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7HEN ) WROTE 8!- 0ARAGRAPH 3ERIES IN  ) WAS


IN THOSE CITIES AND LOCATIONS CITED IN THE HEADERS OF THESE
PASSAGES ) SEE THE PIECES AS RELATED PROSE POEMSˆNOT
AS VERSES PER SE NOT AS SHORT STORIES AND NOT AS ESSAYS OR
ESSAYETTES ! PROSE POEM AS ) HAVE PRACTICED IT IS TWO PAGES
OR FEWER IN LENGTH AND USES LANGUAGE RATHER THAN TEMPORAL
EVENTS AS THE FIRST GIVEN 'LIMPSES OF ACTION PERSON NOT AS IN
FICTION hCHARACTERv AND SCENE MAY ALSO APPEAR IN THEM 0ROSE
POEMS ARE LESS CALCULATING THAN FICTION AND LESS TIGHTLY CRAFTED
THAN A SHORT STORY OR SHORT POEM THEY ARE LESS PRE MEDITATED
0ERHAPS THEY ARE MORE RHYTHMIC -Y FRIEND -ICHAEL * +ELLY
ADMITTED TO FINDING THE RHYTHMS IN 8!- TO BE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW
)T REMINDS ME THAT RHYTHM IS SOMETHING ALSO PERSONAL 4HE BEST
RHYTHMIC WRITING WOULD BE hBEATESTv 9UAN IS MY CODEWORD FOR
TODAY

*ANET -ALCOLM WRITES IN HER ESSAY IN 4HE .EW 9ORKER


ABOUT 'ERTRUDE 3TEIN *UNE     THAT HARDLY A SOUL
HAS READ 'ERTRUDE 3TEINS WORK STRAIGHT THROUGH ) FOR ONE
LIKE HER RHYTHMS AND VARIANT REPETITIONS BUT YES ) AM GUILTY OF
MERE DROPPING IN ON HER WRITINGS WHEN THE MOOD HITS ME )
READ SOME LIKE TAKING ONE APPLE FROM A TREE POLISHING IT ON MY
SLEEVE AND EATING IT RATHER THAN PICKING ALL THE APPLES HERDING
THEM INTO MY SWEATSHIRT AND STANDING THERE UNTIL ) HAVE EATEN
THEM ALL A PIG OR A COW ON APPLES

) WAS CONCERNED NOT TO LET THIS SERIES OF PROSE POEMS


VAGUELY ABOUT !! CINEMA AND MADNESS GO OUT TO DRESSED
UP PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO DRESSY EVER TO BE ILL OR OF THEIR ACTING
SURE THAT ILLNESS PLAYS AUTEUR )LLNESS DOESNT WRITE POEMS )
WOULD SAY TO THEM THE DRESSY CLASSED UP DETRACTORS 3O MUCH
FOR REPUTATIONˆGOSSIP SLANDER PRAISE

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-INNETONKA -INNESOTA
!UGUST  
8!- 0!2!'2!0( -AY   (OUSTON 4EXAS

$AY /NE ,ETTER


4HE LETTER FOR TODAY IS hXv
$AY /NE CONTINUED  3YLLABLE
4HE SYLLABLE FOR TODAY IS hAMv

0!2!'2!0(
#ONTEXT 3OUND 3ETTING
 h8AMv

4HE hLETTER FOR TODAYv ARE  WITH UNMARKED UMLAUTS AND


ACCENTS THE -INNESOTA DIPHTHONGS WE MOCK WHILE MOCKING
OURSELVES FOR TALKING 4EXAS &RINGE 4HE LETTER FOR TODAY WAS
hFv &REEZING FRIGGIN FRIGID TEMPERATURES -ITTENS HAT ,ONG
hA v SIDEWAYS hAv SQUAT 4HE LETTER FOR YESTERDAY WAS hS vOFTEN
MISTAKEN FOR hFv ON THE TELEPHONE OUT OF CONTEXT hFv AS IN
h&RANKv BECAUSE ONE WOULD NOT SAY hSRANKv hSv AS IN h3AMv
BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS hFAMv 7E TOOK THE FAM TO
THE ZOO 7E FORGOT TO EAT THIS MORNING SO WE WERE ALL FAM
&RANK 3INATRA WAS THE MOST FAM OF ALL THE LOUNGE SINGERS IN A
BIG WAY  /NE WOULD NOT SAY h7E TOOK THE 3AM TO THE ZOO v
OR h7E FORGOT TO EAT THIS MORNING SO WE WERE ALL 3AMv /NE
WOULD NOT SAY h&RANK 3INATRA WAS THE MOST 3AM OF ALL THE
LOUNGE SINGERS IN A BIG WAY v

