marlene mountain
from the mountain
dadaku sequence
1976

a haiku tour

a nice day
the toll keeper
almost smiles

all the way
to nyc
for haiku . . .
some from farther off

ambulance passed
its sound still
in my stomach

a guy wants a dollar donation
the rose is freei give him fifty cents, the rose
isn't free

fifth floor john:
a tall plant:
one leaf

little cedar bushes
in concrete pots
people wait for the bus
sit on them

cabbie says people
follow the mounted police
collect manure

concrete
adogfind
ingasqua
reofdirt

each corner
toward the village the gay
getting gayer

somemeals&somedrinks
goes like that
ahundreddollarcheck

another good thing
about nyc being
from out of town

up&down
paterson streets
just another
little hampton

a day of eating
mexican, japanese,
macdonaldian

met a man
lives in paterson
wants to move

pitterpater
son o' mama!
unstet!

paterkuson:
staples
rusting . . .

to know:
the last night means
going home

paterson
beautiful lights
on the falls,
they said

leaving
paterson
the tolls
same as
entering

buildings disappear

mountains

driving up this mountain: downhill

filling station
just the smell of gas
in my nose

almost home
the sono mama of
mama's hills

over the old bridge
the toll free troll
grins

down the road
the falls
dark at night

on this cold
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