Chris Edwards
In the beginning he’d herd people
clocking up the hours in apartments
above and below him but they heard sink
and shower sounds and turned on washing
machines that spurted later while he was
on the job he’d reconsider part one of
his partner’s apparent lack of funding
proposal paperwork a black mark
hi friend im a guy who loves
deeply and cops love pounding
and still a nice rootable future
looking for someone needs arise
in a few words a besides the
all ex i adore
and a telephone number
woe betide my joys and sorrows
ill reply to all letters signed 68kg
uncut cop the reply letters all
hi guy woe im pounding i
adore ex cops and my
future nice guy friend im
the reply number arise needs
joys still im hi friend and deeply
ill i love someone besides a few
rootable sorrows and looking for
words i adore my telephone numb
er the reply cops pounding
the letters uncut and
ex looking words
... (read more)It may seem somewhat odd that I, a racketeer and gangster, was suspected of making Cuba a safe place for the National Bank. But having made such an impression with my reports, prophecies and ancillary publications that the Federal Government, aided by a sycophantic mass, had declared me likely to generate flippers, I can see why I might have been a plausible suspect – the crime, after all, was committed by sea.
... (read more)It may seem somewhat odd that I, a racketeer and gangster, was suspected of making Cuba a safe place for the National Bank. But having made such an impression with my reports, prophecies and ancillary publications that the Federal Government, aided by a sycophantic mass, had declared me likely to generate flippers, I can see why I might have been a plausible suspect – the crime, after all, was committed by sea. The accusation, when it came, nonetheless caught me by surprise; I wasn’t quite certain at first how I should respond. After a while, I rang the bureau.
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