When the door of the next truck is open
it reads toward the cab
—Z E N T A B L E S, the black dog
leaps on the man in pure
friendliness—he only wants to leave. .
8 seats to a table
except one side of one table, only 3
the cigarette machine sits
makes its change
6 tables then
seating 47 deathsheads, the luncheon hour . Packed , a man
with a 100 lb. sack of cement walks past . The Modern World e-
merges
/
124 Warren Street, sayeth the truckside
—Z E N T A B L E S—
The truck door closes
Driver climbs in : ,
The truck departs .
The hot cat
heads toward the door tail up, the black dog barks, the first of the
7 white dogs I .
meet on this mountain
greets me
‘mid a rain of pebbles & dirt .
“—and the an-gels sing,
& leave
their singing
ringing in
my
ears .”
[1963/1965]
Copyright ©: Paul Blackburn
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Epistle II: To A Lady (Of the Characters of Women) poem – Alexander Pope
- Io v’amo sol perche (I Love You Simply Because) by Torquato Tasso
- There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- Олег Бундур – Быстро расту
- Владимир Луговской – Та, которую я знал
- Between going and staying the day wavers by Octavio Paz
- A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. by Sidney Lanier
- Юрий Галансков – Он к нам придёт
- Ольга Берггольц – К сердцу Родины руку тянет
- Robert Burns: The Chevalier’s Lament:
- Вероника Тушнова – Я стою у открытой двери
- Огюст Барбье – Рафаэль
- My Government Frustrates Me by Olaniyi Beloved Abimbola
- When I read the Book. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Маяковский – Пустяк у Оки
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
