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Back to the Machinegun, Manuscripts Volume 2, 1975-1977

Published in 2014 by Prague Collective

Song Of The Flies - pg. 3 - manuscript - circa 1971-1975
The Hollywood Hustle - pg. 4 - manuscript - 1975
Whiskey Sour - pg. 5 - manuscript - 1975
The Pact - pg. 7 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Bet Too Early In The 9th And Was Sent Sadly Down The Escalator And Into The Parking Lot - pg. 9 - manuscript - 1975
Finger - pg. 11 - manuscript - 1975
I'll Send You A Postcard - pg. 12 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Drooling Madness At St. Liz - pg. 13 - manuscript - 1975
Blood - pg. 15 - manuscript - 1975
Over A Beer - pg. 16 - manuscript - 1975
46 And 9/10's - pg. 17 - manuscript - 1975
Lovlie - pg. 19 - manuscript - 1975
In All Fairness - pg. 20 - manuscript - 1975
In This Place Now - pg. 22 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Tables - pg. 25 - manuscript - 1975
The Famous Man - pg. 27 - manuscript - 1975
Sometimes Even Putting A Nickel Into A Parking Meter Feels Good - pg. 29 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Haul Ass, Wonder Woman - pg. 31 - manuscript - 1975
Thoughts On An Evening When Grey Walls Breathe And Huff - pg. 32 - manuscript - 1975
The Knife Waltz - pg. 33 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
You, Back In The Ninth Row, Let Me Tell You Something - pg. 34 - manuscript - 1975
Look - pg. 35 - manuscript - 1975
Broken Ass Like A Cherry Seed Down The Throat - pg. 36 - manuscript - 1975
Rip-Tide - pg. 37 - manuscript - 1975
Kraznick - pg. 39 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
The Lady Poetess With Long Blonde Hair And Long Silver Gown, Standing Tall And Explaining To Her Audience How The Muse Came - pg. 41 - manuscript - 1975
The Lady's Man - pg. 42 - manuscript - 1975
Constitutional Rights - pg. 44 - manuscript - 1975
A Note Upon A Workshop Instructor With Tiny Hairs Under His Chin - pg. 46 - manuscript - 1975
The Great Film Director - pg. 48 - manuscript - 1975
The 2nd Novel - pg. 50 - manuscript - 1975
The 2nd Novel - pg. 51 - manuscript - 1975
Primal Scream - pg. 53 - manuscript - 1975
My Lucky Friend - pg. 55 - manuscript - 1975
Those Flashes - pg. 57 - manuscript - 1975
Bright Spots Of Light Or Serpents - pg. 58 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
After The Reading - pg. 60 - manuscript - 1975
I Watch These Thin-Hoofed Beasts - pg. 61 - manuscript - 1975
Hawley's Leaving Town - pg. 63 - manuscript - 1975
Against The Window Panes - pg. 65 - manuscript - 1975
Airplane Spin - pg. 67 - manuscript - 1975
To The Soul-Seekers - pg. 69 - manuscript - 1975
One For The Jag - pg. 71 - manuscript - 1975
Visitor - pg. 73 - manuscript - 1975
A Lovely Couple - pg. 74 - manuscript - 1975
The Edge - pg. 76 - manuscript - 1975
The Fathead - pg. 77 - manuscript - 1975
Beer - pg. 79 - manuscript - 1975
Jones - pg. 81 - manuscript - 1975
The Meaning - pg. 83 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Full Moon - pg. 85 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Piranhas - pg. 86 - manuscript - 1975
The Big Score - pg. 88 - manuscript - 1975
One For R.O. - pg. 89 - manuscript - 1975
Out On The Branch - pg. 91 - manuscript - 1975
Garter Belt - pg. 93 - manuscript - 1975
The Famous Poet - pg. 95 - manuscript - 1975
Half A Goldfish - pg. 97 - manuscript - 1975
My Father And The Bum - pg. 99 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
The Genius - pg. 100 - manuscript - 1975
She Caught It In The Air - pg. 102 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Chauv Poem - pg. 103 - manuscript - 1975
The Joke - pg. 104 - manuscript - 1975
The Anarchists - pg. 106 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
Ezra's Pretty Tough - pg. 108 - manuscript - 1975
Mean And Stingy - pg. 109 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
It's All A Matter Of Entertainment - pg. 111 - manuscript - 1975
Entertainment - pg. 113 - manuscript - 1975
The Good Guy - pg. 116 - manuscript - 1975
Those Flashes - pg. 117 - manuscript - 1975
A Goodbye - pg. 119 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
3 Pairs Of Panties - pg. 120 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
O.D. - pg. 121 - manuscript - 1975
After The Reading - pg. 122 - manuscript - 1975
I'm Getting Back To Where I Was - pg. 124 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
The Red Pigeon - pg. 125 - manuscript - 1975
Murder - pg. 126 - manuscript - 1975
The Silver Mirror (For Georgia K.) - pg. 127 - manuscript - 1975
The Hallelujah Chorus - pg. 129 - manuscript - 1975
Figs - pg. 130 - manuscript - 1975
January 1976 - pg. 132 - manuscript - 1976
White Like Snow - pg. 133 - manuscript - 1976
Tabby Cat - pg. 135 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
Darling - pg. 137 - manuscript - 1976
Skin Coloring - pg. 138 - manuscript - 1976
