This excerpt from _The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You_ is on
the Lost Roads Press website. Another Schubert or Mozart: gone far too
early.
Ken
> I am afraid after reading all these so-called initiation books that some
> cortege of boot lickers will enter my room while I am sleeping and suck
> my eyes out with soda straws they will be older men and women much like
> the amanuenses with bad breath in the principal's office who call
> up and tell on you the Unferths of the world better beware
> I know Jesus would have kicked your teeth in you couldn't pull that
> shit on him
> he was telling his buddies one night boys I'm glad y'all decided to
> come on up
> and eat supper with me I hadn't got much there's a few things I'd like
> to say
> at this time Matthew says to Simon I sure as hell don't know what he's
> got us
> here this time for I'm beginning to wonder you talked to him lately
> yeah I was shooting the shit with him on the mountain but I want to
> tell you
> this Matthew don't never come up on him when he's just alone he jumped
> on me
> I thought he was going to kill me he was just walking around just talking
> to himself waving his arms like he does he's worse than John
> Jude put his hand up to his mouth and said down the table I think
> Jesus is going
> off his rocker get Simon to tell you what he asked me Simon says he
> didn't want to talk about politics or dreams or nothing he just said
> Jude next time y'all are over in Mesopotamia why don't you pick me up
> a few
> bottles of that wine they make over there
> sure thing Jesus I says
> well now the boss is talking he is saying I asked y'all up here
> because frankly
> I've been feeling a little sick lately and I want to make sure y'all
> know what
> to do in case anything happens I know one of you is going to do me in
> I know
> that but goddamnit y'all know those people in town are after my ass
> the other night I walked down the streets in a disguise and I seen a
> couple
> of you messing around and drinking with the soldiers what's going to
> happen
> if one of you gets drunk and lets it slip where I'm hiding out then I'll
> be in a fix you know if they was to find me they going to cut me y'all
> ever
> think about that and Peter ain't you ever going to get it straight
> what you're
> supposed to do give me one of those biscuits Judas and go outside and
> take a
> look-see I got you Jesus Judas says
>
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Kenneth Wolman
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