The Necessity of Poetry
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MAY 24


dear tom
aint writ to you in some quite time
no talk or wit

suffices
it's all timing
always easier to wait

see how audience feels
joke or moral spike
quick I'm tired of announcements

of poetry
foreign poetry
who's speaking

under the blanket
oh lady earth
untouchable adolescent

you do not like rock poetry
what is poetry?
you want rock

a hard mood strikes me
white brick wall
holes drilled in the asphalt

I lay my stogie down in Spoon Rest
look at rainbow
over Cocteau's bowtie

open your lips
white blind
we are bored with professionalism

held tight
all night
the window bursting.