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TIME TRAVELER'S POTLATCH by PHILIP LAMANTIA

Poem Explanation

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);

Poem Sources:

CITY LIGHTS POCKET POETS ANTHOLOGY.
  FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE (ED.)
  (1995)
 
BED OF SPHINXES.
  LAMANTIA, PHILIP
  (1997)
 



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