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John Sinclair

The hardest working poet in the industry

[02] Everything Happens To Me E-mail
Criss Cross
Wednesday, 14 December 2005 11:29
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everything happens to me 

for mark ritsema


all my life I've paid
& paid, until my dues card
is punched up
on all 4 sides,

a child
of relative privilege who chose
to take the way
of the lowest

beatnik,
dope fiend,
poet provocateur,
race traitor & renegade

, living from hand to mouth
& euro to euro,
sleeping on the couches
& extra beds of my friends,

a man without a country
& a post office box in new orleans
for a permanent address,
a pre-pay vodafone

& a laptop computer,
one suitcase stuffed with clothing
& a bag full of manuscripts
& hand-burnt cds

to keep my head straight
& my heart right,
to keep up my travels
& carry on the struggle

into another new year,
taking my little verses
& great big world outlook
everywhere people will have me


amsterdam
january 7, 2004/
rotterdam
january 15, 2004
/ amsterdam
december 28, 2004
 
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