PETER QUARTERMAIN
(from Crook: A Hundred Complaints)


HAEMORRHOIDS / T E M U L E N T I A /
PHONE ME 01 / PHONE ME 02 / PHONE ME 03

HAEMORRHOIDS

Incite age-cocked knee a sum
a complaint wise P's heads
opine in: self-pileate cawed-at-us everlasting
fanged serpent-tooth in-brief centurion blood
to palsy's eye ample aroma

[reverse]

T E M U L E N T I A


A poor ear? Eye dour-Chloe,
a prince enough, seep all-sand-at-a-race,
ingrate provoker, blind-inches gone, Vice-Admiral
of-the-narrow-seas, skywannock all Mile-End, aye,
wool-for-wits ambush that quockerwodger enemy-in-the-
mouth.

12/25/94

[reverse]

Phone Me 01


What work was thought what
wiggled when it walked
would want think work will will
what work walks?
Well whack my wok won't whet what
which witch wont would till
till willie winks at widgie-wops.
Don't tell.

[reverse]

Phone Me 02

Well wet my whap till water
weeps. Whose house watch
which won't drip what
drop full whopping on
a tiddly-poo. Ho hum a
wicked whap and wit
with well-wished
washing or without.
No well not dropping nor
drop drip,
so slap! wags slim
while wiggy windows woof. My hat!
whirled sausage wigs my windows
well-washed wishing.
Splat!


[reverse]

Phone Me 03

Cringe!
danger strangles anger dangles angels'
plangent flanged strung bangle's
stranger fringe to

Fling!
lingered stringent angel-fingers
angled clung strong plunged thing's
singed thong's long sing's linked
songed binge's wrinkled wrong wrung dry
in song surge on so

droop