i am only tender

maybe everything is alive
maybe a branch is a-bud
somewheres

maybe a boy ain't a band
if his mug don't shine

remember when? people
never thought the world
was round

they never
they never thought the world
was round

they round          (up)   (everything lost)
they polish their apples
they round up to polish   the
last of the apples ,  the (they; roundup)
   the last of the apples.
  t h e l a s t o f

Kumquats & persimm-
on tea and juvenile games
that we play.Juvenile
goddam games. everything (invisible
juvenile)

is electric
everything
is    for sale.

Everything's a goddam juvenile game.