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     alright... the conclusion of my last column. well, look no further. it's not here here yet here yet. I'm not through with that mess - know why? I've had lemon peels crawling along my left arm-in groups of 7, shootin' their own juice at the people in the car beside me while I was stopped in the middle of a yellow traffic signal beside Rte. 47, and the other: an unknown dirt road intersection- from toy water pistols, screaming 'left-left-left-left' 'spit-spit-spit-spit'-'right on-right on-right on-right ON!"-- in unison, no less AND in a sgt carter marching tone and to make matters better, there's those imprints of calender numbers under and around the elbow-part of my right arm-in no particular order except going the opposite way, upside-downwards. yea and there were those holidays that were mispronounced when they were supposed to be announced unexpectedly, intentionally. and there were the 500 and (count em) 4tee3 bowls of saladstains () that I hadta rub into and onto the walls and woodwork. I considered calling it one montrous mess, but I used one of those 'womens' pergatory (perogative) things and renamed it: re-decorating. yea! well, then there was also all kinds of wishes I was making come true plus I entered myself into a 'counting monopoly money on the advertised-side of the popcorn-boxes quiz', and that also meant don't leave out the play-pieces: take-a-chance, go to hell ..err. jail cards and o, I hadta make sure the gameboard-edges crinkled along the slum areaS of Baldic ave--craziest game I've ever participated in--UNless, I misunderstood the rules...but, I've also received flyshit sealed in envelopes addressed to a buncha wrong people with written-over names and I have no clue as to who they are, what they are or where and if the same flyshit came from where it normally does or from the beak of a bird or if it's going to other people called: people. o, but I love those glamour-gals...anyone remember those little huzzies? huh? well, anyway, it's been a bad-assed cruise and forgodsake and I'm glad I'm tangled on top of it all. and those are my excuses. I bet you couldn't make up ones like those if Hitler hadya branded for a gas camper tag. send money orders ONLY in an undisclosed amount and I'll do it for you...IF the price is right...don't copy my shit, damn you'se!..it's my life that makes me say these things the right yaw...yAyyaYaya...and on we go:

     well, you all know I love me and it's not like I don't reveal everything but for once, yes, I did said: 1ce (?!HAHahhaa!?) I'd like to advertise myself along with a few others I have met lately. so here's a little of what's been goin' on that I am most utterly proud of:

     below you will find the 2nd issue of The Fool magazine, published by S.A. Griffin & James Stauffer, in conjunction with Holy Fools Week-Big Beat Roadshow Vortex 2000, which is to take place Set. 26-Oct1, 2000 in Wichita, Kansas.
A week of people, poetry, art, fiction, dance, performance and film.
I believe this to be the biggest beat celebration goin' down in history and I urge everyone to try to attend. it would be great to have a caravan of ambassadors representing the ho!d AND yourself.
to find out more about Holy Fools and what's going on and who's attending, so far-
visit the Holy Fools website at www.holyfools.org/.
also, I am pleased to announce that my poem below was selected for publication in the latest issue of The Fool. for that, I am truly honored!

to subscribe to The Fool magazine: send $3.00 to:
The Fool
c/o S.A. Griffin
2832 Avenel St. #15
L.A., Ca. 90039-2079


send donations supporting Holy Fools Week-Big Beat Roadshow Vortex 2000 to:
Holy Fools
c/o Beyond Barouque Literary Foundation
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, California 90291
thanx all for your support!

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also, Saturday past (4.8.00), I traveled to Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library. there was an open reading. I went up to the second floor where the reading was held. there were about, o, 35 people there. several came up to me and asked (as well as others) "are you a poet?" I said, "I don't know yet, maybe you can decide for me after I read my shit."
I was #2. I got up there and read 3 of my poems (the one below included) and I could say it was a success. I got handshakes and was asked if I had 'a card'. (?) haha one of these days, someone might ask me if I have a book, huh? SpPapappaazzzz.... anyway.


     the real reason I went to Baltimore is to meet Lyn Lifshin, who, is a regular contributor of the ho!d.
     whatta wonderful down-to-earth person Lyn is AND ...(the show-off) had a whole auditorium to herself with a whole hour to read poems from her new book: 'before it's light' to the audience...not in any line-up! WITH media coverage, etc. I must say, to hear Lyn read in person was a phenomenal experience. o, and I had taken a bunch of wonderful pictures of Lyn reading, of Lyn and myself together, of Lyn by herself, of me being somebody else..heh...and I had them right on my computer this morning...resizing, lightening the darker ones, experimenting with charcoals, neons, pencil colors, etc...then suddenly, my computer locked up, everything was gone, not only from the program I was into but, all of the pictures from my floppy disk were not there after I restarted. it's fucked. I finally didn't have piss-poor pictures and now they are gone BUT, there's one more week in Baltimore where Lyn reads...and I am going to be there next weekend. I'll get more pix, not only on my digi-cam but Polaroid too, I SWEAR!. so... fuck@me.!

you can visit Lyn Lifshin's website at www.lynlifshin.com

'til we meAT again...lalaaLAlalaa.. wet ones, y'all. I LOVE me (first -then) you!

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**I do not believe in fantasies**

I am a monster
in the tolerance
of your favorite
mental
molestation
tricks
and all of the other
belittling
inventions
you have casually dreamt
of or up
all through the years
that hammer
my head into
the ground - way
past hell - you
are like
a sexually
transmitted disease
with a cure
farther away
than a genuine
embrace
of everlasting
                    love
and I know
it's no good
to wish you
dead
ahead of time
as I did
my mother
40 years ago
(as far back as I can
remember)
for the exact
motives -
it hasn't worked
yet.

©cait collins 2000

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BIO
YO! I live almost anywhere from Philadelphia to L.A. and I keep up with the rest in between. also I maintain the royal titles of editor/publisher/poet/columist/webmistress of the HOLD e-zine, plus I design web sites and I pretend to be a poet.
unlike others, my poetry and other stuff I write, is unlike others. you swim inside my mind and see what it's like...my stuff has appeared in  the HOLD, Thunder Sandwich,  PoetikLicense and Poetry Central and in places no one would dare crawl into or out of. I have not banned catholic organizations or the frail of explicit language from my website. chapbooks available: "in the midst of erected poems" and "Smell ME-1."
don't ask, I'm just  "here"  for some odd reason!

cait

 
*program note: misrepretation and/or illimination and/or illumination or any maneuvers, manipulations, malfunctions and/or damnations, simple crucifixions of any and/all punctuation, alien pronunciations, unwanted missionary sentences, juji-fruit phrases; domestic, foreign and/or down-rightous filth and/or goin' down on any raw materials lurkin' about, is my own perogative - piss off if you have a gripe! positive comments always welcomed.

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