This next one is a poem of alienation.
If you've ever been alienated, you
know what it's talking about.
He's kept out of the Boy Scouts.
He's sort of a rascal.
It's called, "Disguised as a square nut,
Ludi Jr. infiltrates the Boy Scouts."
Now I know all their secrets.
The handshake, the bow line, the survival hike, the Meadowlark,
the history of Flint.
Ask me a question.
Any question, anything.
Go ahead.
Ask me.
The answer is Poland China.
The answer is eagle.
The answer is bean-hole beans.
You begin with North, and you box your way clockwise back
to there.
Between the beginning and the ending
are directions for everything.
And with new binoculars, you too can see
that Cindy Coleman has hair.
That's what Larry Schmidt said, on his honor.
Black is a crow, go see for yourself.
You jump, don't dive into the water.
One hand over the nose, the other hand
over the place where the crow goes.
The answer being dot, dot, dot, dash.
And you lose the limb, maybe, if the pressure on the tourniquet
is too long or too severe.
There are pressure points here, here, here, here, here, here,
and here.
There are only these precise pressure points.
There is no other.
The answer is be prepared.