Upriver
It was Herakleitos put string in my wrist
(What a trickster)
Bozo the clown
Sent me a love note
In 1963
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In the Woods 1960
For the merchant god
Knew me
As I bartered soul
For shy, unexpected
Living things
To come my way
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Accidie
The old men and women of the universities grow tendrils and the students don’t see
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Naval History
Dead men in a rowboat
Take away the corpses
Dead men in a rowboat
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Monument
Patroclus I think was eulegized
In bronze
Because his dignity didn’t survive
To the age of gold
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Local News
“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable!”
—Beethoven
Meanwhile, in Syracuse, NY, pianos are being offered free of charge to anyone who will haul them away
