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what if john berryman wrote love songs?
II.

if john berryman wrote love songs
they would contain	   cute bitter little lines
like, "poets wives have rotten lives, just ask
eileen, ann, and raven haired kate"
the only peace coming in drink
to help the demons sleep

if john berryman wrote love songs
he would scream at mr.bones
do you know who we were?
the bright young men
now only dark laughter
teddy at the shallow end 
randall struck down 
a gentle deer in headlights
only another 	   pitcher of martinis for henry
fucking mistress bradstreet 
without a sailor's raincoat

con't.

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