O*&*LISTEN*VERY*CLOSE*LY/-..-(TO*THE*POET’S*TONGUE/-..-*TO*THE*WORD*COUNT    ED*F OR-M!?)?-..-&*NOTICE*/-..-MY*WORDS*/-..-(FLOW*OUT/-..-LIKE*WATER!)?-SEZ*YOU*MA-
CKY*/-..-IN*SAC*RO*DE*SANT*BELIEF(!))?-..OKAY*DAR*LIN(!)?-.-(SO*GOOD*/-..-SO*WELL!?)-
-&*WHEN*I*HEARD*/-..-THAT*LOUD*POP(!)?-..-IN*THE*REFRIGERATOR*/-..-THAT*GREG*THE*-

GREEDY*ONE*/-..-ONE*OF*TWO*BROS*/-..-GAVE*ME*OUT*OF*GUILT(?)-..-(THAT*ALL*WAYS
HAD*/-..-a*(MOUSE*SMELL*/-..-MAY*BE*PLANTED*in*(?)..-AS*PRIVATE*PLOT(!????)-..-AS*SAM
-E*DAY*SER*VICE-(???)-..-GANGS*(RUN*NING*AMUCK*/-..-N*‘CON*STANT*SLAUGHTER*FO-
R*CONTROL*/-..-OF*THE*MANY*COCAINE*HEROINE*/-..-AID’S*/-..-(YOU*NAME*IT/-..-BEND-
*ING*OVER*/-..-NOT*MY*THING*/-..-(BEING*EX*TREMLY*HETERO)!?-..-(AS*WOMAN’S*MYE?

-LOVE*DARLIN’-..-&*THERE*SEEM’S/-..-NO*WAY*TO*FIX/-..-THE*ETERNAL*CLOCK/-..-EVEN*W-
F/-..-A*SET*OF*ETER*NAL*KEYS/-..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-FROM*ROME/-..-&*EVEN*/-..-WRAPPED-
N’/-..-(GOLD*FOIL*POPE’S*MONEY*LIRA)???-..-*EVEN*/-..WF’-(SOCRATES*PHILOSOPHY!)?-..-??
-OR*SOCRATES*PEBBLES*/-.,,-IN*BLOODY*MOUTH*(!)?-..-AS*ENGLISH*-**COCK****OLD(!)?

-&*A*/-..(MOTHER’S*VER*BAL**IN*TENT*/-..-OR*USUAGE*/-..-OR*VISUAL*PROOF*/-..UV’*W
ACO*MAMA*/-..&*COMMIE*MAMA*/-..-(WRAPPED*AROUND*/-..&*LOCKED*IN*/-..-LISBEAN
*(LICK*A*LIKES*LUCK*)?-..-(&*THE*EARTH*CON*STANT*LY/-..-VIBRATE*ING/-..-OR*SHIM*ME-
R*ING*/-..-FROM*SHALE*DIS*PLACE*MENTS/-..-CALL*THEM*EARTH*QUAK*ES!)?-..-MAN*MA-

-DE*/-..-THROUGH*OUT*EARTH’S*SUR*FACE’S(!)?-..-EVEN*IN*STATE*/-..-OF*OKLA*HOMA*)!?
I*WONDER*/-..-HOW*MUCH*/-..(OIL*RIGHT’S*CAN*BE*/-..*RE*VERT*ED*)?-..-ASK*MY*SIS*T
ER(!)????-..-WHO*MADE*DE*CIS*ION*/-..-TO*SELL*OIL*RIGHTS/-..-FOR*FREE(!)?-..-WITH*OUT?
-(CON*SULT*ING*-ISSUES*/-..-WF’*ME(!)?-..-YEAH*-ED*RIE’S*MAE’S/-..*DAUGHTERS*DE*CIS*

ION*/-..-..-YEAH*DAISY*MAE’S/-..-AL*CAP*/-..(FUNNY*PAPER’S/-..-LIL*AB*NER’S*BLONDE*JO-
OURN*AL*IST*Y*JOY*(!)?


