what was it,
glutes off
lint,
a kotex,
parts-on?
wonder,
after that xerox
harry smith zipped out
from the public library
machine? wicus
ran going, doing, howling,
thinking . . .
sh . . . he . . . it be
cause, became
all the little illegitimates,
aborted potential . . .
ah . . . er . . . mmm
. . . aphrodite;
goldensilver
ill, waterbroke.
cultured
fuck, in mother
of pearl
the color of life,
light; indifferent
as an ass
cleaned
on photo-
graphic paper
hole porter
night & day
gray
tablets
dates
names:
mere,
mera,
moira,
moe-isis;
conjoined poison warnings
carved w/ the bones of bearded pirates,
gyrating switch-hitting bitches.