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for general Abner Doubleday Inventor of Baseball and First American President of the by jack spicer

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Without A Period At The End Quondam et Futurus Mary Murphy’s Chowder Concerning the Future of American Poetry II Scheme Possession Friday Or Saturday Exercise

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© by the Literary Estate of Jack Spicer Peter Gizzi & Kevin Killian

These poems from circa summer 1961 have not previously been published and are from the Jack Spicer Archive at The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. T H E

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF T T S Mary Murphy’s Chowder Concerning the Future R E V of American Poetry II I E What it means, of course, is millions of W bridges My grandmother always told me Built across a world where you would That when you get in a fight with a dog turd never know it You only get shit on your fingers. A sham. Man does not believe these things The Krazy Kat howls at the edge of the bunker. The world’s dead and Hitler’s going with it. The time’s Ripe.

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF T T S Friday Or Saturday Exercise R E V I After all nothing is very surprising to Is it the word “dream” that causes so much E you if you’re locked up with it trouble? W You, hypocrite lecture Dreams are there like clouds floating endlessly I don’t mean to call you my brother because in an except for them blue sky you aren’t Over the rim A mere semblance of flesh Is it the word, dream, that causes trouble? Hypocrite lecture, love The clouds move in such un- Is an idiot daughter of memory significance Born of a single womb. Murder The winds blowing there Is what I mean. That Not lampshade. Flag. But wristwatch Or something the wrist.

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