The Insufferable man whose orbit of genius
drew Alice, Frank, Clark, Ron, and Anne in
Ted Berrigan self-proclaimed “master of no art;”
He’s so fucking sad and
Heavy!
What a tiresome heartache he nursed me through
A Person! How could a person add so much and
Take it all away
So presumptuous!
Not at all Self-important!
User of exclamatory phrases
Borrowed lines from friends
Not at all Repetitious!
Just self-loathing and practiced
and gentle
He says things like happysexymusic
Which make me feel better
About myself & men
He does it so good
his lines he
Never Shuts Up!
I wish he wouldn’t
Say things like “Born and reared in Tulsa, Oklahoma”
He was
So self-conscious. Too fucking Bossy!
He’s doing it on purpose
Makes me laugh & feel “funny”
Conducts an “interview” with
John Cage
whom he’d never met!
And won an award
Brags about his accomplishments
&
Love for his wife (so rare)
& Ron & Frank & Clark & Anne
And nothing else
Who does he think he is???
-Lauren Shooster