PART 4
JULY OF 1958
“You lethargic, waiting upon me, waiting for the fire and I attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty
Shaken by your beauty Shaken.”
—William Carlos Williams, Paterson
“Well I was born in my birthday suit
The doctor slapped my behind
He said ‘You gonna be special You sweet little toot toot.”’
—Sidney Simien, “My Toot Toot”