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! N N " O G L E 
/),30),, 0!2!'2!0( *UNE  !NYWHERE 53!
4HE ALCOHOL SPREAD THROUGH MY LIFE LIKE AN OILSPILL
!! WAS LIKE CLEAN UP FROM THE %XXON 6ALDEZ AND AS LONG
#LEANERS AT THE %XXON 6ALDEZ BUY HUMAN HAIR TO MAKE OIL
CLEANING ROPES 4HIS IS NOT THE (OLOCAUST WHERE THE .AZIS
KILLED THE PEOPLE AND SOLD THE HAIR 4HIS IS THE DRUNK SHIP
CAPTAIN WHO SPILLED A CENTURYS WORTH OF OIL ON A SINGLE DUCK
NAMED 0AL )T WILL TAKE   SALONS WORTH OF DAILY HAIR FOR
THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS TO SUPPLY ENOUGH HAIR TO CLEAN 0AL
UP !M ) LIKE THE DRUNK SHIP CAPTAIN WHO SPILLED CRUDE OIL ON
MY OWN LIFE 4HE CAPTAIN HAD A DISEASE TOO )T WAS IN THE
PAPERS 3UBTEXT NOT HIS FAULT 3UBTEXT NEEDED HELP 0AL
NEEDS HELP MORE HELP THAN THE CAPTAIN 3MART THING TO DO
#UT YOUR HAIR !LCOHOLICS EVERYWHERE ARE DONATING HAIR IN THE
!! SALONS OF THE NATION TO SOAK UP THE OIL SPILL THE ALCOHOL
THAT KILLED THE DUCK OF OUR COMPANIONS $IG DEEPLY DREAM

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")' 0!2!'2!0( *UNE  
"OY WENT "OY WAS "OY CHARMED "OY BOUGHT "OY
SOLD "OY BET "OY TOLD "OY LOST "OY LIVES "OY DIES "OY
CRIES "OY HAS BOY "OY HAS SUN "OY HAS FEVER BINOCULARS
PAIRS OF PANTS PICTURES OF BIG ARROWS $OES HE BLUNT THEM
"OY BEGS A SWEET FROM SORROW "OY TONGUES HER ASTER "OY
DIALS "IG 'IRL FOR OLD TIMES 3HEgS A BIG OL GIRL 'OT HER
PRIORITIES STRAIGHT #OMES IN ONES FIVES TENS TWENTIES FIFTIES
HUNDREDS 3HE LOVES THE DENOMINATIONS LIKE CHILDREN 3HOT
CRANK STRAIGHT THROUGH THREE PREGNANCIES AND SLAPS THEM
SILLY TO MAKE THEM STOP SPINNING 'OD LOVES HER 4HATgS
WHO 'OD IS 3HE LOVES "OY THE DAY HIS MOTHER DIES AND THE
MONEY IS HIS ,ITTLE 'IRL LOVES HIM BECAUSE HE DOESNT LOVE
HER AND HE LOVES "IG 'IRL FOR ALL THE TIMES SHE MADE HIM CRY
.OW HES DRINKING HIS WAY HOME "OY GROWS TO "IG "OY WITH
ONE CHEMICAL OMISSION ,ITTLE 'IRL ACTS DRUNK A LITTLE LONGER
,ITTLE 'IRL NO SPENDER ,ITTLE 'IRL NO EARNER ,ITTLE 'IRL NO
GAMBLER ,ITTLE 'IRL DRIP DRY UNDER THE TABLE BY "OY TO "IG
"OY ,ITTLE 'IRL OUTZIPPED BY "IG 'IRL "IG 'IRL POWERFUL IN HER
PROSTITUTING AND HER MEN STAY STEADY ,ITTLE 'IRL LOST HER BIG
NOT TRYING MEN ON FOR SIZE &ELT SORRY FOR HER SINS "OY TO "IG
"OY CALLS ,ITTLE 'IRL A WHORE SHRINKS HER ,ITTLE 'IRL LOOKS TO
THE SKY HER FAVORITE CEILING CALLS DOWN THE PLANETS AND TELLS
'OD THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE GYPPED HIM DARN IT 'OD IN (IS
WISDOM SAYS NOTHING

