Ha, I was going to suggest the ‘that’s weren’t necessary, & then you caught me in the final line, Lawrence. A gentle reminder that it’s a written poem, eh?
The cows as inscribed a bit of fun for sure…
Doug
On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:39 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A squeaking dog and a moaning cow - the cow
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> could be multiple - unwittingly perform
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> gross songs - twelve by twelve lines of hideousness
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> enjambed and end-stopped randomly; and they
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> keep losing the count that they are not keeping.
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> The knowledge that such music may not cease
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> makes up the consciousness of what's around.
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> It dislocates experience from thought;
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> and *that*, extensively, from verbal need.
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Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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