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PETRARCH #5

How to be happy Volume 3

States that sticking it in gives more pleasure going in than coming out but that                staying in = stuck

& when standing in front of the Elgin Marbles & all creeping things go & outside                 there is snow

On WH & WB     TS WCW ee & HD

I have PMS in my sestina which is      gnawed & angry from the erosion of civil            liberties    a wanker’s book   incompetent beasts & impossible union

In love with life but not living

Chewing the little pages in order to wad up the gums so they can’t protest love

Resigned in this lifetime to being resigned      intimidated by the English summer                with its

Melopoeia Festival Enema & Chakra Stall Oasis Writing Schools & un-Free Jazz Steam Toasted Cheese Bhaji Dixieland Kleptomaniac White getup & Bunting

When I awoke I discovered that it wasn’t all a dream

Succhi me catzo     Dante

The face that I am sitting on is my own

But you can’t

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