(for Betto)
I know, I know
where the spirits go--
vibes atop the roof,
Jim, Jim there's yr proof
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"Creeley to Claudia once"
said, You're a young diPrima,
the one-eyed to the almond-eyed
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"Crows in Santa Monica"
(thinking of Frank)
Who can gnarl and seethe here,
& rail the palm from off
my Tree,
curled round a blenching girl?
Why, if the crows can't,
like desire
then all the thorny cough's for
nothing,
under this soft-tailed sky
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