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
