John Berryman Poems

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61.
Dream Song 62: That Dark Brown Rabbit, Lightness In His Ears

That dark brown rabbit, lightness in his ears
& underneath, gladdened our afternoon
munching a crab-'.
That rabbit was a fraud, like a black bull
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62.
Dream Song 37: Three Around The Old Gentleman

His malice was a pimple down his good
big face, with its sly eyes. I must be sorry
Mr Frost has left:
I like it so less I don't understood—
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63.

Peter's not friendly. He gives me sideways looks.
The architecture is far from reassuring.
I feel uneasy.
A pity,—the interview began so well:
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64.
Dream Song 224: Lonely In His Great Age

Eighty

Lonely in his great age, Henry's old friend
leaned on his burning cane while hís old friend
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65.
Dream Song 40: I'M Scared A Lonely. Never See My Son

I'm scared a lonely. Never see my son,
easy be not to see anyone,
combers out to sea
know they're goin somewhere but not me.
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66.
Dream Song 15: Let Us Suppose, Valleys & Such Ago

Let us suppose, valleys & such ago,
one pal unwinding from his labours in
one bar of Chicago
and this did actually happen. This was so.
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67.
Dream Song 121: Grief Is Fatiguing. He Is Out Of It

Grief is fatiguing. He is out of it,
the whole humiliating Human round,
out of this & that.
He made a-many hearts go pit-a-pat
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68.
Dream Song 30: Collating Bones: I Would Have Liked To Do

Collating bones: I would have liked to do.
Henry would have been hot at that.
I missed his profession.
As a little boy I always thought
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69.
Dream Song 324: An Elegy For W. C. W., The Lovely Man

Henry in Ireland to Bill underground:
Rest well, who worked so hard, who made a good sound
constantly, for so many years:
your high-jinks delighted the continents & our ears:
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70.
Dream Song 75: Turning It Over, Considering

Turning it over, considering, like a madman
Henry put forth a book.
No harm resulted from this.
Neither the menstruating stars (nor man) was moved
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