Thursday, July 3, 2014

5540. MY PAPER HALLOWEEN

MY PAPER HALLOWEEN
In 1797 I camped with Craig Sassoon;
his wife was Mary Tyler, whom I took
into their room. Love, love, love, and 
the eaglet cried. The mask I wore was
of papier mache : a blizzard of a buzzard,
with sweat on my brow. No one recognized.
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Saratoga to Tupper Lake; a revolutionary idea
of the Revolutionary War. My soldiers had frozen
feet, with rags and papers enwrapped. Some men
died and we placed them  -  dead  -  where they fell.
Not everyone had kin; one to one to one.
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Ritz Crackers and a general malaise : can 
you say that again? Can you say that again? 
Can you say that again?

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