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Poems
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1965
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May 17, 2026
“THE MALCONTENT
Say I have an hour:
I could sit, just stare.
I've slept and eaten, could
read or wash my hair,
play with the dog. No
phone rings, the dishes are
clean, god's in a sort
of halfassed heaven somewhere.
All's wrong with the world
is Others, who never just sit
nor stare nor, like you
and me, simply give a shit.”
“THE REASON
A friend of mine
asked me why
I spend the summer
writing. I'm almost
sure he thought
I was joking when
I said I do so
for something to read
during the winter.”
Say I have an hour:
I could sit, just stare.
I've slept and eaten, could
read or wash my hair,
play with the dog. No
phone rings, the dishes are
clean, god's in a sort
of halfassed heaven somewhere.
All's wrong with the world
is Others, who never just sit
nor stare nor, like you
and me, simply give a shit.”
“THE REASON
A friend of mine
asked me why
I spend the summer
writing. I'm almost
sure he thought
I was joking when
I said I do so
for something to read
during the winter.”
July 16, 2018
I continue to make my way through the works of Gogisgi. And I continue to ask the question, why wasn’t his work taught to me in high school and college?
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