! N N " O G L E 
7!4%27/2,$ 0!2!'2!0( -AY  
-INNETONKA -INNESOTA
h7E DONT USE MUCH ALCOHOL @ROUND HEREv

"ECOME PAR  DRENCHED IN A WILLINGNESS TO BE OUT OF


HERE THE EARTHLY FRAME hOURv hLIFEv FRITTERED ON THE DISTANCE
OUR SOLITUDE CONDUCTED IN FULL SIGHT OF MAN WITH THE
CODPIECE SHAMED TO A WILLINGNESS TO BE A DOCTOR OF KNOWING
TWICE SENTENCED TO FLAIL IN A CERTAINTY BEYOND TOLERANCE
OR ACCEPTANCE NULL VOID OTHER ZERO WORDS THAT ADD UP TO
-OUNT %VEREST IN THE MOVIE THE LAST TIP OF LAND STILL VISIBLE
WHEN THEY DROP IN THEIR CRUDE HYDRAULICS THE FINAL TECHNICAL
ACHIEVEMENT TO BEGIN AGAIN TO LEARN TO LIKE MEAT AND OTHER
VEGETABLES 3PRUNG

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C L O C K

! N N " O G L E 
7!3 0!2!'2!0( -AY   -INNETONKA
-INNE WAS TO YA
7AS SAME AS 3AM WAS FERTILE WAS LINX WAS WILY WAS
SCORN 3AM MAN ABOUT TOWN NOT A BIG MAN 3AM A SALT
AND PEPPER LADYgS MAN 3AMLAND HUSBAND BEEF SICK ISSUER
OF WOMENS GRIEF HAIRLESS IN MOST PLACES HAPPIER THAN MANY
OVERINDULGED WICKED (OW WICKED !ND WHAT IS GRIEF
'RIEF IS TO HAVE GIVEN FREELY TOO UNFREELY 'RIEF IS TO HAVE
GIVEN ONE YEAR TOO MANY 7ICKED IS TO HAVE WANTED IT TO BE
GIVEN AWAY THAT WAY 7ICKED IS TO 3AM AS DUTY IS TO -OTHER
3AMS WIFE IS TO HIS FRIENDS WIFE AS ONE -ERCEDES TO ANOTHER
3AMS FACE DU JOUR EST "ELLE 7AS WAS DULY IMPRESSED

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L I T H O P O D

! N N " O G L E 
4(%. 0!2!'2!0( *UNE   -TKA -INN
7AS WAS NOT ACQUAINTED WITH 3AM OF THE WANDERING
SPECTACLES MARRIED TO 4RISTE SPENT ON 3PAMˆˆONE PIECE
OF DARKLY MARBLED 3PAM WELL OILED AMONG ROLLING PEAS 4HIS
CONSTITUTES A DARK CHILDHOOD MEMORY 7AS WAS BEYOND
3PAM NEVER BEYOND 4RISTE OUTNUMBERED BY 3AM THEIR
HEARTS SET ON &IXADENT MUST LIVE TO NEED IT ,OVE 4HE BIG
WAPPATUI PARTY AT THE LAKE CABIN WHEN THE MOST POPULAR BOY
WHO HAD EVER TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE TH MOST POPULAR
THREW UP ALL OVER THE CAR SEAT AND DROPPED TO TH BY THE
END OF THAT WEEKEND (ECK (AD SHE LOVED (ECK WITHOUT
REASON THEN .OT A TURN KEY CHILD NOR EVEN A TURN KEY
TEENAGER .OT NAMED 7AS IN THE BEGINNING NAMED )Z 'O
BACK AND LOVE THAT GIRL 'O BACK AND LOVE HER AGAIN

