a;domeshaped interval of complete plasticity,shoul- ders,sprouted the extraordinary arms through an an- gle of ridiculous velocity commenting upon an un- clean table.and,whose distended immense Both paws slowly loved a dinted mug gone Darkness it was so near to me, i ask of shad- ow won’t you have a drink? (the eternal perpetual question) Inside snugandevil. i was sitting in mcsorley’s It,did not answer. outside.(it was New York and beautifully,snowing. . . . XXII she being Brand -new;and you know consequently a little stiff i was careful of her and(having thoroughly oiled the universal joint tested my gas felt of her radiator made sure her springs were O. K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her up,slipped the clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she kicked what the hell)next minute i was back in neutral tried and again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my lev-er Right- oh and her gears being in A 1 shape passed from low through second-in-to-high like greasedlightning justas we turned the corner ofDivinity avenue i touched the accelerator and give her the juice,good (it was the first ride and believe i we was happy to see how nice she acted right up to the last minute coming back down by the Public Gardens i slammed on the internalexpanding & externalcontracting brakes Bothatonce and brought allofher tremB -ling to a:dead. stand- ;Still) XXIII slightly before the middle of Congressman Pudd ’s 4th of July oration, with a curse and a frown Amy Lowell got up and all the little schoolchildren sat down XXIV Dick Mid’s large bluish face without eyebrows sits in the kitchen nights and chews a two-bit cigar waiting for the bulls to pull his joint. Jimmie was a dude. Dark hair and nice hands. with a little eye that rolled and made its point Jimmie’s sister worked for Dick. And had some rows over percent. The gang got shot up twice, it operated in the hundred ands All the chips would kid Jimmie to give them a kiss but Jimmie lived regular. stewed three times a week. and slept twice a week with a big toothless girl in Yonkers. Dick Mid’s green large three teeth leak smoke:remembering, two pink big lips curl. . . . how Jimmie was framed and got his XXV oDE o the sweet & aged people who rule this world(and me and you if we’re not very careful) O, the darling benevolent mindless He--and She-- shaped waxworks filled with dead ideas(the oh quintillions of incredible dodderingly godly toothless always-so-much-interested- in-everybody-else’s-business bipeds)OH the bothering dear unnecessary hairless o ld XXVI