by
Barry Wallenstein
New Poets of America
Series
"The
feeling here is 'urban' -- a certain removal or distancing combined
with keen awareness, the sense of the impersonal wash of night
coming over the lonely multitudes amid the surrealistic concrete....
The wry, lost energy of these pieces is the lyric voice of its
generation."
- M.L. Rosenthal
Paranoia
Think
of something soft
wool
lambswool
angelhair
You
know if you inhale
these
things will kill
So
reconsider the soft
choking
you get wise
Think
of the pragmatic
steel
castiron
or
lead
But
if
turned against you
these
things too will kill
So
you're confused
and
ever watchful lest
some
sharp blow undo you
You
hardly ever sleep
You
hire a taster for your food
and
outside
you
never spit
into
the wind
Copyright © 1977 by BOA Editions
Available editions:
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Paperback
ISBN: 0-918526-08-6
Price: $4.00
Publishing Date: 1977
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