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! N N " O G L E 
$%!4( )3 ! '//$ 4().' 0!2!'2!0( /CTOBER 

7HAT HIS NAME WAS 3PANISH 7IND 3PARKING HIS
DISEASE AT THE LAST MOMENT OF THE LAST CENTURY IN THE
LAST MILLENNIUM "ELIEVING TOO MANY MEDIA KNEW HIS
WHEREFORES #HARGING TOP DOLLAR TO STAY IN THE 2ENT
0UZZLE /WNING NOTHING BUT HIS INSECTICIDE FEELERS &OR
INSTANCE ,ETgS SEE WHAT HE REMEMBERS ,OOK LOOK LOOK
LOOK !HA HE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING $RUGS DRAG HIM
INTO FURTHER WORRY (E REMEMBERS NOTHING (E REMEMBERS
ONE VISUALIZATION $IVIDED HEAD BODY SHAFT OF NECK $I
MEANS TWO $ISTRIBUTED HEAD BODY STEM OF NECK &ALLIBLE
WARNING SYSTEM 0ERSONAL EFFECTS 4HE WHITE COAT PEOPLE
LOCK UP HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS AND TAKE THE STEERING WHEEL
WHERE HE IS ARRESTED 4HEY TAKE HIS WEEKEND 4HERE IS SOME
DISORIENTATION 4HERE IS GENUINE MENTAL ILLNESS (E IS NOT LIKE
US (E IS NOT LIKE HIMSELF EITHER 4HERE MUST BE SOMEONE
ELSE LIVING INSIDE HIM )S HE *ESUS )S HE A PRESIDENT )S
HEˆˆWOULDNgT IT BE GREAT IF HE COULD BE DELUDED THAT HE
IS A GREAT COOK 7HY MUST HE BE DELUDED FOR ALL HIS CHILD
ABUSE THAT HE IS A SPECTER #OULDNT WE LET HIM WIN ONCE
#OULDNT WE SAY HE HAS A POINT THERE #OULDNT WE SIT BESIDE
HIM AT THE GREAT #LOCK #OUNTING AND OBSERVE THAT HE IS FAIR
7HAT IF HE WANTS TO BE GOOD AT CITIZENSHIP 7HAT IF HE SLIPS
INTO PERIODS OF LOW ACHIEVEMENT SO EASILY THAT HE BECOMES
GOOD AT THAT (E BECOMES GOOD AT DOPA SNIFFING (ES NOT
MARRIED )F HE COOKED HED BE MARRIED )F HE KNEW HOW TO
STEER HED BE ONE IN HER INTELLIGENT BOOK ALIKE CONTEST (E
HAS ONE CHANCE TO HIT THE WASTE BASKET WITH THE CRUMPLED
CANDY BAR WRAPPER (E FACED THE DEVIL AND LOST HIS PUNCH
(E HAS LOST HIS BILLFOLD SO MANY TIMES HE COMES OUT SHINING
(E OPENS OVER TO THE ONION (E IS NOT SICKER THAN YOU (E IS
NOT SICKER THAN YOU (E IS NOT SICKER THAN YOU