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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*SEVEN:
=THERE*YOU*R’/-..-(*AGAIN*/-..-(LIKE*A*REG*U*LAR*NEW’SPAP*ER*/..-GIVING*ME*FIRST*-
PLACE*ON*YOUR*-(SPORT’S*PAGE/-..-PLAY*ING*-(THIRD*BASE*/-..FOR*JESUS!)?-..-&*RIDE*(!-
ING*/-..-TO*HO*BOKEN*-(!?)_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..TO(PENN.STATION!)?_ES*PEC*I*
LY/-..-ON*_(RAINY*DAY”S!)?_..WHEN*I*WANT*TO*GO*/-..-(TO*GET*?BROOK*LYN*SQUARE
‘S/-..-(TO*GET*MYE*/-..-(POME*A*DORO?_>>FOR*THE*WEEK’S*TOMATO*ACID*I*T-IRON(!)?


-THEN*WHEN/-..-LATER*IN*THE*NIGHT*/-..(LORRAINE*CALL’S*COMPLAIN*ING*UV’*PAIN(!?)
)-..-(WITH*OUT*HOPE*/-..-(THAT*MAY*BE*/-..-(SHE’S*BEEN*/-..-(MIS*DIA*NOSED/-..THAT*MA
-Y*BE*/-..-*SHE*DOES*NOT*/-..(HAVE*CANCER*/-..-STILL*ALIVE/-..-(AFTER*DOc’s/-GIVE*HER*-
ONE*MORE*YEAR*/-..-(TO*LIVE*!)? -(CRY*ING*LIKE*HER*FEM*I*NINE/-..-(RAGGI*TY*ANNE*
-!?)-..-(A*LITTLE*MORE/-..-(THAN*DIS*TURB*ING/-..=BUT*AFTER*/-..-TALK*ING*TO*JESUS(!?)_?-
-I*DE*CIDED*TO*HEAT*/-..-(THE*SQUARES/-.-&*(DRINK*THE*COKE*/-..(ICE*COLD*$1.49*GI-
ANT*DRINK*/-..-FOR*IT’S*SUGAR*CALORIES*/-..-(SO*BE*IT*WILLARD*RUFUS*/-..-(FROM*ALA
-BAMA*/-..-(TRY*ING/-..-FOR*DY*ING/-..-(FOR*MYE*SWEET*LOR*RAINE*AL*WAY’S*NEVER’S.


-YET*BRAVO*PIZZA*/-..AT*30TH*STREET/-..&*EIGHT*AVE/-..-MAKES*SOME*DAM*GOOD *** SI*CI*LIAN-*SQUARES(!)?-..-(SINCE*I*LIVED*A*YEAR/-..-(IN*ROME’S/-..-RE*CIVE*ING/-..-1986-
PRIX*de*ROMA’S*(HONOR*FOR*PAINTING/-..DOING*104*/-..-(CON*STRUZ*ION*ES/-..-&*?-
100*SEPERATE*PAINTINGS(!)?-..-(SO*I*KNOW*WHAT*/-..-(I*AM*TALKING*ABOUT!)?-=*ME*-?
PROF*ESSOR*EMIR*I*TUS(!)?-..&*WAS*ASKED*/-..-(TO*VISIT/-..-(TO*GIVE*MYE*O*PINION!?)


