Getting to Know You : A Survey ......... (please contribute if you are as eager to talk about yourselves as I am to know about you all!)

Fav Band: at the moment: pixies, loop, cocteau twins, cure

Fav Movie: at the mo: annie hall, king kong, giant, frogs, repo man (i worked a repo office once).

Fav TV Show: twin peaks, Nature(pbs). (i don't watch tv, i watch dvds)

Fav Book: 1984 , jg ballard collected short stories

Fav Actor: lee marvin, leonard nimoy, james dean, sonny chiba, oscar the grouch

Fav Actress: marilyn monroe

Fav Food: ribs, steaks, milkshakes. sushi. i miss my mums cooking.

Fav Sport: fishing, pinball, roulette

Fav Athlete: larry bird. willie may, (not a sports fan ), the chinese kid who can eat hotdogs real fast.

Drink of Choice: iced water, coffee, beer, chambord and pinapple juice

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): mary mary

Smoker? : cough cough wheres my lighter? not addicted. i know its unheard of.

Occupation : 'problem resolution' no, not karate, i fix lines of code for financial exchanges, not a programmer either, just a trained monkey

Do you work out? : i just started running again. and taking the garbage out can be a workout sometimes.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i dont do 1-10's. ive been told i resemble: grover, nick cave, ani de franco (what?), prince, dave grohl. got an image in your head now?

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : after i get to know you, 8

Add anything you want people to know: i am looking for a drummer in the boston area to make spacezy shoegazey noisey music.
i prefer the company of cats and pagans. i wear disguises. it is 90' in the office as i type this. i hate computers. i have a flip squad. i love breakfast. i have a bit of an obsession with things nobody cares about: abandoned buildings, odd toys, trash on the sidewalk, dancing in closets with heads of state.

You're very kind, bnw. Let me assure you, however, that I am a woman.

Age: 17

Height: 5 feet 10 inches

Fav Band: Lots of them. Pavement, Lightning Bolt, Radiohead, Mission of Burma, The Fall, The Shins, The Beatles

Fav Movie: Alien, or Network

Fav TV Show: haven't watched TV in ages. Probably The Adventures of Pete and Pete or something on Adult Swim

Fav Book: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, 1984 by Orwell, need to read more often

Fav Actor: Peter Sellers

Fav Actress: eh, I dunno.

Fav Food: chinese food rocks

Fav Sport: Don't really follow sports, but football and soccer are fun to watch

Fav Athlete: eh, I dunno.

Drink of Choice: If I drank alcohol, beer, but since I don't: Coffee

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): don't do drugs, they kill people
Smoker? : nope

Occupation : student, bad amatuer music writer

Do you work out? : no, I've been meaning to start

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : also 7

After a cpuple drinks, I can see the truth. The Rolling Stones are my favorite band. Easy. Every day of the week.

Age: 25

Height: 6'1

Fav Bands: Royal Trux, Crazy Horse, Drive By Truckers

Fav Movies: Paper Moon, Big Lebowski

Fav TV Shows: The Honeymooners, Deadwood, Monster Garage, Dark Shadows

Fav Books: anything by David Sedaris or Jim Goad

Fav Actors: Mickey Rourke, Clint Eastwood, Michael Madsen, Charles Bronson, Billy Bob Thorton

Fav Actress: Renee Zellweger

Fav Food: Indian, Burritoville

Fav Sport: boxing

Fav Athlete: don't have one

Drink of Choice: certified Jim Beam loyalist

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pills

Smoker? : never

Occupation : Head photo technician, freelance rock crank

Do you work out? : In spurts

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 10

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10

Add anything you want people to know: I'll kill you at Boggle

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Age: 29

Height: 5'11"

Fav Bands: Low, Saint Etienne, Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Handsome Family, Royal Trux, Deadly Snakes, Yo La Tengo, Aislers Set, U2