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! N N " O G L E 
$!9 0!2!'2!0( *UNE  
) ATE THE WRONG FACTORY ) STARVED THE BIGGEST SHRIMP )
SWAMPED THE AERODYNAMIC TUNABOAT ) FILED THE WRONG DIVORCE )
CLUTCHED THE FIRST SWAMI ) KILLED THE FLYING EXETER ) TURTLENECKED THE
SIMONED CITIZEN ) BELCHED AT THE PAUSE IN THE ARIA ) LICKED INTO EVEN
YOUR OWN CAVITIES ) COUGHED 0ULITZER ) PRIZED THE DAMNED ) BOUGHT
MARBLE SUNDAE FRUITCAKE ) ILLED THE TWIN FRUIT BEVEL ) CARRIED OVER
TO MAGAZINES ) SPIED ON THE TWELVE HANDSOME ) BURIED HIS OVEN
MISTAKES ) TOOK WAFERS FROM THE HANDS OF )SRAEL ) SPILLED NUT GREASE
) MUST HAVE KNOWN ALL THIS ) MUST HAVE FELT THIS WAY BEFORE ) MUST
HAVE WANTED TO KNOW HOW TIME FLIES ALONE ) MUST HAVE FELT ) KNEW )
MUST HAVE COME ON LIKE A WEED STORM IN THE DOF WINTER ) WHIPPED
YOU BOY INTO THE SHAPE OF YOUR AFORESAID &OR A PILE OF DOUGH ! GIFT
TO TAKE YOU TO THE HOLY LAND $ID YOU SEE ME COMING $ID YOU TAKE
ME AT MY WORD
$ID YOU SPELL MY RELIEF IN YOUR CLOUDS $ID YOU SMILE AT THE
!BSURDITIES $ID YOU EAT MY NAKED RAW MEAT ADJACENT TO YOUR
WILDERNESS $ID YOU BORROW ONE MORE WINDSOCK TO DARN A LITTLE
LONGER $ID YOU BUY ALL MY SUICIDE $ID YOU FEAST ON MY EMPTY
$ID YOU SAIL IN MY FOOT PEDDLE 4HIS IS AS ) TOLD THE STORY TO MY SISTER
WHEN SHE CRIED

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W O R MG R A M

! N N " O G L E 
!.9 6). 0!2!'2!0( *ULY     PM
#$4 WITH ONE CIGARETTE
BREAK  WORDS
7ERE  WERE FAUX WERE BIG LITTLE SORRELS WERE
.EW WERE WERE WERE FORCED WERE FALLEN WERE FIGS
WERE VAMPIRES WERE FICKLE WERE FIRST WERE MIDDLE WERE
LATENT WERE LADYKILLERS WEE DICKS IN OUT OF HERE TO FOR
ACROSS UP DOWN DIAL /.% TASTE OF THE MATTER FOR *5,9 FOR
 SIX TONGUES WILL YOU REMEMBER ME ) WILL REMEMBER
YOU ) WILL SOW YOUR RAPIER SWORD FOR MY BAG OF NINE 4HIS
BURLY IVE 4HIS WRONGED NUMBER 4HIS LOVE OF CHAIN SAWS
-Y BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS MY DALLIANCE -Y FAVORITE
INVENTORY WAS MY LOVE -Y YOUR 9OUR MY (OW WE DO
THIS APART (OW WE SHOOT FIRST AND KNOCK LATER (OW
EVERY AIR SEEKS ANY AIR FOR YOUR UNRECOLLECTED NEST EGG
4AKE ME CAMPING 4AKE ME TO THE EAR BOYS FOR MY TOTAL
SURRENDER )LL KEEP MY HAT )LL KEEP MY LEGS )LL KEEP
MY LONG LONG TORSO AND MY NECK )LL KEEP MY BREASTS )LL
KEEP MY STONE FUCKER )LL KEEP MY WICKED CANDLE )LL
DIE DOWN ON THE FARM )LL LIVE IN THE CITY )LL BUY YOU A
CAR )LL BUY YOU A BUY YOU A BUY YOU A BUY YOU ALREADY
KNOW WHAT ) BOUGHT YOU )T IS A BIG ONE "IG IS BETTER "IG
IS NECESSARY "IG IS FOR BIG MEN "IG IS BIGGER THAN SNAILS
"IG IS FOR THE WHOLE FUCKING FIELD (ERE HE COME TO BE
A GIB GIB GIB GIB TURKEY 7HATS FUN 9OU KNOW WHAT
FUN IS TO ME ) LIKE TYPING ) LIKE MOVING MY SHOULDERS )
LIKE LOOKING AT THAT GUY -IKE IN THE ANGER MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT GROUP WHOSE WIFE IS SUSPICIOUS )F YOU SAW HIM
YOU WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS TOO /F HIS OH YES OF HIS LADY
LOOKS /F HIS MAN FRAME /F HIS HAVING TRAVELED THIS FAR
TO TROUBLE YOU ALL THE WAY FROM "ALTIMORE (AIR BROWN
&EVERFEW 4HIS IS FOR A COMPUTER THAT ) WRITE THIS )gLL GIVE
YOU ALL MY MONEY BUT YOU CANgT HAVE MY HEART /R MY
SOUL /R MY SPIRIT ) KNOW 7E WERE TO SHARE 7E DID
SHARE .OW ) WANT IT ALL SKILLED (ERES A LITTLE %IFFEL 4OWER
FOR YOUR SOUP ) LOVE YOU ) LOVE YOU ) LOVE YOU 7HAT
LOVE IS WORTH THAT !LL LOVE IS LONG LOVE !LL LOVE IS LOVE
OF 'OD LOVE !LL LOVE MAKES WAR LOOK LIKE COURTSHIP

