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Absalom's Hair (New York Sidewalk) — page 2
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i fell back with my gbasp
whenarose in the air
a grean shoot
that was coiled
like a tail
greeen tht sprouted and thickedned
like a wolliow and n oak
and an appel tree
with THE BABAY all saft
up in its neastle
and the childrenm of thye streets
babbees
able to walk/ and crawl and biucyle they came
they came and ggrabbessd the branvches
and limbs as they roose
and the boughs bent and hoisted
and swung them up into the trees arms
many babys and childs laughign
like new
they flocked int he branches
they tumbelled alldown fire esxcpaes
and poured f4om allees
like to tdo a migration
of hundreds
to b in the trees toip
*
THEBABY when form thiss topmost towereing lomb
the child it spoke to us alln
evn those OLDFER in suits and stickings
who wer standign on thepavennt and streets
andnits woreds the babys wrere of merci and peace
we would leave this knid odl earth
for a mpre siutabel place
where the elephants wwould no linger swinhg us
and where we al;l could have rest
ansd start over
we would not walk but f;lky all the day
lik4e angeles
so no mroe cars or roads and could le3save
all our engines and money and racing inthe streets
anor our burning gaeses and burojg and
so much nbournt
w2e wouldm rest and be siomple
wi9th oinly one arm and one1 eyes
and few sopecies to name and carefor maybe just one of eahc
so our dchores would be light and strahghtle
htere would be but one seasdin
aqnd that steady hot
so our clotheds must be light and plseaing
and our shoes in one siuze
just one sexes 1colorsr
and live on100hunderd years old Xctly
allthe lines would be steady
and clear
there would not be invention\
or poublic debatejust
BIG BOKKS
WQITH ALL TH BIG WWORDS
right insite them
we would sleep all alone
each in a tube made of gold
then later in groups made of
10 or maybe100
and forget
there wpould be no odl footpronts
on the planet werte taken to
and no fossils no big misyteryious
pyrmaiimds
we would get to start obver
and he d aim a bit lower
this timm
much easier upon our
poor old heads
thebbabay wwas tirede you coulr see
from the effort of lifting
antrying forsoe long
for us to awake
and i bowed to my cursxed brethren
andmd shhk their cursedd fimne hands
but they spoke like it was
promotion
and eesase
*
THEM OLD SUITS THEY SPOEK HAPPY TO ME
now we can fly and wear suits made all white and all gold
with no mes s no fuss and no fight everyhting in strate lines
and each all alone and then get toegheter
for pillowfights drionking and sex
O a heaven they ssaw
an eviltutionry leap
onto the back of a horse
barely laden
tocarry thme
but i saw nad i knew the cChilds mum
thew MOTHERshe was rithgt IN THAT treee
and i read in her eyes
that the bebe had mercifully spokem
soift words for the odl with their softpillow ears
but me i wept for the loss
of the humanly struggle
and the fallintg quite short fof perfection
after soo cursed long
walking alnd all that work
and i efefelt so alone
wioth npo elelpahnts in my new home
iof theis eartrh
i was berfet and abandonedd
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