sub-ground duplex

HELLO YUSEF-IT'S YOUR OLD FRIENDS STEVE AND fRANCY - STILL AT IT -THOUGH ONE MIGHT WONDER HOW WE COULD BE THIS UNIMPRESSED WITH OURSELVES TO BE STILL PAINTING AND POETING...EYand E OF WAVE / SMILE /SALT / UNDERTOW AND DIVE / RETURN ///// we still are here in the Bronx and upstate gig...tho we took a trip to the mesa in NEW mEXICO....DROVE RIGHT BY THE i70 exit to Indy / shit we love you / if you are in a position to look at paintings / let Steve know / otherwise stay cool / in the new administration....someday we'll talk...francy

Umsallaba

I HATE MY MAIDEN NAME SINCE i was 20 and found out that I WAS ADOPTED BY MY FATHER ; i wasone of bernies' fav campers and counselors. I CAME FROM CAMP DEERWOOD IN GREAT BARRINGTON MASS. SAY AOUT 1956 - 1969 - A LONG TIME - i vaguely remember you / I THINK i was taken for granted...my sister is lesley rothman and my brother mark ---half sibs..DID bETSY GROW UP TO BE AS COOL AS SHE WAS WITH HER GUITAR....i married a Stoller / any other questions / I LOVVE TO TALK ABOUT MY LIFE / CAMP COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE,...REMEMBER WHEN THE NATURE COUNSELOR BLEW UP FIVE KIDS AND THEY WERE HELOCOPTERED OUT///I WAS THE COUNSELOR...WHERE WERE YOU DURING THE TRAGEDY...i was on O.D...ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT ALL OF THE RICH DUDES YOU ESSENTALLY REJECTED ME / mike Levine /Rich Berman / Bob SEgal ..to name a few ...were on the move to made the god only buck or to further their careers ....but now I LOOK AT THEM AND KNOW THAT i'm the one who gained insight and richness in family...art and love peace and goodness...WE HAVE 19 IN OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY/DID i tell you that all of our kids did well..........write back

letter to the editor

is that you Gene/ maybe I 'm dreaming / IU'm stuck in my own haiku /the styx /I just got this notebook and can't access my own / work on a twitter / or blog / help / I can't take the pain /the breath and depth of art...did the Kathryn Dunham biography come out / How is Amiri and Amini /do they welcome jewish poets at their basement readings /I'M SORRY THAT i HAVE A VOICE BUT CAN NOT PAY anymre at the newyorican or the venues around / can't go in the subway like H.D.---I'M HAPPY FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN ,FE FRIENDS AND MY OLD MAN, steve STOLLER,,,,,WE SEEM TO BE EXISTING FINANCIALLY DAY TO DAY...THIS ALL HURTS AND i CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME SOMEONE ASKED TO HEAR A POEM.......wOULD YOU READ OUR BOOK ...mEMOIRS oF AN uNKNOWN aRTIST..IT CHRONICLES OUR LIVES IN FICTION /USING eTHERIDGE kNIGHT /eLIZABETH mckim /henry madden / steve and his uncle painter Brad Boobis / days in INDY /jAMES bALDWIN AND aTL. /ME DON'T FORGET ME TRHE RED-TAILED HAWK ..PLEASE READ OUR BOOK...i GHOST WROTE IT /iT'S sTEVE'S VISION AND SIGNED jOHN sERPENT / PEWACE AND FREEDOIM / LOVE AND LET US HEAR FROM YOU....francy

letter to mw

steve and I ARE STILL AROUND....PAINTING AND POETING..WE HAVE A STUDIO IN THE bRONX AND ONE UPSTATE.....WE STILL STRUGGLE / HURT AND FIGHT TO SURVIVE DOING WHAT WE DO I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL AT IT...sSINCE 911/WE LEFT SELLING ON THE STREET...WE HAVE 6 GRANDKIDS....MOSES' WIFE IS EXPECTING...ALL IS GOOD ON THE FAMILY FRONT....BUT THE NON-CHALANCE OF THE ART BUYING WORLD SUCKS.....REGARDS TO JOAN

shake, rattle and roll

oh you know what it was, where it was going and where you stopped you never knew.....rolling and willing...spilling the beans on the table.....