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G OO DNIGHT
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Transcript of G OO DNIGHT
G oo d night
by Ed Baker
for
s.s. j.m. d.g. m.b. ev.b.
in this my true home
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G oo dnight
copyright © 2006. Ed Baker
cover art, art, Korean translation, etc: Ed Bakerdesign & computer layout: Micah Baker, Evlyn Baker
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The test of poetry is the range of pleasure it affords as sight, sound, andintellection.... criticism probes only my own considerations. I believethat desirable teaching assumes intelligence that is free to be attractedfrom any consideration of every day living to always another phase ofexistence. Poetry, as other object matter, is after all for interested people.
(L.Z, A Test of Poetry, 1936)
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ONLY THE POSIBILITY
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Don't shout at me!
Black ballpoint pen writing out of my mind picture ofall so quickly you this angst
as I can see sing song runrun lalatowards thin ness noddy black hair longerlonger than this line edging 'round is white
teeth bitting pen nibble thinskinned puckerwet lipping purple perfecteyes of vanity seen
window mind makes my out of your undress
open slowly
Raising issues naked black under arm hair glossy and deliberate
Lives in an open window is rush to enterjust a little temerity lets us in the hot air
fuck
Bird lays frequent eggs yet to be fertilized
sit is on three legs as one
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Hard to replicate images by wordsor set the skinny straight up on topnot much else to say or do does
pen record each
detail ?
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No. A possible development could bepublished here or there
no warning necessaryeven if I could call the pokey turn myself in
look at you again if I doanything
call my lawyer. or, a psychiatrist at least
kiss me before you make a move
out of my mind winter moon not yet a pervasion
writing this poem to you more about lovemakingthan revelation desire or religious experience
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Mind. This pen goes where it wants to gohas no control
goes into places unasked uninvitedbetween lips legs words
publishedso that you can read in Korean in
Chinese Vietnamese German Hebrew in any language
fluently
got you my typewriterpull is by your black hair seductive
he holds tightlyshe holds entirety
over over body body boddhibetween teeth bite tonguetongues
ring bell!
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CLAY MODEL
A man goesinto
a figure willingly
with an old toolpull is along
long armslegslips
hipsopen
widepursedwithhis
tongueopens rut
fault throughlong black sheen
hairfalling lang
uage works model
morph is minutiaecannot get
eyes
intent
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wet wrap roundclay
moist keeps needpliant
last leaflets go
it'sshape
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of lines
drawn
hold is
her
posture
aposeheisno
match
for
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Long Run #135
run is difficultalong Sligo Creek
sun through
reveal is
sheopens
incrediblewant
desire is
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Portrait of
only the possibility of inthis shape
dressed in crimson you
standing
Tall Standing Korean Beauty
what seen
skeined bundle
appearing
in mind
everything
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Face Turned to the South
todaythe still slow warhas gotten beyond me
I imagine Yellow Flowergrowing on the wall
a girl a woman is in a red dress I have not seen her wear before
her loose movement in a wet dress asshe goes downVestry Street
f.c.'s
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rain rain incessant rainscratching above my head
raccoons
not a single callall week
only sound Sun Young's flute
far away
for company her photograph how pleasant!
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3 a.m. March 17, 1998
On whitesheetsyou came
while outside rush towards spring
to windowto see
you slipinto comical positions
reflection in patternsbeyond cracked pane
storm glass in eyesdiscovery of
long thin image
girl in yellow skates upon one leg in front of me wheels
center around any more than body demands
throws open wakes me !
in this light leap beyond
OH !
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eternal woman bent over abundant curves' accentuate is drawn
can see you naked dancing
freeze image freeze mind in hershort arms rail fingerinto color of primary
your tone sharp wordsspoken into wind tempers
I dare not speak to...
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A VIEW OF...
I hardly knew you thenand stillyou slowed me downI deliberately kept adistance for clarity
to geta different perspectiveI moved a ladder to thewindow
climbed to the top andsat there for weeks gazing
gazing down at the top of your head
your flat nosestuck on the glass
hanging down long black hair
curling tiny breasts
everything aglow
a certain view of things so close that I can touch
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It's Equanimity
poetmakes lovewith a woman
a girl is
a poet with aman s name
places on ricepaper
exact replica
where period isalso place
defines a communicationnot otherwisepossible
he an old man unprotected in manner
thank you, dear
don't mention it
(1271997)
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Old Poet Sits Near Back of pastry shop
1. His needs return to the Everyday Café to see what s been done on her behalf
2. (when her sonofabitch dilettante husband suddenly went back to his mother) left this whitehaired poet with
art and poems
3. He eats from her plate
catfish jumps off plate
into lap
swims away
4. Her lips the color of pomegranate
kiss is light and moist
hugs him in front of her
father
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5. Delight rising just ahead
of want
gaze is into eyes
into mind
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ripe cay cay fruit pink juicy
small persimmons
her offerings
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play is with flower
long torso
disheveling
full moon rising
2 August 1987
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The Trench
longdrywait
for20 years
lean on shovel
irrelevantwho said whatto whom
or had made senseofanymore than it s doing
Fill 'er up
appeal isto mergewords with
lips holeup iswith her
song and point
all elsebrick to brickawall is
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mud luscious
fills crack gape is
that open
is a
dissolution
I love the slimy
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Ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!comes out from upright Underwood through open windowfight mad
how is this possible ? this anger the distance make is by black pen drawing outline of her
the straightest way to point it out
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pursed lips redSong hunt is down
intosilence
bare shoulders entitles
herselfjust beinga surprisesuddenlyred andredderamongflowerfigurenoreplycanshake
what's a phantasy ?
