Entertainment
The guy who sat
2 seats
……….behind you
……….in the 10th
……….grade
who
could
fart louder
than anyone
in school,
the same guy who
came up
…………to you at
…………a high school
…………dance
and
brushed
his
fingers under
your nose
and
said:
…………“smell”
after
being
on the back
seat
…………with your ex-
…………girl friend.
This
guy
has
become
a
STAR:
writing
his
…………autobiography,
…………which is
…………being made
…………into a
…………movie
…………with him
…………starring.
He’s
giving
interviews
about the
profundity
of his
popularity,
and
on
a special
tv show
he came
flying
down from
…………the ceiling
…………on pulleys
…………and when
…………he landed
he farted
and huge
puffs
of smoke
and flames
shot
all
over
the stage.
…………There was
…………a French
…………guy
…………who
…………toured
…………all the
…………finest
…………theaters of
…………Europe
…………in the
…………1920’s,
who
could
blow out
candles
and
make
his
ass
talk
and sing
Parisian
lullabies
and
…………I bet
…………he
…………got
…………rich
…………and
…………got
…………a lot
…………of
…………pussy
…………too.
Spider Wisdom
I know the
…spider walking
…….around on
my bare foot
…….right now
knows more
about
…….the universe
than I do.
I can sense
……….it has
more
….knowledge
in its
tiny
….pin-like
…………..body
than in
my
……………..190 pound
mass.
Here I am
……………….with
…………………….my huge old
melon head
….and all these books
and the
……………..internet
which can
…access
all the
…data accumulated
…………………………..since the
ancestors of
…………..this Anglo bloodin my
veins
……..came storming
out
…………from the
……………caves and
jungles,
murdering
………………….life.
While
………the ancestors of
my other
..blood
…….( what is called )
the American
..Indian,
thousands of tribes
..many
..nations
……….living together
…………………with relatively
few
conflicts
………..peacefully
for
centuries,
honoring
all of creation
by their
gentle
gleaning
of the
earth.
Yet at
this
………moment
………in my
.body
..inside
…my head
….it is
…………………….brutal
and full of fear
………………….the white man’s
blood
his dilemma
overwhelms me once again.
…………….But the spider is alert
………being a wise and resourceful
old arachnid
radar on
………………………….swiftly jumps
off
my foot like a Swan Lake ballerina
…….and
…………….disappears
under my
desk
before
I can
……….murder
…………………………it.
Doug Draime
has been a presence in the underground literary movement since the late 1960’s, when he emerged as part of the notorious Los Angeles poetry scene of the latter 20th century. His most recent books include: “Bones” (Kendra Steiner Editions) and “Los Angeles Terminal: Poems 1971-1980” (Covert Press). Forthcoming is a larger book of selected poems called, “Transmissions From The Underground” due out in December 2008 from d/e/a/d/b/e/a/t press. His diverse range of writing including poems, short stories and plays continue to a appear in publications worldwide. He currently lives in the foothills of the Siskiyou mountain range in Oregon.
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