Vulture Magazine The Michaelmas Issue 2013 | Page 8

I am thinking shave

I

am thinking shave. I am thinking where’s
my drink? I am thinking my arms below her
legs between my hands. I am thinking I am
not such a fool to think two kings of England can
reign at once, although cunt rhymes with munt.
with shunt. with cunt. I am thinking where’s
that drink. with pink with think (I think). Burgers, Krishna, CLAUDIUS THE GOD, selected poems, out of desire, out on a limb, and
here’s a song I learned in Utah: (this is very
un-American) but I’d have to say I like it here.

I

am thinking perfect circles and speaking pictures. Edmund hilarity and tenpin
bowling. Circe’s got her mouth full right
up to the Ganges: somebody dancing, somebody making a scene, someone else forgetting
themselves, but when push comes to shunt
please go about your day, Sir, by all means.

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this has taken thirty five minutes to
write, and at 185 words (don’t count) is
growing at 14 words per minute. have
you read Tristram Shandy? yes, and you
won’t get the time back take my word for it.*

H

e has fallen, and there, before leaving
my room, I am thinking he is handsome, sophisticated, and intelligent.
I am thinking I am not for sale in Albania,
Alabama, Algeria or Spain. I am not translatable, or trans-(alliteration)-mutable, and
Well may I ween, fair Ladies, all this while,
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