Outtakes
 Outtakes      the rain it’s bouncing off the glass starting to run to gutters    garbage hesitates then budges before sliding on asphalt into...
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Wi The Haill Voice
Wi The Haill Voice  25 poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky translated into Scots with a glossary by Edwin Morgan Carcanet Press 1972  After writing about O’Hara I became...
Read MoreThe Last Bender Chapter 3
CHAPTER THREE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I slept most the day as best I could. For supper I fried up ham and cheese on rye in margarine till the crust was brown and...
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Digging in a Pot I imagine you bald digging in a pot with a spoon Sunlight between fingers cells fight to fatten the cloth Remains pile up books in folds of sheets and...
Read MoreThe Laughing God
The Laughing God Last night Maja and I watched McCain and Obama speak at the Columbia University forum on public service. We responded as predicted, scorning...
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