i am upbraided with e e cummings

but i was never a poet

and ee had

radical theories about punctuation and capitalization and the role of syntax in artistic experession that

i can only

wonder

at

instead i was thinking of archy

friend to mehitabel and marquis

lowly comentator on

lowdown life in

lower case

and defender of the underbug

but archy was a free verse poet

my verse is more

......free range

I HAVE NO FONTS AND I MUST SCREAM*

*apologies to ellison (harlan, not ralph)

but you know me boss

toujours gai kid toujours gai and

always a lady

in spite of everything

there s a dance in the old girl yet

[WebBBS lacks spacing

vain efforts result

poet can only sigh (*sigh*)]