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Sonnet Sequence: Northampton, Mass. (c. the 70s-80s)

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every belief? Let the terror be:

f*ck Faust and let old Mephistopheles die.

If I hear one more vet whine about Nam,

I will go all Tarzan and primal scream.

Noble Cause?! Someone sound the fire alarm.

Patton would have slapped his face into cream.

My doctor said I'd be released real soon

but then I started howling at the moon.

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I spent a frozen night in a blue box

chattering, reading Nietzsche by flashlight,

soused on cheap wine, beneath a wedding gown

discarded by a plus size, smile gone frown.

f*ck, I was cold, and walked with all my might,

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