Life Off Hollywood And Western - pg. 140 - manuscript - 1976
Shit, Sometimes It Gets So Lonely That I Can't Even Commit Suicide - pg. 141 - manuscript - 1976
A Touch Of Steel - pg. 142 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
The Death Kiss - pg. 144 - manuscript - 1976
Her Porsche Is A Pale Pink - pg. 145 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
For Me - pg. 146 - manuscript - 1976
The Poem Of The Empty Bed - pg. 147 - manuscript - 1976
Be Alone - pg. 150 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
The Fortune Teller - pg. 151 - manuscript - 1976
Ummmm - pg. 153 - manuscript - 1976
The Death-Trend - pg. 154 - manuscript - 1976
War, And That Particular Bayonet - pg. 156 - manuscript - 1976
Time - pg. 158 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
Weep - pg. 160 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
Stravinsky On A Saturday Night At 7:18 P.M. - pg. 161 - manuscript - 1976
For Linda - pg. 162 - manuscript - 1976
She Wrote Me - pg. 163 - manuscript - 1976
Bathtub - pg. 165 - manuscript - 1976
Goodbye, Goodbye, Clipped-Winged Bluebird - pg. 167 - manuscript - 1976
Hunchback - pg. 169 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
Dog - pg. 171 - manuscript - 1977
2 Men At The Track - pg. 172 - manuscript - 1977
Note For My Wall - pg. 173 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
Note Left On The Dresser By A Lady Friend - pg. 174 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
A Lazy Afternoon - pg. 176 - manuscript - 1977
Professional Counseling - pg. 178 - manuscript - 1977
Best Bet - pg. 179 - manuscript - 1977
Uggh - pg. 181 - manuscript - 1977
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? - pg. 183 - manuscript - 1977
A Matter Of Size - pg. 184 - manuscript - 1977
A Good Show - pg. 186 - manuscript - 1977
The Pretty Girl Who Rented Rooms - pg. 188 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
A Note Upon Starvation - pg. 190 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
I Do It While Thinking About Things - pg. 192 - manuscript - 1977
A Note Upon Waste - pg. 194 - manuscript - 1977
The Beach Boys - pg. 195 - manuscript - 1977
These Same Walls - pg. 197 - manuscript - 1977
Respite - pg. 199 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
The Old Quarterback - pg. 201 - manuscript - 1977
A Most Serious Fellow - pg. 202 - manuscript - 1977
She's Free And She's Wild - pg. 205 - manuscript - 1977
The Firing Of The Canons - pg. 206 - manuscript - 1977
Downtown - pg. 208 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
Sam The Mailman - pg. 210 - manuscript - 1977
The Ladies Who Rip Men Apart - pg. 211 - manuscript - 1977
A Shooting - pg. 212 - manuscript - 1977
Passport - pg. 213 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
An Old Jockey - pg. 215 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
Yes - pg. 217 - manuscript - 1977
Trainer's Instructions - pg. 220 - manuscript - 1977
Smashed - pg. 221 - manuscript - 1977
Some Notes On The Word And The Way - pg. 223 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
Love - pg. 224 - manuscript - 1977
It's Not Exactly The Sun - pg. 226 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
O, The Literary Life! - pg. 228 - manuscript - 1977
It's Strange - pg. 232 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
Tongue-Cut - pg. 233 - manuscript - 1977
We're All So Wanted - pg. 235 - manuscript - 1977
Shopping List - pg. 237 - manuscript - 1977
Edith Sent Us - pg. 239 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
And My Mother Had A Nice Umbrella And Looked Beautiful In The Rain - pg. 241 - manuscript - 1977
Unleaded - pg. 242 - manuscript - 1977
I Been Workin' On The Railroad Just To Pass The Time Away - pg. 243 - manuscript - 1977
Plate Glass Window - pg. 244 - manuscript - 1977
11:45 P.M. Discussion - pg. 245 - manuscript - 1977
The Whores, The People At Taco Stands, The Bus Drivers, The Cops, The Killers, The Janitors, The Highschool Teachers, The Priests And The Garbagemen - pg. 249 - manuscript - 1977
Ow - pg. 250 - manuscript - 1977
There's One In Every Bar - pg. 251 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
The Finish Of Moby Dick - pg. 253 - manuscript - 1977
Venice, California, November 1977 - pg. 254 - manuscript - 1977
Scarlet - pg. 255 - manuscript - 1977
Hotel Felix - pg. 256 - manuscript - 1977
I Drove Her To The Food Stamp Place And I Had A Hamburger While I Waited And After A While We Walked Around And Then - pg. 257 - manuscript - 1977
A Fact - pg. 259 - manuscript - 1977
2nd. Street, Near Hollister, In Santa Monica - pg. 260 - manuscript - 1977
He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss - pg. 261 - manuscript - 1977
High-Roller - pg. 263 - manuscript - 1977
Panasonic - pg. 264 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
The Deathly Bravo - pg. 265 - manuscript - 1977
Job #36 - pg. 267 - manuscript - 1977
Legs - pg. 270 - manuscript - 1977