[“Man is so afraid . . .”]

Man is so afraid, he look down at cock, long ago many

centuries ships land on the enemy’s beach, take down

mast in the dark, climb up cliffs in the fog, ram

enemy’s door, do bad things in castle, oh yea, man

go crazy play in blood like baby with duck in bathtub,

man think about favorite dog, got worms in heart, takes

dog to field trial, dog sniffs out man’s lies, point

at fool in frozen water, fool man, dead dog, man look

at leaf frozen in pond, man think about woman in new

cabin beside fire, walls bleeding rosin, man forget about

dog, man want son, boy strong, call boy elephant, man

cannot sleep right, have bad itch in butthole, man think

cancer maybe, man wake up beside woman, moon come

in window, man glad he has no city, city can die for all

he cares, man smells fingers, smell bad, man gets up

to wash fingers, man steps on broken glass, sits down

on commode and sucks his foot, man thinks about God,

man says to God If I eat right will You take away cancer,

God no say, man flush pot, man decides go to India,

study other God, other God take away cancer, bring back

dog, make women go crazy, man go visit little

naked man on mountain, man give him all his money,

little naked man say go back home, stand on head with

fresh egg in asshole three times a day, man does what

he says, oh yea, man think about troopships, man is so

afraid, man take chill, man get old real quick man nobody,

everything dark, man spit in papersack, man look at medicine

on table beside bed, man look at TV, Tarzan movie already over,

so sad so sad, man call doctor, say to make him young,

doctor look at secretary pulling up panties, say oh yea,

take man’s money, man get young, man decide go to

Africa, man think everything swell when he get back

home, put many heads on wall, many skins, first night

wife run off, fool man, so man read book, man like,

so man read another book, soon man read book all time,

don’t care about money, don’t care about woman, only

thing man remember is what he read, on weekends

go to old cabin, look at pine knots, think about what he

read, think about history, look down at cock,   

man learn, once was another man become king, but king

had no sons, king get old, get sad, king get so afraid, look

at his cock, oh yea, one night king run everybody out of

castle, have private dinner, just with family, and favorite   

dog, tell daughter to hop up on table, king takes pheasant

gravy, pours on daughter, rubs daughter’s thighs with   

gravy, picks up dog, tells dog lick daughter, king tells daughter

not to be afraid, not be sad, tell daughter be strong, daughter   

strong, daughter looks at mother, says watch, daughter

takes dog by the mouth, breaks jaws, king says daughter strong,

man know lot about history, man afraid, man go crazy on

street one day, man go jail, man call lawyer tell lawyer shoot two women

save my life, man give lawyer lot of money, lawyer go out

to eat, talks about man, man get out of jail, oh yea

man like imagine too, man like to clip cut back of magazine,

man like sendoff, man also like guns,

life strange,