I love the second part of poem two, I fall I gain IQ points. Says so much in
so little space. Andrew
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>> In fall I gain IQ points.
>> In spring I lose them, but used to regain
>> and now at least remember
>> as much of the body
>> as I used. And partial, sketchy
>> images, not of the past
>> but what things in the past
>> represented. Itīs a distinction
>> I must insist on. Otherwise
>> I risk accepting
>> spring, and that spring isnīt mine,
>> and death, the soft focus
>> and general second-rateness
>> of things. Rather the way Lenin
>> said he couldnīt listen
>> (couldnīt "afford," actually, to listen)
>> to Beethoven, for it made him want
>> to say nice things to people,
>> make them smile, pat their shoulders
>> with awkward, accommodating gestures.
>>
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> Douglas Barbour
> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> Edmonton Alberta T6G 0B9
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> Thats not a cross look its a sign of life
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> Frank OHara
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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