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!LL LOVE MAKES MEN TALL !LL LOVE MAKES WOMEN SMALL
!LL LOVE MAKES CHILDREN SEEK OUT THE / DOOR !LL LOVE
MAKES THE ANIMALS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN FREE RANGE ITSELF "Y ALL MEANS BY ANY MEANS BUY
!.9  WITH !..  BUY HUBFISH 4HIS SOUTHERN BELLE
HEMISPHERE WHERE THE TOILET WATER ROLLS AROUND THE OTHER
WAY 4HIS FIRST LOOK AT YOU 4HIS FIRST SONG FOR ME 4HIS
 YEAR BLOWJOB PROJECTILE 4O YOU 4O BIG YOU 4O MY
ROLE IN LIFE ) WOULD HAVE SUCKED YOU TOWARD HEAVEN HAD
YOU SOLD ME FOR LESS -Y LOSS IS MY LESSON MY LETZEN MY
LESEN 7ENT TO A WEDDING TALKED TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER
4ALKED TO THE BAND 4ALKED TO THE MINISTER 4ALKED TO THE
NERVOUS BRIDEGROOM 4ALKED TO THE PERMANENTLY BORED
BRIDE 4ALKED TO THE BRIDES MOTHER WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO
RAISE A RAISED DAUGHTER 4ALKED TO THE BRIDEGROOMS DAD
WHOSE IDEA IT WAS TO FAKE THE LOST CAUSE BRIDE 4HIS WAS
THE BALLOON RIDING TO THE SKY ON WINGS OF YOU 2ED FLAGS
AT THE WINDOW AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AT THE CORNERS OF
THE HOUSE 0OWER FOR DAYS &LOWERS EVERYWHERE -ICE
PRESENTING THEMSELVES DEAD AT THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR "ABY
SPARROW NOT LIFTING ANYMORE 4HEN SUDDENLY LIFTING WHEN )
LIFTED 4IRES *OG YEARS #HEERS

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! &!3#).!4)/. 7)4( 3%8 !00!2%.4,9
0!2!'2!0( *ULY  
4HE MUMMAN ;MUMBLED WORD= WAS DRINKING COFFEE
AND THINKING OF THE  ORANGE SISTERS OF HER TABBY CAT ,UCY
ALSO ORANGE ALSO FEMALE 4HEY SAID ORANGE CATS ARE USUALLY
MEN (ERE WAS ,UCY THE TINIEST OF THE FULL GROWN MINIATURES
WITH BRAINS AND A HEART 3HE CROUCHED STEADILY IN HER YEARS
 (ER HIND LEGS A LITTLE FROSTED (ER FUR A LITTLE SPOTTED (ER
LOVE AT AN ENDLESS ARCH TOWARD RECOMMENDING HERSELF FOR
RETIREMENT $ONgT DIE ,UCY .EVER DIE ! COMPANION WITH A
RECORDED HISTORY 3HE USED TO SOCIALIZE AND NOW SHE MOSTLY
RESTS 3HE USED TO SIT ON MEN 7HEN SHE TRAVELS SHE LEAPS
FROM BED TO BED ACROSS THE NARROW HOTEL DIVIDE AND FROM
ONE HIGH THING TO ANOTHER (ER BROTHER IS HANDSOME AND
DELIGHTFULLY NORMAL (E TRAVELS TO THE COUNTRIES OF EACH TREE
EACH FOLDED FERN EATS EACH FALLEN BIRD EACH PLUMMETING
MOUSE FILLS HIS MOUTH WITH FEATHERS AND FLUFF AND BLOODY
EYES &RAN #IS 4HEY TALK AS FRIENDS AND FIGHT THEY SLIP INTO
 FIGHTING POSITION AND KICK LIKE MAD LETTING OUT ONE PHRASE
IN SERIOUS OVERLAPPING UNDERTONES 4HEY SPREAD NEWS TO
KAZOOS

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! N N " O G L E 
%.#5#5-"%2%$ 0!2!'2!0( !UGUST  -TKA
-. 

