By Night The Skyscraper Looms

Poetry Is A Shuffling Of Boxes Of Illusions Buckled With A Strap Of Facts.

I Doubt If You Can Have A Truly Wild Party Without Liquor.

The Scholars And Poets Of An Earlier Time Can Be Read Only With A Dictionary To Help.

Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin And Abraham Lincoln Never Saw A Movie, Heard A Radio Or Looked At Television. They Had 'loneliness' And Knew What To Do With It. They Were Not Afraid Of Being Lonely Because They Knew That Was When The Creative Mood In Them Would Work.

There Will Be A Rusty Gun On The Wall, Sweetheart, The Rifle Grooves Curling With Flakes Of Rust. A Spider Will Make A Silver String Nest In The Darkest, Warmest Corner Of It.