-TO*THE*/-..-HEAD*HONCHO*RESTOR*IER/-..-UV’-(THE*SIS*TINE*CHAPEL*/-..-UV’*-(MECHALI-
AN*A*LO(!)?-..-JAPAN*ESE*CHEMICALS*&*PAINT*/-..-TURN*ING*THE*MAEST*RO*/-..-INTO*
(JAPANESE*TOILET*/-..-or*CHEAP*FAST*FOOD*/-..-I*TAL*IAN*GAB*I*NETTA(!)?-..-WHILE*UP*-
ON*SCAFF*OLD*ING/-..-(CHIEF*RESTOR*IOR/-..-AFTER*HIS*QUEST*ION-.._IS*IT*GOOD*REST
ORATION/-..-(“I*SAID*NO*/-..-YOU*HAVE*TAKEN*AWAY*TIME*/-..-&*CENTURIES*OF*IN*CE
NSE*?_>>(YOU*IN*ESS*CENCE*HAVE*DES*TROY*/-..*-ED(!?)-..-*ME*COL*LO’S*WORK(!?)???


-(HUSH*HUSH*/-..-THOSE*PEOPLE/-...-(DOWN*BELOW*R’/-..-THE*MONEY*PEOPLE-&*MIGHT*-
(HEAR*YOU*/-..-YOU*DAM*AMERICAN*ARTISTS*/-..-(R’*TOO*TRUTH*FULL)?-&*(I*LOOKED*A
BASH*ED(!)?-..-&*(SHA*GRIN*NED/-..-&*APPALLED*(!)?--WHICH*REMINDS*ME/-..UV’*I*READ*
IN*(FLORENTINE’S/-..PRIME*NEWS*PAPER/-..(THAT*20thCENTURY*ITAILAN*WORKERS/-..*HA-
DRILLED*OUT*AT*BASE*UV’/-..(DU*O*MO*2!?)-..&*(THAT’S*WHY*IT*/-..-WAS*OPEN*ING*F-


ROM*(TOP*LIKE*ORANGE!?)-..-&*(THE*ITALIAN’S*WERE*USING*STEEL*CABLES/-..-TO*TRY*T-
O*TY*a*15*CENTURY*DUOMO*/-..(LIKE*HUMP*I*TY*DUMP*ITY/-..-BACK*TO*GETHER*AGA-
IN(!)?-..wf’-..(20thCENTURY*/-..-PUN*IN*TEND*ED)??



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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.



POEM*EIGHT:
-&*AGAIN*PHONE*RING*ING*AGAIN*/-..-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN-*AGAIN*/-..(IT’S*ME*HELE-
N*LIEB*HABER*?-..-FROM*-(HOUSE*/-..-UV’*CRIM*ANAL*INSANE(!?)-..-(YOUNG*MAN*/-I*H-?
OPE*YOU*DON’T*MIND*/-..-YOUNG*MAN*ME*CALLING*AGAIN*/-..AS*IT’S*WED*NES*DA
Y*?_*&-..(AFTER*TUES*DAY!)?_..-&*(YOUNG*MAN*I*WANT*TO*STEAL(!?)_..-YOUR*HEART*A
-WAY*(!?)_..-AS*IT’S*APRIL*26th*2017/-..-at*9:15AM(!)”?-..(Good*Morning*LOVE*!)?-..ER(!?)-&


*AGAIN*/-..-(GOOD*MORN*ING*YOUNG*MAN!)?..-ME*DIZZY*FROM*THE(VERBAL*REPEATS
)!?_..(MYE*TOES*CRAMP*ING*FROM*DIA*BETIS*WIGG*LING*/-..-IN*BED*/-..-!?)-..&*HOPE*I-
ING*THEY*WOULD*NOT*/-..(BE*AMP*U*TATED*/-..-BYE*SOME*OVER*IN*DULGE*ANT*SUR-
GEON*/-..(HIRED*BYE*SPECT*RUM*/-..3*WAY*PLAN!)?-..-PHONE/COM*PUTER/-T.V.(!)?-*YES?-
*HELEN*WHAT*DO*YOU*WISH*/-..*NOW*/-..MYE*BOOK/-..(PER*TAIN*ING*TO*OUR*LOV-


