And so I say to you
The silk handkerchief was
embroidered in China or Japan
behind the steel curtain  And
no one can cross the borderline
w/ out proper credentials.
This is to say that we are all
sensate & occasionally sad
& if every partner in crime
were to incorporate promises
in his program the dance
might end & all our friends
would follow.

Who are our friends?

are they sullen & slow?  Do
they have great desire?  Or
are they one of the multitude who
walk doubting their impossible
regret.  Certainly things happen
& reoccur in continuous promise;
All of us have found a safe
niche where we can store up
riches & talk to our fellows
on the same premise of disaster

But this will not do.  No, this
will never do.   These are
continents & shores which
beseech our understanding.
Seldom have we been so slow.
Seldom have we been so far.

My only wish is to see
Far Arden again.

The [bad word] is on his chest
The cellular excitement has
Totally inspired our magic
Veteran.  And now for an
old trip.   I'm tired of thinking.
I want the old forms to
reassert their ual cool.
My mind is just - you know.
And this morning before I sign
off I would like to tell you
about Texas Radio & the Big Beat.
It moves into the perimeter of
your sacred sincere & dedicated
Smile like a calm surviver
of the psychic war.  He was
no general for he was not old.
He was no private for he
could not be sold.

He was only a man & his
dedication extended to the last
degree.  Poor pretentious [bad word] home.  The dark Los Angeles
evening is steaming the Church
that we attended & I miss
my boy.  Stupid in gree -
What the color green?  When
I watch the T.V. & I see
helicopters swirling their [bad word] & bountiful sensation
over the fields & [bad word] walls
I can only smile & fix a meal
& think about the child who
will one day own you.

In conclusion, darling, let
me repeat:  your home is still
here, inviolate & certain
and I open the wide smile of
my remembrance.  This to you
on the anniversary of our first
night.  I know you love me
to talk this way.  I hope
no one sees this message
written in the calm lonely
far out languid summer afternoon
W/ my total love