she suddenly pleaded for mercy she needed


mick jagger, by andy warhol

Money/Love
-- by Gregory Corso

Truly money is a happiness
a false one
Yet it can spare the human soul
the cold lonely living death
of the streets

It can comfort him with
whatever has a price

It can help a blind man
with anything but sight

and Love
Love is a luxury

The love one human has for another
is heartfelt, without doubt

The love one has for money
is unable to purchase love

The love one has for god
sensed by all humankind
is unsure, by faith enjoined,
An answer to the impermanence
of things and oneself --

Which love is the greater?
The first when it strikes
the heart

The second when the heart is
broken

The third when the first is maintained
And the second is of no consequence.

A Guide for My Infant Son
-- by Gregory Corso

Simple perfection
Perfect simplicity
It's easy
like painting a flower
or
snapping it dead

Spirit
-- by Gregory Corso

Spirit
is Life
It flows thru
the death of me
endlessly
like a river
unafraid
of becoming
the sea

Dib Dab
-- by Paul Beatty

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tap dancin in a porcelain tub
mr bubble suds
aye que lindo palms filled
with cocoa butter lotion

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in the middle of his fifth
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a funky millionaire marionette
pissin on physics
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draped in 8th century heian kimono silk

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sarah vaughan
holdin a note dipped in bronze
spit shined with a lonely bootblacks jukebox drool
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tap beer after midnight mass

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busted shakles in her wake
1960 runaway

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alto free swingin lead
that lets mingus know
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if he dont ease up pluckin pizzicato
over his solo

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flyin roof to roof
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to the imperialist aggressors
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a buttlength ponytail
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center ice crossovers
one hand on the stick
blue line breakaway
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stick side
red light and siren

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one sunday a month
white patent leather shoes
ones he wears with his lucky powder blue slacks
when he takes you to the track
santa anita belmont yonkers
gives you two disability dollars a race
and tells you to bet the trifecta
on the horses with the names you like

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rolling over his process
from front to back
sliding on its knees
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