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-13 poems(!)-..-*in*-(QUATRAIN*FORM!)?

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Original*Poems:

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

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Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-

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&..-*Created./-

...as*Original*Characters/-!..-

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*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(!?)

PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD

POETRY*BOOK: 44 -"SHERROD’S*/-..-”(*SKIN*ING*YO*ALIVE*(!)”?

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

-(FIRST*EDITION)-(C)COPYRIGHT-2016

-13 poems(!)

FIRST*EDITION

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POEM:-ONE-..-(N”**************STANZA’S*-AS*-..*SEPERATE*POEMS(!?)?

-SITTING ACROSS ON- (L*TRAIN)?-..-FROM*DON’T*..-(LOOK*/-..-*AT*ME?))-..(BUT*I*KNOW*/-..-*I*XXXXXXXIST)? -BETWEEN*POLITICS/-..-&-(BABE’S*BIRTH*ING!)?)

-(NOISE*IN*MYE*EAR)!?-..-..(CRY*ING*FOR*MILK!)?-..-(LIKE*GOD’S-*GOO*BASICS!)!?

-&**UP*&*OUT*/-..-(ON*FIRST*AVE./-..-(WHERE*TAD-D’S?)!?-..-(-*NOW*DECEASED)!!!?

POEM-TWO-

-&*NOTHING*HAS*CHANGED/-..-(BUT*VE*I*N’IOR’S*ALMOND*COOKIE’S/-..-(HAVE*-

CHANGED*/-..(TO*LESS*ITALIAN*DOUGH/-..-OR*(MORE*ITALIAN*$*DE*NEIR-O’S )!?-

-&*TAD*YO*/-..-*AIN’T*DRIVING*/-?..-(THAT*GRAFIT*TI’ED/-..-(..-*WHITE*TRUCK*!))?-.-.

(-YELLIN’*SHER*ROD/-..-(YOU’R*SUPOS*SED/-..-(TO*BE*OUT*THERE*/*PAINTING)))!??

POEM-THREE-

-(NEXT*TO*11th*STREET/-..-(FEBRUARY*ABOUT*THE*FIFTH*(!)?/..&*-.IN*.(-2017-?))..-?*-ME*WALKING*EAST!?)_..-ON*SUNDAY*/-..-(MYE*EYES*DIVERTED*/-..(BYE*RED*CAR)?

-(GUNNING*&*TRYING*)-..(MOTOR*WF’/-..*OUT*MUFFLER!)?-..-(EVADING*1891-POT*

*HOLE*S/--(*FULL*/’--*POTTY*WATER*/--(FULL*SINCE*2017)!!!)? -..&*(CLAIM*ING’S*-?-

POEM-FOUR-

-(I‘S*NOT*FREE*?_.._(BEYOND*/-..Ms. *CARNEY)!?-..-(&*EIN*STEIN’S*/-(3rd*THIRD*DI-

*MEN*SI*ON/-..-UV’-*TRIG*-O*NOM*E*TRY!!!)))? -&*SEWED*UP/-.._(-LIKE*SCOTTISH*- *WOOL*GLOVES*!)..&-(BAG*PIPES/-&*LOCK*NESS*MON*STER*(!)?)). -WF’*EM*BLE*-*MATIC*-..-WF”((RED*&*BLACK))?_..-(*RABBITS*/-..-*Or*/-..-*FOXES*!)?_..(Sewn*In*-..?

POEM-FIVE-

*PALMS* /-0r*-OUT*- *SIDE*ED*REALITY*!)?-..-(AIN”T*DIRTY!)?-..(LIKE*THESE*BUD*WEISER-

ER*-*BEER*CAPS)!!!!!!!(?)-..(-SOAKED*N’*-..-*(DOG*URINE*!))(!?-..&*-(DOG*FECE’S!)))?

-*LEFT*/-..-(BYE*HIKING*/-..-ONE’S*LEG*UP*?_-&*FECI’S*/-..-*VUL*NER*ABLE*/-..-(UP-

*YORE’S*/-..--(DE*FORMED*TREE*/-..--(ME*CAPIT*U*LATING*/-..-(SUCH*LOOSE*MORAL’-

POEM-SIX-

‘S/-..-*WITH*OUT*DOUBT*/-..-(-LEFT*STAND*ING?)-..-(TO*REM*I*NISCE*?-..-(WHO*CA

RE’S/-.&*-(FOR*GET*ABOUT*IT!?)))))-..-&*(11TH*STREET*GANGS!)?-..-(-THAT*PUT*PRES-

*SURE*/-..(*ON*MONEY*/-..&-*ME*?)/-..*-PRIV*IL*EGE’S*)!?--..-(*-LEAVE’S/-..-*ME*WA -CKY)!?-.?-*ME*STAGGER*ING/-..-(TO*READ*-*THE*/-..-(-STOP*SIGN!)?)-..-OR*-(SIGN*S-

POEM-SEVEN-

TOP!))?_.._&*S-‘HERROD*/-..-(T*HEY*R’*ALL*/-..(-BE*HEAD*ED!!!!)?-..-&*BOY’S*HAD*LOST*??-*A/-..-*FAME*I*LARE-..-*ITY*(!?))?-..-(TO*JESUS*/-..-&*(-HIS*13*DECISION*MAKER’S)??