Fav Movies: Once Upon a Time In the West, The Wild Bunch, Fallen Angels, Rushmore, La Dolce Vita

Fav TV Shows: WKRP, 24, Alias, King of the Hill

Fav Books: The Master and Margarita, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, Ham On Rye, The Glass Key

Fav Actors: Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Nick Nolte, Warren Oates, James Coburn, James Cagney, Tony Leung, Cary Grant

Fav Actress: Maggie Cheung, Susan Sarandon, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman

Fav Food: Chinese, Japanese, Argentine, Italian

Fav Sport: baseball

Fav Athlete: http://users.ev1.net/~hlsports/k0491.JPG

Drink of Choice: Guinness draught

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): none

Smoker? : making an effort at quitting, down to three a week, no inhaling

Occupation : television

Do you work out? : I go hiking 3-4 times a week

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 8.4

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10

Add anything you want people to know: damn you guys, Kish Kash really blows

Age: 22

Height: 6'1"

Fav Band: Basement Jaxx, Cornelius, The Avalanches, The JBs, the Beta Band, The London Funk Allstars, The Jackson 5, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Blur, The Human League, The Gravediggaz, The Beastie Boys, The Roots, The Ratpure and the The Revolution.

Fav Movie: Fight Club, others include Alien and Aliens, Lawn Dogs, CB-4, Do The Right Thing, Clueless, In The Heat Of The Night, The Last Starfighter, Deep Cover, Beavis and Butthead Do America, When We Were Kings, The People vs Larry Flynt, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Carlito's Way, The Game, Scrooged, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Batman, T1 and T2, Basil The Great Mouse Detective, The Crow, Ferris Bueller (and John Hughes' teen 'oeuvre'), Boogie Nights, Jackie Brown and Empire Records.

Fav TV Show: Anything Ianucci, The Office, Alias, Pop Idol, Desmond's (how I miss thee), the Wade Robson Project (dancing spaz, early 20s, seeks same for skillz-showing sessions. Silly names a bonus, fun an essential), Daria, Angel, Spaced, EastEnders, Soul Food, The Simpsons/Futurama, Family Guy, Ninja Turtles, the DC Comics adaptations and any combination of music channels/shows.

Fav Book: American Psycho and anything by Thomas Hardy, Roald Dahl and Chuck Pahlahniuk. Hard to tell, really.

Fav Actor: Bill Murray, Ed Norton, Samuel L. Jackson, Yaphet Kotto, Sam Rockwell, Chris Rock, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Chow Yun-Fat, Laurence Fishburne, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Al Pacino

Fav Actress: Halle Berry, Emily Mortimer, Mischa Barton in Lawn Dogs, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Cathleen O' Hara, Frances McDormand, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver

Fav Food: Italian, then Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian and Ghanaian. Individually, nothing beats a good pizza, cous cous, etoh (Ghananian egg/yam mash-up) or paella.

Fav Sport: Football

Fav Athlete: Thierry Henri

Drink of Choice: Gin and Tonic

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): The occasional drink

Smoker? : Smoker no longer.

Occupation : African prince, prospective postgrad, intern

Do you work out? : Yep. Max 5 times a week.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5. I'm adaptable to almost anything and anyone, but I lack a bit of attractiveness and occasionally drive. Occasionally, I ramble.

Anything else? Gosh, would you want to?

Fav Band: at age 8, The Beatles; at age 12, The Police; at age 15, The Replacements; at age 19, Public Enemy; at age 25, Steve Earle; at age 28, Sleater-Kinney; at age 30, Eminem; now...fuck if I know

Fav Movie: uh...least obvious favorite (i.e. not a Golden Oldie or a Lynch/Jarmusch/Wong) would be My Twentieth Century, Hungarian film from the early '90s, utterly fantastic. Oh, also Ruby in Paradise.

