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On 21/07/07, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here's what I think.
>
> On the Road to the Iowa Poetry Reading
> Goin' to another poetry jivin'
> With all its questionable glory
> The big problem is who's drivin'
> The author of "Trip – an LSD Story."
> "Dooley I had a heart attack
> Must have been what ..one or two years back?
> As I was saying I shot out that damn cop's radiator
> Remind me to show you my long poem about John the Revelator.
> 54 Ford, Flathead 6 Cylinder Three Speed Clutch.
> Topped out at 90. John died. I don't like to think about it much.
> I love your Groovemaster poem. Love all soul and funk
> Best way to do these poetry readings is flatout goddamn drunk.
> Grew up in Iowa. This is about where Buddy Holly died.
> Didn't know he was dead. But was awake all night. Cried and cried.
> Taken many a blow in my time and delved out more.
> Anyway it was all pure Owsley acid. Like I said before.
> That was when I discovered I was half Piute.
> I hope you don't mind me telling you that you look cute."
>
> "I'm the Lonliest Ranger and I gots a gun""
> "Man, put that down. I was just havin' fun.
> Anyway, you try anything you don't get out alive.
> I got me a Bowie knife and a Colt .45."
> Then, long silence… like two Pounds at Rapallo
> Forgoing all violence. Then we passed Swede Hollow!
> "Hey! What the hell? Ain't we gonna read at the Grange?"
> "Is that what you thought? You're a goofy fuck, Range
> Tom McGrath is dead. There ain't no more proletariat.
> We're lucky. Instead we're gonna read at the Marriot:
> Midwest MLA. It couldn't get any worse.
> Then he said, "It's all set up by the magazine "Verse."
> The theme is "Dead Bards" that's us and, oh, well
> They tried but they couldn't get Galway Kinnell.
> We done paid our dues. So we gets a chance.
> They'll be plenty of booze and they got money for grants.
> It won't be like before. You won't see Sandinistas.
> Just assistant professors and blue haired Baristas
> And MFA wannabes and MFA grads
> And graduate students there with their pads
> Wantin' to know how it feels now you're dead."
> "I feel perfectly fine" is all that I said.
> But the truth was I didn't. When we stopped for gas
> I jumped out of that car to save my sad ass.
> And stood at the crossroads. But the devil don't care.
> He was buying up farms at the Iowa State Fair.
>
>
> kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: quite right Ken
>
> On 20/07/07, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> > kasper salonen wrote:
> > > I saw angelou in that list & took no more notice
> > >
> > > KS
> >
> > The whole list is a waste of time. Who cares what a disconnected bunch
> > of disconnected readers think? You read what you like, and will do so
> > anyway. I could not agree more about Angelou, but I adore Shel
> > Silverstein's work because it appeals to what remains of my sense of
> > humor, and because I used to read his books to my children and they
> > turned out okay in spite of it.
> >
> > KW
> >
> > --------------------
> > Ken Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com
> >
> > There's a lot of wisdom here among the employees,
> > Some of us have street smarts and some have Ph.Ds.
> > We're all bored and tired but we've all learned ways to cope
> > Some of us drink after work, the rest of us smoke dope.
> > --Austin Lounge Lizards, "Industrial Strength Tranquilizers"
> >
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