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paper ohhhhh ahhhhhhh feels good

11-07-2009 at 12:44:51 PM
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paper ohhhhh ahhhhhhh feels good

paper ohhhhh ahhhhhhh feels good

i do write with a computer
i do print with a printer
i do - turn them off

slink to basement
with shoe box
poems
scissors
tape
blank paper
pen

on pool table never used
cut
fold
tare
scribble
( listen to music)
arrange
rearrange
make mess
create -- a chapbook

to copy store i ride - ( happy)
"make 12 copies please
fold
staple"

return next day - ( happy )
ohhhhhh looks what I made
ahhhhhh so proud
put in envelopes
hand write friend addresses
lick stamps
drive to post office ( happy)
put them in box - myself ( feel the weight )
see them fall
hear them hit the bottom
to journeys across the country

real
old-way
hands on
connection
materials
good work
fun
people
artist

paper ohhhhh ahhhhhhh feels good

Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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