Classic Poem

it, but oneself stay out, under, in depth, increase the
relevance, let them go, i go, he aches he bears juice, he
omits whatever speaks of help, i played it out,

so much time and then the city,
the light, the air, missing you,
a syntactic beauty, trees amazed

blown, i do have that need, sensitive, the writing, scare
making aggression, on the floor, lapping, the memory, the
fragrance, compulsive, is this in me, or trained, one
learns to direct, control, send, manipulate, make do, get
ahead, far, distant, felt, left, but ahead, and others
behind, drifting, that, onto the hill, dale, layers of
latino immigrants, a place to place, thatched, all in the
pick up, technique, style, behavior pattern, i will like
it, must, needs, eat it up, scruffy or, the bit, the do it,
the medicine, big and strong, the myth, the hope, the
expectation, praying, oh no not me, him, her, them, not,
i'm, romantic, successful, pool, westport, not, on top
of the hill, a view, majorca, such fucked un people, such
fuckers and fucked up, and they wonder, who, gentle on the
skirts, they ask, being cool, the gentle demeanor, and then,
watch it, timber, out, so you, give up power, who, and they,
take, who, and the house, car, laundry machine, consumptive,
up, up, the little italian summer, up, the editing up, the
achievement, up, the organic vegetables, up, the first run
films, up, the, well, up, all, watch it flow, struggle,
defeat, the power, up, up.

the necessary or the probable, sometimes, a smell, the
march, the singing, joyous, mommy is home, home, back,
relaxed at last, home, blondhalr below, back, staring,
did she die, one tries, but how much is demanded, who
cares, who gives in. the best always the best, see this
or that not that, conservative, ethnic, kitsch, this not
that, picking, judgement, but hearing, thats, hearing,
in what have you, the, in, what you hear, what you give
to, quality, the finest, the competitive, the power, that's
but hear, and give to, thats.

slow now, the passages, all the force bottled up, slow
now, the passage, endless cycles

as sequential as two in the morning, as slippery as the
frog on the ping pond, humor, words, throbbing, stuck,
in reverie, in dance, in twirl complet, spin rapt, remember,
the forties big band bounce, was, to throb thats, to
go out, to school myself, call, musnt appear needy, call,
maybe, translate, the push, to go from nothing to something,
drives me, inexorably, no one need know, to know to care,
no one need be a peon, ugh, the pastoral, what you need is
some sun, must write back, call, but, expecting more letters,
so simple, a few friends, start from one, a few, a visit,
or two, i mean i had some.
the possibilities the list, to do, to call, what, now,
nothing, i end, i go on, nothing, i do, nothing, without,
so aggressive, i go on, nothing, i do, i go on, nothing,
the lists, the box, the hope, the fear, nothing, i do,
on.

waiting, will it be received, that gracious lordly preserve,
to go on wrtng, endless grammatical revelations, pastoral
internings, she likes me, thinks i'm sensitive, or just
nice, not brutish, not hunter, and wait, every rebuff cuts,
feel each, sensitive, soft, weak, pusilanimous, this is it,
what i've been waiting for, this, waiting, shld wait outside,
in the light, An the bright, too insular, shld get out of
this inside, rgng, wrtng, world of calls, letters, tapes,
records, events, scenes, hopes, promises, rejections, shld
get out, to the woods, trees, farms, acres of grass, should,
remember friendship, live empty, here waiting, all this speed,
too eratic, what of that simple, touched, it means then,
when it happens, automatic, conditioned, a confession and
a revelation, now i'm going, or gone, infrequent, badly,
these images, this listening, missing, this, i do jump on,
resent, but let it be, let them have their share of fun,
who am i to say that she loves me, or he, or she, i let,
and wait, to hear.

in sonorous phrases, with heart, not form, with heart, and
play the repetory, the sound, the feel, be ordinary,
conservative, middle class, decent, unaspiring, that, a
part, play, checkov, ibsen, the whole thing, hamlet,
king henry, costumes, fresnels, the whole, perfect, and
rest, swoon, relax, finally, not all this, not trying, just
a novel or a sam waterston movie, at night i'd, relax,
all the way, rest.

dont find it, that persists, shape, its name, veiled,
almost,

bouncing, grub, tiddling interference, must, should, the
necessary, now that, i, need, not there, cant bring, halt,
hold, stop, together, just tapping, interference, out, the
world, society, into that, direct, a stopping, quieting,
deft, lift, regain, show it me, not, zone, listings,
substantial, settle, must push, get on, you're rushed,
funded, hailed, push then,

shift, down, lunch, up, pleat,

late, afternoon, hunger, marching, stop the, elephantine
goddesses shimmering, twilight, the way, ersatz aspirin,
jean simmons, fail, deplete, vacant, empty, listless,
tv, record, food, stuff, cram, take in, nice that, melody,
story, ending, a break, cease, that, nice, in, lip,
stomach, behind, oblialtoire, remade american, stretched,
a passing, tuneful, bleak, rested, godly, clean spoken,
pressed, new shoes. shiney, prim, well presented, don't,
or do, both, all, confused confrontation, antagonism,
soured enmity, the lists of love, care, devote myself,

repell, inadaquate, come too soon, aggression, soft,
rhetorical, harp, bite back, is, the, to be, am, sung,
skunk, will, are, spelled, broke, was, and would,

be aggressive, seize the time, set allies, dont be
mistaken, make any, caught, open, honest, dont distort,
dont whine, authentic, winning, on top, in the know,
get, be, make, do, all, in a day's, be a, let it get
you, a, push, pushed, consumed, dont, no mistakes, never,
be, express, dont, strong, allies, win, get,

call and, alligned, polished, plate glass, invested,
lifted, threatens, heavens, among, plan and pipe,
sleep, slip,











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