E*HAS*NOT*HIT*THE*(FRENCH*PRESSES*YET!)?-..-BUT*IN*I*TAL*IAN*YES(!)?-SO*YOUR*YOU
NG*MAN*/-..(WILL*LOOK*GOOD!)_..-(WHILE*YOU*STEAL*HIS/-..-HEART*A*WAY(!)?-..*AD*?
-NAUSE*UM(!)?-..-I*CAN’T*GIVE*YOU*BUT/-..n(SEVEN*MINUTES!?)-..-(BE*CAUSE*YOU*CALLE-
D*ALL*NIGHT*?..-SAY*ING/-..-WAKE*UP*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*DON’T*REMIND*ME*/-..UV’*Y
EARS*THAT*HAVE*FLOWN*BYE*/-..-(SINCE*YOU*/-..-WERE*19!?)-..-(RARE*IN*TO*GO(!?)_-???

ANY*WHERE*FROM*BREN*TAN*OS/-..-(WF*ME*TO*BE*COME*POET!)?-..(OH!?-THOSE*WER-
THE*DAY’S!)?_..-(EH!)?-..-&*(YOU*SAID*/-..THE*ONLY*WAY/-..-(YOU*COULD*SEE*ME*/-BE*C
AUSE*OF*HELENA*(!)?-..-WAS*TO*POSE*/-..&*LET*ME*PAINT*YOU(!))?..-HELLO*OLD*GIRL(?)
-WE*?(DID*IT*YOU*WF’*BAD*SENT*I*MENT/-..-(GERMAN*FARM*GIRL’D/-..-&*(I*AN*FRESH*
OKIE?*FOND*LING*YOUR*KISSES*/-..-AT*EVERY*BREAK*/-..YOU*WANT*ED/-..-BEYOND*TB*-

’S*DE-STRUCTIVE*/-..(BALLARD’S*BIS*QUITS!)?-..-&*I*WARN*ED*YOU*-(NOT*TO!)?_..-BUT*YOU*WOU-D*NOT*LISTEN(!)”?-..(&*YOU*-GAVE*me*YOUR*?_-*BEST_*HEART*AWAY(!)?



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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*NINE:
-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-(lets*Have*a*Des*cent*CON*VERSATION*YOU*LIS*TEN*ING*ME
*TALK*ING*/-..-YOU*LIST*EN*ING*/-..-(ME*TALK*ING!!!!)?-..&*-(DO*I*HAVE*TO*RE*PEAT?_?
-(BALABB/-..ER?)_..(BABBER*ER?)_..(BLAB*BER-ER!!!?)-..--HELLO*YOUNG*MAN/-..-DO*YOU*WA
NT*ME*TO*GET*OUTTA*HERE*/-..-&*COME*BE*WITH*YOU(!)?-..-(RE*MEMBER*ING*HER*AT-

19*YRS./-..-NOW*71*YRS./-..-&*(GUARD*ING*THE*(ART*BOX*STATION?)..-WF’*ONLY*A*FE-
W*SCRAG*GLY*HAIRS*ON*HEAD!)-..-FROM*(TIMES’*E*RAISE*MENT?)_..-VERY*FEW*TEETH*-
MEAN*ING*/-..TO*GUM*IT(!)????..-&*(NOT*HEAR*ING*A*LICK?)-..-&*I*STILL*USE*NO*DEO-
DER*ANT*/-..-R*WASH*AT*MY*YOUNG*AGE(!)?-..-(YOUNG*MAN!)?-..-ALSO*RE*MEMBER*IN
G*ARIS*(YOUNG*STRONG*SMELLING*/-..-ARIES*GIRL*STUDENT*/-..AT*-(Art*Students*LEAU-?
GUE*-..-(WHERE*I*TAUGHT*FOR*25*YEARS*A*LIFE*CLASS!)?_..-&*I*AM*NOT*AD*VER*SED?

