Friday, June 25, 2021

JAMES LAUGHLIN ~

 





A Letter to Hitler



Last winter we were

short of firewood and


it was good and cold

so we used a lot of


old books that were

in the attic just old


novels nobody would

ever want to read but


we found they made

plenty of heat and


twice they set the

chimney afire when


a burning page went

up with the draft and


we found they would

smoulder a long time


after you thought the

fire was all out and


then suddenly burst

into flame & another


thing they made ashes

that wouldn't stay in


the grate but floated

out all over the room!




______________________


JAMES LAUGHLIN

Some Natural Things

New Directions

1945