exercise in exposing John Wayne’s jail
(every word’s final letter begins the next)
typical language excluding secretaries sending gone epigrams
slouching hardon neo-poker runs,
Salt Lake eels slapping particular Pennsylvanians,
supporting tables soapbox Xerxes,
semester ruins south heart today,
yesterday year romp pail
lint texture escapes me,
eloping elephants,
somebody yells
somebody yeses
somebody yearns
somebody you,
until language expects syncopation
notebooks will loosen,
nights will stash away
all through the night
this Poem falls to the floor.
it is smeared with signatures of dedication and false mildew.
this Poem may have already been written by the reader
Bisbee
1974