on some propitiatory comment
"On Some Propitiatory Comment," May 15, 2022 (#135)
title from Second Place by Rachel Cusk (2021)
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1957)
Great Jones Street by Don DeLillo (1973)
Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 Tours that Changed the World by Larry Kane (2003)
On Some Propitiatory Comment
At one point I almost had to stick my head out the window;
head is full of dents and funny little configurations;
this extra number is also a devilish delight.
Positively and finally the one greatest laugh in all this world
was an evil thing to consider, allying myself with the
fans that the jellybeans were dangerous. It
will sit up front cuddly and close and tell stories as we zoom
to address yourself to this question in your own words
and I wondered, could it ever get bigger than
compulsive psychosis dashed with a jigger of psychopathic
subways. I watched him come up the stairs, four suitcases
with hundreds of possessed teenagers closing in on their prey.
The road was crowded and everyone exploding
with a reputation for being unpredictable. I'm
the injured children out of the crowd one at a time.
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