_?-.-(TURNING*/-..-(LEFT’S*HEAD*/-..-(TO*RIGHT*SIDE’D*/-..-(*DECISION’S!?)-..-&*LEFT*

-*SIDED*/-..-*FATE*TAL*ITY(?!!!?)?-..-(STUM*-BEL*ING/-..-(ME*UN*NERVED/-..-N’-*GIAN

POEM-EIGHT-

-T*/-..-*SIDED*D*/-?-PER*SPECT*IVE*’S/-.?.-PRO*POR*TION’S)?-..*STUM*BLING*AGAIN

-*/-..-(AT*RAN*DOM*/-..-(AS*IF*/-..-I*COULD*WALK*?_..(-STRAIGHT*A*HEAD*/-..?)))?

*AGAIN*/-..(AS*IF*DIABETES*2?/-..--(HAD*TURNED*TO*3?-..-(-*PLUS*4=*7!?)-.&-*NO*-

*LONGER*/-?)))..-(THAT*MYE*ORIGINAL*PIANO*MUSIC*?)_..-(WULD*BE*SUR*VIVE *-

POEM-NINE-

*ING-/-.._OR*-RE*VIVE*ING*/-.._*THE--(THIRD*COME*ING?/-..-(-WITH* OR*- ..-*WITH*- *OUT*/-..-A*SAL*VA*TION(!!!!!?))-..-(THAT*SCORE*ING/-..-(ONE’S*EARS*/-..TO*BLAST -LAS*PHEM*/-*(!?)-..-(BUT*THEN*AGIAN*/-..(TO*MEET*/-..(-JP!)?-..-(ON*TIME!!!)?-*AT*-

O*DES*SA*a*-..-(*GREEK*REST*U*RANT*/-..(OPEN*-..-*24*HRS?)-..-(ON*LOWER*EAS-

POEM-TEN-

ST*SIDE!)?-..-&*(-I*HATE*/-..-*COLD*COFFEE*/..(!?)?-..-(*LIKE*MYE*FATHER*/-..-WAS*C-

ON*VINCED(!)?-..-(THAT*IT*MUST*BE*BOIL*ING*HOT!)?-..-(-NO*IF’S-*OR*/-..-*&’S/-*A

-BOUT*IT!!!!!!!(?)-..-(OR*IT*/-..-*WASN’T*IT!))))?-..-WHILE*THE*PRACTICAL*POLISH*WAI-

TRESS*/-..(SAID*ART*IS*USE*LESS?)-*ESPECIALLY*(THIS*MORNING?)-.._UN*LESS*I*H-

POEM-ELEVEN-

AD*/-..(ORANGE*JUICE?)-..-(NO*PULPE!?)-..-LIKE*HER*/-..-*ANO*REXIC*LITTLE*FORMS-

..(SHIFT*ING*/-..-(UNDER*HER*BRA?)-..-(BUT*STILL*WANTED?)-..-(USA-*ART?)_..(*SKIN-

LESS*RUTH’S/-..-*HOME*RUN*?_&-*TRUTH*/-..-(TO*TELL*IT*/-..-(LIKE*IT*IS!)?-..)-..*(LIKE

-..(MYE*FIRE*HEADED*SON*/-..-(N’*ROOSTER”S*CHINESE*HEADED*YEAR!)?-..(BE*F *-

POEM-TWELVE-

ORE*?_>>(HIS*LES*SON*/-..UV’-*(DEATH”S*WHISPER!?)-..)-..-*DIS*PEARC*ING*/-..(*HI-

S*FATHER’S/-(*EXPLOSIVE*EX*PRESS*NIST*IC*ART?)..-(THAT*BILL*PAXTON*BOUGHT?)

-BEFORE*SUR*GERY*CLAIM*ED/-..-(*FAME*/-..-OVER*EGO*ID’S*/--(-POP*U*LARITY!?)-?

-UV*HOLLY*WOOD’S/-..-AS*IT”S*?-FOR*SURE*IT”S*TRUE/-..-YU*CAN”T*TAKE*WF”YU?

POEM-THIRTEEN-

-(NO*PULPE*/-..-*BUT*(-*MISSY*-(THE*GIRL’S/-..-AT*TROP*I*CANA-(?)-..-(ALL”’S)?-(ALL*’S*AVE’/-..-(ORANGE*ALL’S*factory’s*/-*..-*all*‘AVE*/)?-..*-VIT*C*.!?/-..-IF*YU*SHER*ROD/-(????)-MASTER*ARTIST*/-..(PT*ME*NUDE*(!!!)?-..(N”*MYE*LONG*ING!?)_..*FOR*YU(!)??????

-(TU*GIVE*ME*?_>>_THE*PRECIOUS*/-..(LONG*STAND*ING*NAR*CISS*’ES*/-..*SELFIE*-..*ART!?)???

-fini-(!?)

POET:PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD’S NA

-(TO*THE*WORLD’S*STATURE?)-..-UV’*BEING-?-*GENIUS*poet(!)?

-or*ALL*SO*/-..-*(RULE*BREAKER?_>>_&*or*SETTER*of*LIFE”S*ART!)?

-(-PROLIFIC*-..-in*LIFE(!!!!?)-..-PAINTER*COMPOSER*-&*MASTER*TEACHER.

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