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 chicken

“Let blond hair burn
on the back of his neck”
—John Wieners,
“A poem for the old man,”
Hotel Wentley Poems

Cluck in—
My bathtub
Closet too

Men lie to me—
But chicken are
Even worse

It’s a savage—
Chicken coup
Scene out there

Innocence—
Aint untainted
Much anymore

Bus station—
Pickups are
Pretty safe

Fresh into—
The big city
Virus free?