TO*-/-..(FE*MALES*IN*HEAT*/-..-&*SOME*FE*MINE*SMELLS*/-..-IN*DE*SIRE*/-..-TO*COP*U*-
LATE*(!)?-..-WHICH*ARIES*LIVED*IN*(!?)-..-(DRUG*GE*STASH*HOUSE*BLDG./-..-IN*(LOWER*?
GRUNGE*BLDG./-..-&*EVEN*I*/-..-ASKED*HER*/-..TO*GO*WASH*/-..(FOR*MYE*SAKE!?)_..??
-AS*SOME*TIMES*PEOPLE*/-..-(LIVE*SO*LONG!?)_..-(WITH*OUT*WASH*ING/-..-CAN*NO*L0

NGER*SMELL*THEM*SELVES()?-..&*(-HAVE*TO*BE*RE*MIND*ED/-..-IF*THEY*STILL*WANT*A*- FEW*FRIENDS*/-..-THIS*IS*NECES*SARY(!)?-..-(SWEET*SWEAT*CLEAN*MEAT!)?_..-LOWER*EAS
-T*SIDE*MAN*HATTAN(!)?-..&*SOME*TIMES*/-..-DREAM*HEAVEN*TIS*POSSIBLE(!?)-..-THANK*
GOD*/-..FOR*THIS*APPLE*MAC*/-..-PUT*IN*MYE*ABODE*/-..-WHILE*I*WAS*/-..-UP*STATE*-?
AD*I*ROND*ACKS/-..IN*SUMMER-***/-..1999(!?)-..-WHEN*I*CAME*BACK*/-..IN*SEPT./-COU-
D*N’T*GET*MY*16’/-.-(FRESH*WATER*PLASTIC*CHALLENGER/-..-IN*NYC>-..-BECAUSE*COM*- PUT-TER*/-..WAS*BLOCK*ING*MY*EN*TRAD*A(!!!!?)?-..(SMALL*LOFT*BUILD*ING*PLACE!?)-..?

-HELLO*YOUNG*MAN(!)?-..-*********-ETC.


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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


POEM*TEN:
&*-SHE*JUST*KEPT*ON*/-..-ON*TALK*ING*/-..-*ON*PHONE(!)?-..-WHILE*BETTY*BLANK/-..-JU-
ST*KEPT*ON*PAINT*ING/-..-HER*P.H.D./-..BROOK*LYN*(DRIVE*IN**PAINT*ING-..-(AS*STUD-?
ENT*OF*MYNE/-..-THAT*THROUGH*THE*YEARS/-..-HAS*MARRIED*?_>>&*MOVED*TO*/-..-* -STATE*of*NEW- JERSEY(!)?-WHICH*LEADS*ME TO*SAY*/-.-THAT*I*MIGHT*BE*/-..THE*O*RIGN(!!!???)_AL*(?)?-

*I*NAL*ADAM-*BEING*BORN*/-..-WITH*OUT*SECOND*RIB*/-..-N’/-..*Pauls*Valley*OKLAH-? */- .VIA*DR.VACHEL*LIND*SEY/-..-OR*IN*NYC*/-..,-WITH*FIRST*RIB**CON*G-ENT*I*TI*LY*- -*MISSING*/-..-BUT*THE*THINK*ING*/-..-THAT*ALL*ARTIST’s/-..-have*to*Have*SOME?-DE*M-
AIMED*ED/-..-*PHY*I*CAL*/-..-N’*CAPLE*MENT*?_..-TIS*NOT*ONLY*STUPID*/-..-BUT*a*MALE


*FaRction*Uv’*Bi-B*(!?)-
-*I*CAL**BIBLE*MAL*FACTION(!)?_..&-(MIGHT*BE*some*UV’/-..-THE*21ST**CENTURY*PSYCH-
O*FACTIONS*/-..-THE*WORLD,*WON’T*WANT*/-..-TO*BE*A*TOU*LOUSE*/-..-OR*BIGOT*ED
*JEAL*OUS*/-..-(LOOK*AT*HIS*/-..-*MAL*FARCT*ION/-..-(YEAH*!?-..*BABY*OF*THE*PHANT*-
OM*OPERA(!)?-..-&*IT*MIGHT*CAUSE-/-..-(SECOND*THOUGHTS?)?-..-(SO*BE*IT*STANLEY*)!??


