Classic Poem

trumpets and drums
Dearest Saltimbanques —
beatrice — muriel —
mary —
shaw — not garden —
" when they go the other way "
OTHER WAY — dearest — ;
REMEMBER —
Mary so knowing — emma — emily —
beatrice — muriel —
bandwaggon of heavenly saltimbanques —
yes yes — girlies — performance at eleven in the late afternoon —
wires all spread — canvas — stretched
special thunderstorm to be pulled — for YOU — for YOU —
and YOU — and YOU — and YOU —
saltimbanques come straight from HEAven —
Toto — ella — and ethel —
french nacre — frigidity english —
ALL — ALL — ALL — ALL — ALL —
hurdy gurdy-merry goround —
Offset of delicious word DISGUST —
saltimbanques are from Heaven —
eh bien TOTO — et toi — ELLA — so murderously
aware — IMPECCABLE ELLA — BERtie —
having given us
to feel
the difficulties of
SNIPESHOOTING in the gutters of the
STRAND —
with a prince albert to cover those votive limbs
hungrier for chops — than for the immoral
NUdeness of the TRuth —
shall we invite minnie — that one who had the courage —
to run —
the gamut — from hedda to hannele —
never — glorious one — having to my knowledge
taken advantage of any innocent word in our
novel SPEECH —
and lily?
lena, naturellement —
most perfect legs since Pauline Hall
so the old ducks say.
shall we phone for lily?
saltimbanques are from HEAVEN —
c'est tout — ma chere —
TOTO — pav —
WATTS — Pav —
give us these gentlemen pavs — who turn PIROUETTES
into handsprings — standing upon skates
of wood — and upon
muscles of chalcedony —
saltimbanques are from heaven —
beatrice — and muriel —
astarte of the SKATING rink —
juno of the TIGHT wire —
puppets pull their own strings if having the
intelligence — of bea —
and muri —
they pull them well —
WELL — I said —
W-E-L-L —
saltimbanques are from HEAven —
franklin and CHarles — muscles — muscles — muscles —
george and dicky — lines — lines — lines —
saltimbanques are from HEAven —
Experience — without — expurgation —
everyone's rabelaisian step-parent —
everyone dammed by mrs. beterouge —
I have a thousand mouchoirs —
Phyllis and Philippe —
send us many another bandwaggon, GOD —
filled with saltimbanques like
FRanklin and CHarles —
and TOTO — and ETHEL — and ELLA —
you have heard what I said —
SALTIMBANQUES ARE STRAIGHT
from heaven —
That's all, infinitely all —
That's all —
ALL .
ALL .
ALL .
dance hellions, all of you —
for you very lives —