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W e M a g a z i n e I s s u e 1 7 , V o l u m e 1
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E d i t o r s
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Santa Cruz: Stephen Cope, James Garrison
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Bay Area: Angela Coon, Eric Curkendall
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New York City: Jay Curkendall, Roddy Potter
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Albany: Chris Funkhouser, Belle Gironda,
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Ben Henry, Katie Yates
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()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))(
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THE POETRY HOLE
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People have poem holes in the tops of their heads. This
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comes as a surprise to many people.
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If you close your mouth and hold your nostrils, and
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blow, you will feel the pressure against the tops of your heads.
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In this way people are like whales.
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Some times small sounds are emitted from these holes.
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In most people, it is whimpering and sniddering--sounds that
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one would dare make only when alone and perhaps not even
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then; disturbing sounds, not representations but the sounds of
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the emotions themselves--the sound of loneliness, the sound of
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the fear of death, the sound of horniness....
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The hole may also emit sounds when one is with a
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rambunctious crowd of happy people having fun, but they are
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quiet sounds and hard to hear.
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Poets cultivate this pressure until the thin membrane
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covering the poem hole ruptures and begins to emit the high
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whining shounds of the self. These are poems. These learn to
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modulate the sounds, so they do close order drills, in perfect
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step, like a marching band or a troop of tap dancers.
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Most people go to some lengths not to hear them: watch
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television, listen to loud music. Above all they interpret the
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sounds. If the poet writes I am happy happy happy, we know
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this is not true, and we have developed a large, well-paid class
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of professional critics whose task is to interpret the poets'
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writings,so we will know that the letters in "happy, happy,
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happy" must be rearrange as ppphay, pppyahyah, ppphay,
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pppyahyah--the saddest and most sniddering syllables in the
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language.
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Two parties have developed around this discovery: one
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believes that people have always had poetry holes; the other
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believes that they developed recently in human history,
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perhaps as recently as the 17th century.
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I am inclined to think it has always been there. The
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report of poetry is consistent: people are miserable, their girl
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friends or boy friends are mean to them, they no sooner learn
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how to get along in life than they start becoming ugly and tired,
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then they die.
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It is now known that the poetry hole can be closed with a
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simple surgical procedure. It has proven effective and
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permanent; it is highly recommended.
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Don Byrd
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as you see fit. We look forward to receiving comments,
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questions, complaints or poetry from anyone.
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Please inform the editors c/o cf2785@albnyvms.bitnet
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Postoffice Box 1503
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Santa Cruz, California 95061
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