Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TIME TRAVELER'S POTLATCH, by PHILIP LAMANTIA                   
First Line: For simon rodia: the sudden appearance, at once, of
Last Line: Mutation through a circle of blazing rum
Subject(s): Chaplin, Charlie (1889-1977); Collins, William (1721-1759); Lugosi, Bela (1882-1956); Parker, Charlie ("bird") (1920-1955); Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)