4HE MAN DROVE ON EYEZINE 4HE MAN COURTED THE


OTHER MAN AND THE WOMEN COURTED HIM )N THE MAGNETIC
LITERATURE OF THE TH CENTURY HE WAS A HOMOSEXUAL ! FAG
! HOMO ! CREEP ! QUEER (E HAD NOT WANTED ONE LOOK AT
HER 4ITTY BARS DID NOTHING FOR HIM (E WENT TO HEAR THE TALK
(E GOT HARD IT GOT HARD WHEN HE THOUGHT OF HARD REALITY (E
TURNED INTO A FAIRY ONE DAY AT DUSK 4HE WOMAN HAD GIVEN ALL
HER MAN OUT .O MORE MAN IN HER TO GIVE (AD TO MOVE ON
HE SAID 4HANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SUCK YOU BONE DRY SUICIDE
9OUgRE WELCOME SHE ADDED 3HE WAS NOT ONE FOR CARRYING
UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN HER SCRAPBOOK (E ALLIED HIMSELF WITH
THE THREE WOMEN FROM THE MOVIE 4HEY WERE FOR HIM (E
WAS FOR THE OTHER HIM .O ONE WOULD GET THE BEST OF HIM
4HIS WAS HIS TH MOVIE (E WAS VERY BAD AND GOOD AT IT
(E TURNED IN HIS IDENTIFICATION BRACELET AT THE STATE CROSSING
(E MISSED READING 7ALLACE 3TEPHENSˆˆ7ALLACE 3TEPHENS
7ALLACE 3TEPHENS A ,ATIN PHRASE %VER SINCE BECAUSE OF IT
MAYBE HE WAS LAZY INACTIVE (E HAD A PUBLIC LIFE AS A GUITAR
PLAYER BUT COULD NOT PLAY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE 4HE NEW SHE
WAS SHIRKING HER DUTIES AT WORK THINKING IT WAS TEMPORARY
THINKING WORK WAS PERMANENT THINKING HER DUTIES AS A
MOTHER WERE NOT SO VERY HEAVY !FTER ALL HE WAS PAYING HER
TO THINK BUT SHE HAD NOT THOUGHT THAT YET )N SOME YEARS
SOMETHING WOULD REMIND HER

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! N N " O G L E 
&)234 (/34!'% 0!2!'2!0( 3EPTEMBER  

7HEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY $O YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR


BIRTHDAY WAS 7ERE YOU THERE 7ERE YOU MARRIED $O
YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR WEDDING WAS 7ERE YOU THERE -Y
HUSBAND IS A SHAPESHIFTER WHO BORROWED A CLOUD FROM A STAR
TO ESPY MY FORMAL LODGINGS ) COULD NEVER TELL WHEN HE WAS
WITH ME AND WHEN HE WAS ELSEWHERE 4HE KIND OF MARRIAGE
) AM SPEAKING OF IS NOT EXCLUSIVE 4HE KIND OF MARRIAGE ) AM
SPEAKING ABOUT IS MENTAL ROUGHSHOD (E ENJOYS IT MORE
THAN ANY ACT OF LOCAL LOVE MORE THAN ANY SINGLE MOMENT IN
A HUMBLE DAY MORE EVEN THAN WATCHING HIS SONS FACE GROW
UP )T IS A CRIMINAL SUBSTITUTE FOR BREAKING ACTUAL LAWS 4HEY
NEVER PLACE THE TARIFF ON THE UNSUCKED MILK 4HEY NEVER ASK
A MAN TO BORROW MONEY HE CANT REPAY 4HEY NEVER GIVE UP
ON HIS VERSION OF THE VIEW 4HEY NEVER TELL HIM THAT ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH (E IS MORE ACTIVE IN THE ECONOMY THAN EVEN THE
INDUSTRIOUS RICH MAN (E IS MORE SURE OF HIS RESOURCES THAN
THE MILDEST BANK TELLER (E BORROWED VERSE FROM WIND (E
SOLD SHRAPNEL FROM STARTING OVER (E KISSED FROG UPON FROG
UPON FROG (E TURNED A BEAUTIFUL MILK RICH WOMAN TO A TOAD
(E TURNED ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL MILK RICH FOREIGN WOMAN TO A
SEA GYPSY 3HE TURNED HIM ON HER TINY FINGER 3HE TOLD HIS
STORY IN &RENCH SO THAT SOMETHING COULD BE TRUE FOR SOMEONE
(E REGRETTED NOT FINDING THAT MOTHER TONGUE SOONER %4#
(E DID EACH THING WITH DELIBERATION (E DISCOVERED EACH SOFT
SPOT WITH SPECIAL VENERATION (E ASPIRED TO UNDETECTABLE
CRIMES "UT EVERYONE KNEW AND THEY LAUGHED JOVIALLY IN THE
EMPTY THEATER

