The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas. Lorenzo Thomas

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СКАЧАТЬ I. THE FINE CLOTHES OF YEAR BEFORE LAST 209

       Inauguration 210

       The Fine Clothes of Year before Last 211

       Farting as Decency 213

       Security 214

       Personal Anthropology 216

       Broadway–Lafayette Espadrille 217

       Euchre Bridge 221

       Wheeling 222

       Too Loud for Names 224

       The Rule of Thumb 225

       II. THEY NEVER LOSE 231

       The Leopard 232

       They Never Lose 233

       Too Much One Thing, Not Enough Somewhat Else 239

       Choosing Metals 242

       Guilt 243

       Canzone 244

       Sketches of Susan 245

       Electricity of Blossoms 248

       Hiccups 250

       Instructions for Your New Osiris 254

       Shake Hands with Your Bets, Friend 256

       III. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF INDEFINITIONS 260

       The Marvelous Land of Indefinitions 261

       When Dukardo Boarded the Astro-Jet, He Already Done Seen the Movie 264

       Home X XI 266

       MMDCCXIII ½ 267

       An Excerpt from Big House Movies 268

       Screen Test 272

       Class Action 282

       Hat Red 291

       Clear Channel 295

       IV. LIQUID CITY 296

       Salt 297

       Discovering America Again 298

       Happy New Year 300

       Summer Stock 301

       Art for Nothing 302

       Things Could Be Worse 303

       The Gods’ Own Privilege 307

       Souvenir of the Manassah Ball 310

       Liquid City 312

       DANCING ON MAIN STREET 319

       [Mister Anderson] 321

       I. ANY PLACE YOU’VE EVER BEEN 322

       The Kite and the Hawk 323

       South St. Blues 324

       Please, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 325

       When If the Big Bands Come Back 326

       Guerilla Girls 327

       Displacement 329

       Sentiment 332

       Suburban Saturdays 335

       Morning Raga 337

       The Audie Murphy Game 339

       II. RITUALS AND IMPROVISATIONS 340

       Destruction of the Seated Man 341

       Last Call 343

       Excitation 346

       Skunk Insulation 351

       Grudge Match 353

       Lifelong Learning 354

       Otis 356

       Spirits You All 359

       Journey of 1,000 Li 364

       Tirade 365

       III. THE SIMPLEST OF ALL MYSTERIES 366

       Poem in Lieu of the Marriage of Andrew Zolem 367

       The Sadness of Space Exploration 369

       Quiet Riot 370

       Dumb Luck 371

       The New South 372

       Lights Out 373

       No, Don’t Get Up 374

       The Failure of Alchemy 375

       Working-Class Hero 376

       The Gambler 377

       Knight to Queen’s Pawn 378

       An Old Hand 379

       Pornography = Exploitation of Men 380

       Now You Can Worry 382

       L’Argent 384

       IV. RESISTANCE AS MEMORY 385

       Thinking in Words 386

       Like a Tree 388

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