John Berryman Poems

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81.
Dream Song 60: Afters Eight Years, Be Less Dan Eight Percent

Afters eight years, be less dan eight percent,
distinguish' friend, of coloured wif de whites
in de School, in de Souf.
—Is coloured gobs, is coloured officers,
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82.
Dream Song 21: Some Good People, Daring &Amp; Subtle Voices

Some good people, daring & subtle voices
and their tense faces, as I think of it
I see sank underground.
I see. My radar digs. I do not dig.
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83.
Dream Song 38: The Russian Grin Bellows His Condolence

The Russian grin bellows his condolence
tó the family: ah but it's Kay,
& Ted, & Chris & Anne,
Henry thinks of: who eased his fearful way
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84.
Dream Song 95: The Surly Cop Looked Out At Me In Sleep

The surly cop looked out at me in sleep
insect-like. Guess, who was the insect.
I'd asked him in my robe
& hospital gown in the elevator politely
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85.
Dream Song 172: Your Face Broods

Your face broods from my table, Suicide.
Your force came on like a torrent toward the end
of agony and wrath.
You were christened in the beginning Sylvia Plath
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86.
Dream Song 99: Temples

He does not live here but it is the god.
A priest tools in a top his motorbike.
You do not enter.
Us the landscape circles hard abroad,
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87.
Dream Song 65: A Freaking Ankle Crabbed His Blissful Trips

A freaking ankle crabbed his blissful trips,
this whiskey tastes like California
but is Kentucky,
like Berkeley where he truly worked at it
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88.
Dream Song 97: Henry Of Donnybrook Bred Like A Pig

Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig,
bred when he was brittle, bred when big,
how he's sweating to support them.
Which birthday of the brighter darker man,
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89.

Bards freezing, naked, up to the neck in water,
wholly in dark, time limited, different from
initiations now:
the class in writing, clothed & dry & light,
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90.
Dream Song 73: Karensui, Ryoan-Ji

The taxi makes the vegetables fly.
'Dozo kudasai,' I have him wait.
Past the bright lake up into the temple,
shoes off, and
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