When I Was Alice
notice Michael Palmer
lotsa readings in the late 70s
hm
Collom enjambment
needs to breathe I guess —
experiment is key
numb teeth nest
02/02/02 in library after gym
also witness 5 men jerking off
one kinda cute
cup of pretzels, diet coke
and clam chowder with 2 english muffins
English Coke
many Jordan almonds
“what’re you really good at?”
not diarist, not poet, not editor
brain gone to the birds
and extreme computers
(breathe I guess)
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When I was Alice I counted the cars
one after another
in front of Wal-Mart
intersections
pulled at my dress
wet my panties
at the intersections in front of Wal-Mart
in the late 70s
hid piece of puzzle
Lil Abner psychiatrist
something melodramatic
along with a kiss in the moonlight
up several flights
tear open a blue jeans