I originially performed this poem on stereotape
with two channels of words dancing back and forth.
| My Lady taught me life. My Lady taught me love. My Lady taught me to be myself. She feels. She feels. She feels. Deep, deep, like a bear’s bite, she feels. My Lady sings old juke box songs and drinks white wine in the afternoon. When she drinks white wine she talks like a bulldozer . . . or a bear. In a forest My Lady hangs My Lady’s name is Grace. Deep, deep,
My Lady taught me life. A bear Deep, deep, Laughter,
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Laughter, my Lady’s laughter, shapes the universe. Love laughter. Bear’s laughter. Magic mirrors, she hangs magic mirrors in our house. She talks with clams . . . Love laughter. A bear runs Do not
Magic mirrors, Love laughter. My Lady sings Do not leave me, My Lady’s Hexagram Magic mirrors My Lady’s name is Grace. |
1971