I am the little man who smokes & smokes. <br />I am the girl who does know better but. <br />I am the king of the pool. <br />I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut. <br />I am a government official & a goddamned fool. <br />I am a lady who takes jokes. <br /> <br />I am the enemy of the mind. <br />I am the auto salesman and lóve you. <br />I am a teenage cancer, with a plan. <br />I am the blackt-out man. <br />I am the woman powerful as a zoo. <br />I am two eyes screwed to my set, whose blind— <br /> <br />It is the Fourth of July. <br />Collect: while the dying man, <br />forgone by you creator, who forgives, <br />is gasping 'Thomas Jefferson still lives' <br />in vain, in vain, in vain. <br />I am Henry Pussy-cat! My whiskers fly.<br /><br />John Berryman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dream-song-22-of-1826/
