exercise in exposing John Wayne’s jail

(every word’s final letter begins the next)

exercise in exposing John Wayne’s jail

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