One of my favourite poets of all time. As such, I decided to re-read this one as it was on the shelf near the last one. Over time I realize that my tastes have changed in many areas, but not my taste for true beat poetry. Like Henry Miller, he will always be an important part of the literature I own and read. Sadly, the lame poems I wrote in the back of it are still there...until I get an eraser and eliminate them. They were written in 1997 while I was teaching in Moosomin. From "Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes"...last line..."And the very red light for an instant/holding all four close together/as if anything at all were possible/between them/across that great gulf/in the high seas/of this democracy"...His endings are often perfect. The poem "The Love Nut" is just straight up awesome. Dear Status Quo please read "The Billboard Painters". And one last passage from the middle of "Home Home Home"..."home to the 98 lb housewife/driving two tons of chrome and steel/three blocks to the supermarket/to buy a package of baby pins"..In other words, 1979 could be 2013. To continue with great endings from "Wild Life Cameo, Early Morn"...without looking back/disappear forever/like certain people/in my life.
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