+ M/N *SIDE }I

[Michael Rothenberg]

+ M/N *SIDE  }I   Mi/mi = / tr/*   Go /w/y! Go /w/y lovers ! my p/st! Go /w/y! He/rtbre/kers!   She = / nice /ss   )e d/y I w/lk *side + he/d ! / buddh/ /nd +re's / m/n *side Completely /rticul/te T/lk*g ) me /nd I'm listen*g       We live double lives     Every)e does        Public & priv/te self                    When priv/te self is             lost * its directi)             public self sp*s out                  ! c)trol                                                        sheet ! p/per                                      )rn *                                      + w*d     *   We're h/v*g / c)vers/ti) Philip c/lls ) tell me he doesn't th*k he c/n keep his promise ) live l)ger th/n me   Be/ch w/lk, gossip, se/food, bottle ! w*e,    Gi/cometti & Zhiv/go sh/dows ) mo)lit            be/ch, strip club w//nne W/ldm/n                                           5/25/2002   Spe/k ) Ellie, security gu/rd /bout pretty wom/n I see * + build*g. /sk her ) *troduce us Ellie gives + wom/n / c/ll "So wh/t do you th*k, Ellie?" "If I were s*gle I'd d/te him" "Th/t's so sweeet," she s/ys "Yes, he didn't w/nt ) *terfere with your priv/cy So he /sked me ) t/lk ) you. He's shy. / writer We/rs his h/ir * / p)tyt/il" "Th/t's so cute" she s/ys "But now it's up ) you. I wouldn't w/it You h/ve ) t/ke ch/nces * life  Do you w/nt ) c/ll him?  "Yes, but it could be two d/ys or two weeks Th/t's how I /m"   My s)m/ch drops           It might /s well be never   Tropic/l Blue Sky /nd Tr/* Whistle    Where's it go*g?             This might /s well be + l/st pl/ce ) e/rth       I w/nt / t/ilor ) m/ke me some clo+s   both dressy /nd comfort/ble                          Some f/ncy p/j/m/s    Unplug teleph)e Get wh/t I need ) e/t P/y bills Keep b/throom cle/n Write. Write. Write Eventu/lly end up de/d ) + floor         clutch*g /n empty tun/ fish c/n                   MI/MI = / TR/*, REFR/*     / tr/diti). I write )                        This could be   + sec)d best th*g I've written   Who/h's me. I c/n't even br*g   h/pp*ess ) / birth                           People cre/te   / f/mily. /nd it goes ). /nd it dies   /LL /T )CE,     OH, Philip, d)'t die  )d/y     Sure I'm good /t sitt*g shiv/   You h/ve ) h/ve / sense ! humor     Now I w/lk ) tre/dmill   S/me tre/dmill, d/y /fter d/y, stretch /l)e   W/it*g ) die bec/use I'm /fr/id ! liv*g   Guy rep/irs his c/r horn 9 floors down, c/n't fix + fuck*g horn It keeps blow*g * my poem     *                 Underground /c/demy  7:30 L*coln Rd. w/ Beth L/g/r) writes        /bout Burroughs w/nts ) get p/per published   but most m/g/z*es th/t publish +se k*d ! /rticles  which en/ble students ) be successful /s pr!essors, ) get    jobs, d)'t publish /rticles /bout no)rious writers like                         Willi/m Burroughs   Or J/ck Kerou/c     *     /nne W/ldm/n's "Whispers"     *    Lun/ St/r #1   It's this unfold*g th*g unre/lized like        I'm dy*g   NOW   Oh, oh, oh, b/by!              I h/ven't written my l/st poem yet   +re's someth*g Burroughsi/n /bout me  no m/tter how much I deny it     *   I *vited you ) come              T/ke + d/y !f She's / b/d joke   No, you c/n't h/ve my penis!                                            M/y 22,2002     *   +re's / Tr/* I keep f/ll*g !f + tr/cks   Fix your fuck*g /l/rm I'm try*g ) write / poem   I need    SILENCE!!     *     Giselle                                                 Is th/t your n/me?     Bl)de, cute, 2 d/ughters, s*gle     Liv*g * + s/me build*g     Is th/t look*g )o close?     How do people meet?               Michael Rothenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Big Bridge www.bigbridge.org