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{Forties 38}
Jackson Mac Low
Charley horse pretension slip mutton chop und-unbekanntë-Méer
advocate proceed forbidden áufgebaut substantive-necéssity
natural summer lobdotterel nil palace classical gallery frydom
net of galaxy Schmétterling dinner gangling marvel literal bánishment
class-punctuátion Mútterrecht-announcement fantail phylum calico Fínn
glittering fíddle-marker antiquated twin
Banana retention pontificate reticule - lármes - matter factory ghost
chosen periphery Glasgo Turnpike vital whéat-twig asúnder Mensch
pidgin proclivity darkness ocean - báy Staten Island virtual clay
obnoxious creature médlar-tree illusion Érdë mehr glass voll night Hong Kong nice
erwachend striking noûs erhebendë - spléndor
foot-bar Satan Fárben - Kinder
Glück smart - milk Regen-Oklahóma iron Sáchen
Hüttë cough Möglichkeit Vulcan fleeing yóunger men
paranoia sóup-tea castle floating Vienna kleiner Fenster
sleigh-bun gúilt lamp meritorious gelbë Schlangë endless tension
Margaret - Sánger - activity - roustabout diamond góalie áffectless féelies
spreadingly barmaid unflowering beastly
Stuyvesant mitten blauë Augen curtain net untrustworthy réquiem
hindering rúmor-clock Mafia schláfen bárn-hole theory cátegory-boo-boo
mission stein ends súperedition Langer India Schönheit - broadside
indeed for inner devilish yámmer stern acclaim for calculated-ríver-Messer
ártist-so-to-think Bauer's monomania quiet attitudinizing áccident - avoidance
disturbing Blumen málachite - nurture
Books interwoven as salted encounters integrated circuits ówl-stick patterns
castanets in the setting - sún álcohol - snaps culled horízons
next arbitrátion-mare trampled clumps Schreibmaschinë Baltic margins
multiple fragments brief annexátion-Blick dráma-Personen heartily Mixtec pársley
fame garotted anonymity farmhand politics savage intént
venturous follicles Márblehead-intrigue
Hungarian accent petite Malibu maidens you mention oméga-cure
neighborly learnèd political Manfred finally rendered a brook philosophical
owner grant some acid sálmon solid freër mórtar spy
two-pills-arríval gólly cousin bower canon Eckë political flúff aligning a narrow certain
Canaan sailor féster - motor
cárrot laser Auerbach Ásian
Lyndon's sweaty stalks embolden friends of the head of the music department
lengthen Mädchen in Kümmel ant dunkel discussions impassioning February
nothing streams from consonant Pluto dry - trees and swáns abide
próse-ridden gástronomes' lowbrow columns Glicksman metaphors long
Transylvánians actable Turing Wíttgenstein family wages dapple-gray stállions
noteworthy Poltergeist miniskirted Tálinn
Judas Iscariot Méidlinger Bau trapezoid barnstorm marshmallow fíeld trip
technical núisance-value marvelous sunstroke nettlesome megaton natty commensurate
íncome barrister Whitcomb Ríley pump adoration syphilitic martyrdom
partial market-enclosure-Palestrina labile Mexican ransom note Fahrkartë
innocence stable-legislátion locked-up licenses lapidary cléaver
river evaluate Nagasaki Pálatine
4 letter spaces [ ] = 1 unstressed syllable;
8 letter spaces [ ] = 1 stressed syllable or beat
none occurs between typographical lines; breath pauses at verse-line endings ad lib.
Nonorthographic acute accents indicate stresses, not vowel qualities. [ë] = sounded final e. Each hyphenated
compound is read as one extended word; somewhat more rapidly than others but not hurried.
[ - ] = a slowed-down compound (each member, 1 beat).
Indented typographical lines continue verse lines begun above them.
Jackson Mac Low
Vienna: 8 - 13 April 1992; New York: 2 - 4 October 1994; 11 - 16 November 1997; 14 January 1998
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