i


is it easier to hate
than love she enquires
with a sultry tongue out..

sounds like is it easier to
hate-then love
with a very thin piece

of paper attatched to her
licking apparatuce..
something about a lettuce?

no..is it easier to love
than hate..?no,is it
easier to hate than love..

ii

i once had a banjo
i worked three weeks
weeding a field..

i digress..love and hate, lily?
a hoary old chessnut..
she pops her tongue back

in..can,indeed there be one
with-out the other?
do you hate me sometimes?

indubitably..it soon
dissipates like mists
over the seas..

it´s brievity quite
and quietly
hope  you don´t notice..
sometimes,i hate you..

iii

do you think poe
feels the same
i don´t know if

they are capable of
such complexities
that is rather patronising

what about your banjo
i put it in a pawn shop
when i was hungry o..