Call me Volpone, Douglas.:-)
ken
On 9/17/2014 4:26 PM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Both masculist lyricism & then some undercutting; sly, Ken…
>
> Doug
> On Sep 17, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi Ken ah those hurting feet and beating the game -cheers P
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kenneth Wolman
>> Sent: 17 September 2014 14:39
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: A snapped Berrigan knockoff
>>
>> AGAINST REMEMBERING
>>
>> I suppose gratitude is still in order.
>> I have become an old fart. My feet hurt.
>> I walk like Tim Conway on Carol Burnett.
>> I figured I'd be dead by 50.
>> Smoking, drinking, and I hear that venery
>> wears you out with every orgasm.
>> I've beaten the game so far. Seventy now.
>> So one day I won't. Le jeu sera fini.
>> I only hope I'm alive to enjoy it.
>> That's me raging against the dying of the light.
>>
>> I'm Grizzabella, I mewl like a motherfucker
>> and my memories often suck.
>> I remember the first girl I ever really loved.
>> Loved is a euphemism for Fucked.
>> Was it worth it? Maybe.
>> Maybe I should have stayed a virgin.
>> But then, Me to the end, I'd hate it anyway,
>> what I thought I missed.
>> I'd miss it all even more,
>> where I stand always makes me hurt.
>>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> that we are only
> as we find out we are
>
> Charles Olson
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