adam & his rib
is pure bullshit
but hubert selby jr.
w/his t.b. & his
collapsed lung
& the doctors
sawing out 10
of his ribs
& then selby
getting addicted
to morphine
& then heroin
for 27 years
& then vomiting out
'requiem for a dream'
in 6 weeks
his battered lung-bags
rattling
over the typewriter
giving away
his demons
now that's a man
for you