thanks! Some other sections to post later. Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheila Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: + M/N *SIDE }I


I really love this, Michael!

--- Michael Rothenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

+ 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

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