for kay and wsb

two of the bravest people in america

got the idea that language is a virus from outer space
got a real severe case
got it from a stunning gal who 
got it from bill burroughs
got to love him
used to keep ferrets in his Harvard dorm
long before this particular vogue took hold
on college campuses all across this great land
where he caught it I do not know

calling the toads he drones
with a deadpan smirk of downcast junky lips
is a lost art
kind of a low humming sound he demonstrates
. . . mmmmmmmmmmmmm . . .
calling the toads mothers of young males feared
in order to give them warts