poem about the pynchon-list

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

        "s i n c e   h a l f   t h e   w o r l d   i s   h2 o


          having disregarded exhortations to join the

          n a v y 

          we learn to swim.

          those who do not swim,

          learn to sail,

          or more bizarrely,

          water ski.

          others, who had not even conceived of water,

          oh they wish for dry land.

          but as the continents are defined by the sea,

          this is never wholly possible."

   

           --- lou reed ---  (quoted after "texte", köln 1992: kiwi, p. 122)


 kfl