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Not knowing why ... then goes
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in this heat and sacred momenthe hear s: “I love you” audible
enough moreso of
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Now ! silence plays heart felt worst reply not understanding wanthe enters his art and craft in and orders
to survive
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“no one said ...”not in secret is anything revealed
trust delivers invitation
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words gentle his imaginationperhaps image overwhelms
embrace in silence
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what more gets ushere
conjunction drives
best beby love
nowherelongingpenetrates
isintoherwithouthesitation
eye demands
breathing
in and out
it's particular rhythm
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one nuance
dig
is in to
hands over
an archeology
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THE TRENCH
long drywait
leans shovelagainsther
fence
relevantmudluscious
whosaidthat
thismakessense
anymorethanit s
doing
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Calling Your CellPhone
I wanted to talk to youbut waited another weekto hear your voice
sun young s o n g
eyes wide my own seen open O s
with aclick rotary person answers
this writmore thannecessary
full moon arched across
which is not that easy to say imagine
last to speaklust ofnot exactlywhat is meantor done
heard through wrong end ofreceiver don't take it personally
only want is nothing more nor nothing lessbreed is angertongue in mouth
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BRING IS HERE
towards exact
bend withKorean Spring Orchid
some flower !
I'd saybychance (or choice)things are risky
abrupt hangup
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FILL 'ER UP
between sheetsbetween legswords lips
embrace
allthumbs
appeal isto merge
with wordswith lips
holeup in point outwhat matters
allelse
a supposition
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Blue Guitar
shapes all
distance
leapsability
herplay is
in hereyes
the wayanimalssee
hands
eyes
lips
shapeof
demandisriseabovemore
thanonenuance
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choiceopenshand
dig isintoan
allure
is in
to
who saidandputhandonanythingmorethanit's doing
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Tuesday in Lax
whatgetsusherebychoice
orchance
conjunctionsdriveit sregularity
betterpracticeonanempty
stomach
belt isunbuckled
behind isexposed
gate swingopens
closes
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THE FALL
gets usintoa relationship
what s moreis not yetcommunal
first breathvanquishes
thenleaves
aflutter
crawl is upmountain
tokissred
lips
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LETTER OF INTENT
All so legalinsist is thatone foot steps into
to test waterin front of passion
upstairswho
rent is dear
black what need is signal from her
for instance: hair no fingerinto can muss
not at all necessary to be
alonein thisalso hung
is opposition
table by featherbed a groupin front of photograph
everyone in front of house a string of lovers
briefly no onein particular
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know is full wellnothing of my Love Letters
legal documents
WOW
accountability practice
Oh, Baby! ......
against thissuckingtodraw milk
with wet lips
more advisenot heeded
Cut !
Cut !
deepersignstakeandgive
simultaneously
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all is just
so
let
it
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REGARDING WHAT
givenwhatmanifests
itisclearwho
doeswhattowhom
issilencebetweengive and takemorethancan besaid
Not Knowing Why...Then Goes
into this heat and sacred moment he hears her plainlysay: "Do what you want with me."
Want demands other posturingNow demands silence play is with mind reply is not an understanding of whyset is into his rocks apart frommatters and survival
"no one said it would be easy"
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words image
possibility in her
UNTITLED
ample thighs reveal is also among scrawny daylilies her swing moves heads to eyes eyes to seehead hair deliberately flung let out into the open
she
findingthatandthisandthere
nothingsolidtostandon
onefootinmud
stand upstraight
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tilthead
shake balance
bluesky
reachfor
open mouth
only wordclearing thebite of
want
hereeven see
beyond
anger
feelings
cutthroughsteamyriseandsunlitlegs
gone
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In This a womanwithlong fingers,hands, hair
vine round loss for oneword out of her mouth her tongue goes into
pull is
between sheetsbeside the bluepillow
tawny girl a woman is with
bright is in
I m age i nation
language tells whatis meant
he unbuttons summer dress
the one withtheyellow flowers
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FINGER BOARD
she knows her frets and stopswell below neck: the curve, theswoop play is tune just below
she is play in morning break
everything follows opening closing
up down
windows reveal awide dichotomy
bend is to smile
pour fills cup
long, slow
sip
OH, TO LINGER !
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Skin is only Circumference
certain border limitsgirl
defineslimits
Oh My ! she said:
I recognize meinthismirror
one look
I just don't know.
Do you
know what I mean
exactly ?
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or point into I ?
g oo dnight through window open to give and take ME!
Letters
translate
simultaneously from my heartmind towards center these heaves
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full
halfyes itisme
Don'thaveanotherheartattack
even from hearts where mind locates with tongue into mouthkiss es continue . . .
messageso muchmorethandesire
to write:
seeing you again againdream opens original innocence fractures lowest commondenominator zero is seen is full embrace
nothing remainsknow is that in names facts are same intellectsuch mystery her body her faceIlong into go just here now.
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"STAY HERE!. I LOVE YOU!”
takes me in go is into word hesitation reveal is found in this perfect symmetry
I have candles burning in my r o o m. Scent on t sudden breeze
playing in YOUR music
dance...
drum on Stone older than words I write this Song all adequate pluck strings letters everyone can
as you do in dreams
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ONE
tip sy he doesn't resemble image just madeyet in this wine remembers every detailevery want soft moist she criesher sobs are also speech words
demand
gets us here by choice desire is ok
much less gets through
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play is in the open Song is here in heart
cloud's drift is expectation
take is into ...
놀이는 열려있는 것에 있다 노래는 심혼(마음) 에 있다 여기에서
구름의 편류는 이다 기대
포획은으로 있다. . .
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