[stylist] Poem - "Razor" - First Draft

[Chris Kuell]

Hey Bill,

Nice to have you writing again. So you have a thing about shaving, eh?
Smile. One of my favorite short stories is 'Shaving' by Leslie Norris. You
can probably find it on the web, and it's a worthwhile read.

Anyway, I enjoyed your poem, although I'm a New Englander, and always let my
beard grow in the winter. I loved the last line, especially--nice job.

Chris
 


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Hey Blinks,

I've been away from writing for a few weeks, but come back to it with the
following poem.  I'll say that I think it works, but at this point don't
have much invested in it beyond that, except to say that I think this is my
third poem about shaving, and probably the best, for whatever THAT's worth.


--Bill


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We hate to shave, we masters, Americans

brave and entitled to bright singing business:

the talk, the tech, the telling of lies

so small they can scarcely budge salt;

it's our razors I mean, those engines of clean facial

shine, swift as bees with a similar whine

in their working: warlike and winning, slick

with electrics, permitting us, masculine infants,

to sing our boyhoodsfalse:o catch us: dancers,

drummers,delighters of open-mouthed crowds,

as barefaced as winter or wishes:we're

mortal, remember, none of usAdonis divine,

yet buzz our stubble to pinkness,my lie like

any other's:I'm eternal, I'm perfect, I'm nine.


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