BUT*SOME*R”*?_>>_-ALL*WAY”S/-..-(SECOND*GUESS*ING*/-..-A*FIRST*REAL*A*L*_*ITY)???
-LIKE*MUDDY*WATER’S/-ONLY*THE*BOY’S/CAN*TELL*HOW*MUDDY*-...*H2O*CAN*GET(!)?



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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.


-..*POEM*11:
-&*(ALL*POEMS*/-..-ARE*WRITTEN/-..-(ELSE*WIZE*?)_..-(BREAK*ING*RULES*/-..-UV’*CLASSI*CAL*/-STAND*ARD/-..****QUA*TRAIN)!?
-&*NOT*TO*BE*CHANGED*/-..-(BYE*ANY*ONE*/-PUBLIS*ER*/-*SON*SANDRO/-*BERT*ETC).-
OR*(OTHER*IDIOTS?)?-WHERE*THE*EGO*..--TIS*BIGGER*THN*THEIR*INTELL*ECTS(!)?
-(GIVE*ME*LIB*ER*TY/-..-WF’/-.-.*WORD’S*/-..---OR*GIVE*ME*LIT*ER*AL*HIERARCHICAL*/-..-DEATH(!?)-?
-UNCLE*SAM*STILL*SAYS/-..WF’*FINGER*POINTING/-STRAIGHT*AT*YOU*AMERICA(!)?
-(PAT*RICK*HENRY*/-..-(SAY’S*I*DON’T*KNOW*/-..-MAY*BE*-SHERRO’DS*RIGHT(!)?



-..-*POEM*12:
-SOME*SAY*/-..-DOES*HE*MEAN*IT(!?)?-..-(DOUBLE*ARIES*SHARI*/-..IN*FLORIDA*?_>>SAY”-
*”S*YES(!)?_-HELEN*LIEB.-.._IN-*(HOUSE*OF*IN*SANE/-..-SAYS*(HER*MOTHER*SAYS*YES!))?
-AS*AN*ARIES*DE*FUNCT(!)?-..-AMONG*THE*RED*POSIES(!)?



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artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.



-POEM*13:
-&*I*Say*YES(!)?-..-(RIGHT*SIS*TER*SHIRLEY*/-..DO*GOOD*ER*BLACK*/-..-*N*EAST*HARLEM-
*GROUP*/-..-(TRY*ING*TO*BRING*BACK*HARLEM’S*MUSIC*/-..-OF*DAY’S*ELE*GANCE/-..*?
(DUKE*EL*LING*TON*SMOOTH*EASY*SPEAK*/-..-(WE*GOT*IT*/-..-LIKE*YOU*WANT*IT!?)_?-
&*CAN*NOT*/-..-HAVE*IT*EVER*A*GAIN*(!?)-..-THE*5*BROOK*LYN*(WOMAN*SUFFRAGE*?
)_-DO*GOODER*GROUP(!?)_..-(DOWN*IN*BROOK*LYN*!)?_..-&*WE*WANT*IT*BACK*/-..-LKE*RUSSIAN*PIANO(!)_>>-HOSI*M-OPH*HANO*BEAM*AH-*/-..-SERIAL*NUMBER-..-?YES*(247422-38)?..-(SENT*TO*ME*/-..-(BYE*LOVER?)-..-UV*-*PUTIN’S*LOVE*/-..-?-(DON’T*TELL*U>S>A>*ANY*THING(!)?-..&*TRUMP’S*RED*HAIR*ED*TOP(?))))



-FINI*!?


.-(PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD NA
artist’s(C)COPYRIGHT-2017
POET/PAINTER/COMPOSER
MASTER*TEACHER.