A Writer's Work Is To

We New Yorkers See More Death And Violence Than Most Soldiers Do, Grow A Thick Chitin On Our Backs, Grimace Like A Rat And Learn To Do A Disappearing Act. Long Ago We Outgrew The Need To Be Blowhards About Our Masculinity; We Leave That To The Alaskans And Texans, Who Have More Time For It.

Poetry Is Engendered In Solitude, So What Better Meter For It Than The Clip Of A Buckskin Horse?

To Relive The Relationship Between Owner And Slave We Can Consider How We Treat Our Cars And Dogs - A Dog Exercising A Somewhat Similar Leverage On Our Mercies And An Automobile Being Comparable In Value To A Slave In Those Days

Country People Tend To Consider That They Have A Corner On Righteousness And To Distrust Most Manifestations Of Cleverness, While People In The City Are Leery Of Righteousness But Ascribe To Themselves All Manner Of Cleverness.

Man Is Different From Animals In That He Speculates, A High-risk Activity.