so thanks, Patrick -
I googled george melly muggers
and up came: (I see Schwitters gets named as the poet here)
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On Nov 27, 2014, at 4:59 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Max just recite poems whatever headgear will frighten away Muggers -do you
> know of George Melly
> Who was cornered by muggers in an alley then recited Brecht's 'Cigarren'(not
> sure of spelling!) to them -and they fled thinking that he was mad!
> Or so the story goes -we had all better learn that poem
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Max Richards
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> Subject: 'Nostril and Eye'
>
> Nostril and Eye
>
> Do not walk with headphones on and hoods covering your heads.
> - Campus Crime Advisory, Seattle University Public Safety Office
>
>
> Even with my hoodie up
> at risk of being mugged
> or run over, vision narrowed
> to the sidewalk ahead -
>
> its original smoothness
> disrupted by tree roots,
> slippery now with autumn's
> drifts of fallen leaves,
>
> vision centered on the steady
> forward plod of my boots,
> the leather leash extended
> from hand to dog, himself
>
> a solemn plodder - we avoid
> the same puddles, into which
> drizzle drizzles. He savors
> intensely whatever
>
> interests dog-nostrils,
> hints of - clues to - other dogs,
> substances edible maybe? -
> while I - eye-dominant,
>
> eye-stimulated, eye-
> ecstatic, eye-gorged,
> eye-surfeited - relish
> leaves all the right bright colors
>
> of the season, shapes - all
> the soft and sharp serrated
> and sensuous sorts. My ears
> are hooded, his pricked warily
>
> (as far as floppy Lab ears can be).
> Tree-loppers' roaring ripping scares
> us both out of our wits,
> momentarily.=
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