Just Beyond Reason

Poems by Patrick Brancaccio

For Ruth

 
  Paris Trib, November 1969

A lot of young people
articulate the Panther
rhetoric. The impact
population is of high school
age or a couple of years older.
Whether they understand the rhetoric
The Generalissima, as Francošs
wife is called, is a lively woman
who is ready to try out the
Midi but not the Mini or the Maxi.
We can deal with it for the short
run with more and more
policemen and you may wind up
with a police state. Or we can make
the kind of commitment that has
The Panthers have very little
to do with it. Before long
she is philosophizing in
abstruse and pedantic tones
as if Ionesco had lost patience
with his play I have come to
accept the mysterious nature
of the world, all that surrounds
me. Where else but Vienna. Contact
The Vienna Convention Bureau.
When death comes, it takes you
alone. This is a platitude but
there is no way around it.
In his collection he often
shows two similar costumes,
one just above and the other
just below the knee. It proves
what everyone ought to know
by now, that length depends
on the girl . Chief Gain waved
his hand and shook his head:
Donšt get me started on this
because I find it hard to stop.
Much more could have been
done in the way of pantomime
to suggest a danse macabre
in the style of Grand Guignol.