Hotel Wentley Poems

Michael McClure, Philip Lamantia,
John Wieners, David Meltzer
San Francisco 1958

Hotel Wentley Poems
—for John Wieners
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A poem for early risers

“For me now the new”
—John Wieners,
“A poem for early risers,”
Hotel Wentley Poems

San Francisco hustlers—
The heart where men
Are afraid to go now

I throw up—
Possessed by a
Fear of death

I slipped down—
His shorts got
His lizard off

Most men—
Are tainted now
Some aren’t tho

Creamy cum—
Used to nourish
Guys like me

Clotting kid—
Mother nature’s
Lack of innocence