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