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A Note from J.B.

In New York John Berryman said, track

my broken lilypads--

spill ahead of me.

Follow

the sun rise over

my drowning feet.


What do you mean

you've never heard

Sound whine?


Or the sun barking

your earlobes into

halves which bounce

across the mind's borders?


Before that I'd like you

to meet Henry Bones and

a girl we're filming.  Your

hand is cold.


Brushing her teeth
 
under water in front of

the camera, take off

the diving gear and

you

will

see

me.

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rosemary

17 years 3 months ago

Will the real J.B. please stand up...

Such tragic words: "I don't want to be LIKE Yeats...I want to BE Yeats." The real JB... I think he always shone through, in spite of himself. -Rosemary Quite contrary Now get out of my garden
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Quillsvein1

17 years 3 months ago

indeed!

thank you Rosemary! There are some actual tapes of Berryman reciting his work on YouTube, though I myself have no desire to see them again. GB