Ode to Jack Kerouac

Dedicated to Barry Miles and Gerald Nicosia




A caraway seed
From a Cracker Jack box
Is the prize that I found ...

On the road to detox.

My words are like gold

My words are like gold
I rule a realm most aureate
Only I can forever say
I am . . .

The Poetaster Laureate



- Scylla vom und zu Karybdis

Ode to a Kennedy

"They came alot ... in Camelot ..."

I

O Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Valiant supporter of AIDS-hoax legislation!

II

Ted be nimble
Ted be civic
Ted jump over
The Chappa ... quiddick ...