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4HEN WE WERE SAYING HOW UNORDINARY THIS WOMAN IS
3HE WROTE A NOTE ON PINK NOTEPAPER ALLOWING HER HUSBAND
TO SEEK SEX ELSEWHERE AS LONG SHE WROTE AS LONG AS HE CAME
HOME AT NIGHT ,OVE SMILY FACE YOUR WIFE 7E WERE SAYING
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION ) SAID h3HE MUST BE A NATIONAL
CURIOSITYv !LREADY PEOPLE IN FIVE STATES HAD HEARD ABOUT
IT 3OMEONE SAID h(E MUST BE A BOY GENIUSv ) SAID h)F HE
SHOWS THE NOTE TO TOO MANY PEOPLE HE WILL LOSE HIS GENIUSv
3OMEONE ELSE SAID h3HEgS JUST GIVING HIM THE ROPE AND MY
OLD BOYFRIEND SAID h4HATgS ONE CONTROLLING MOTHERFUCKER
SUREv 4HE MAN WITH THE PERMISSION SLIP SHOWED THE NOTE TO
ME ) WAS TRYING TO SEE HER AS BIG OF HER AND ME AS HOW
COULD )ˆˆNOT OUR FINAL EXAMINATION HAIRCOLORS )T WAS
!QUARIAN -AN AT HIS BEST ;EXPLAIN=

! N N " O G L E 
$%,6% 0!2!'2!0( /CTOBER  
&OOLING YOUR EYES SETTING TRAPS FOR YOUR MEMORY
DESIGNING YOUR MOOD 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR CLEANING THE
HOUSE 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR WRITING A STORY 4HIS WAS THE
DAY FOR WALKING TO THE LAKE 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR CELEBRATING
A LITTLE HAIR 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR TIMING THE ERRANDS 4HIS
WAS THE DAY FOR TESTING UP ON ,UCY 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR
REMEMBERING THE BCY WHAT THAT LESSON WAS &/2 4HIS WAS
THE DAY FOR DECIDING THE MANY 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR DIALING
THE ANY 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR ONE TWO THREE FOUR FOR CARVING
A PUMPKIN DESTROYING A COSTUME FILING SEPARATE SORROWS IN
FILES MARKED -%.3 .!-%3 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR NOT TALKING
TOO MUCH 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR LISTENING 4HIS WAS THE DAY
FOR PRAYING ABOUT THE CAR 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR NOT CHECKING
E MAIL 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR BENDING LOW TO PICK THE LEAVES
OFF THE CARPET 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR REMEMBERING STERILE
THINGS 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR NOT WANTING SOMEONE 4HIS WAS
THE DAY FOR WANTING SOMEONE BETTER 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR
WANTING TO BE SOMEONE 4HIS WAS THE DAY FOR WANTING TO BE
SOMEONE BETTER 7HAT A YELLOW LEAF 7HAT ORACULARS 7HAT
DOWNTOWN TENNIS SHOES 7HAT A VAMP FOR ARCH DRYNESS
7HAT STARING INTO BEST AND THAT IN PARTICULAR 7HAT A LOT OF
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