Fav TV Show: Buffy (more recently digging The Wire and Deadwood)

Fav Book: how about best book I read in the last 2 weeks? Atonement, Ian McEwan

Fav Actor: Humphrey Bogart (I mean, c'mon)

Fav Actress: Anyone named Hepburn

Fav Food: Indian (with Ethiopian trailing close; also a weakness for cheese sandwiches)

Fav Sport: up to about age 25, baseball; since then, tennis

Fav Athlete: Nolan Ryan (more recently, Andy Roddick)

Drink of Choice: Chianti Classico

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot's nice, caffeine's crucial, not much interest in anything else (a few pleasant mushroom experiences)

Smoker? : nah, except the occasional cigar

Occupation : editor/writer/reporter

Do you work out? : erratically

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : er...7?

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : er...7?

Add anything you want people to know: I once rode in a limousine with B!ll Fr!st. And didn't punch him in the nose. If I'd known then what I know now...

Fav Band: Daft Punk

Fav Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Trouble in Paradise, Fight Club, Chinatown, L'Eclisse, His Girl Friday, Zoolander, The Big Lebowski, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Fav TV Show: S&TC, Sopranos, I'm Alan Partidge

Fav Book: Impossible question

Fav Actor: Alain Delon

Fav Actress: Anna Karina

Fav Food: Chinese

Fav Sport: None

Fav Athlete: None

Drink of Choice: red wine

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not any more

Smoker? : until January

Occupation : this and that (literally)

Do you work out? : Cycle a bit

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : wtf, 5, I dunno

Fav Band: Luna

Fav Movie: Brazil

Fav TV Show: Six Feet Under

Fav Book: 'Fictions' by J.L. Borges

Fav Actor: Herbert Marshall

Fav Actress: Jeanne Moreau

Fav Food: French

Fav Sport: Futbol

Fav Athlete: Harry the Horny Hunter

Drink of Choice: Wine or Gin & Tonics

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait.

Smoker? : Avid

Occupation : Office Drone

Do you work out? : I jump to conclusions and run off at the mouth.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : With a personalitometer, naturally.

Age: 28

Height: 6'3"

Fav Band: Zep

Fav Movie: Goodfellas

Fav TV Show: Sopranos

Fav Book: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fav Actor: Pacino

Fav Actress: ?

Fav Food: Fried Chicken

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Don Mattingly

Drink of Choice: Duvel

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Maryjane

Smoker? : 1 per day

Occupation : Computers

Do you work out? : Weightlifting

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : ?

Fav Band: A bizzare mix of metal, punk and 1930s jazz (Rammstein, Green Day, Ramones, Foreigner, GWAR, Weezer, Chicago Rhythm Kings, Orbert Davis Sextet, and Sharkey Bonano.)

Fav Movie: Once Upon a Time in America

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Mr. Show with Bob & David

Fav Book: Wiseguy (Basis for the film Goodfellas)

Fav Actor: Robert DeNiro

Fav Actress: Anyone who gets naked... huh huh... cool...

Fav Food: Anything Chinese

Fav Sport: Stalking people at night

Fav Athlete: I hate sports.

Drink of Choice: Baileys Irish Cream

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Marijuana... But dont tell my mommy and daddy.

Smoker? :Yes (7 a day)

Occupation : Manufacturer of small automotive parts (Clips, latches, etc.)

Do you work out? : 20 push ups a day

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :8

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : -4

Add anything you want people to know: I hate President Bush. I think gay people should be allowed to get married and fuck all they want. I am taking Auto Collision Repair at the local Vocational School. I hate cowboys, skaters, preps, and posers. I never wear jeans. Ever. I dont even own a pair of jeans. I hate a lot of people. I like to smoke Parliament Cigarettes and Garcia Y Vega Cigars. I want my licence really bad, but my parents wont let me because of ONE F on my grade card a year ago. Bullshit. I really want to be out on my own, i dont care how much it costs. I love them and all, but come on... No girls like me. Probably because I'm so negative and I'm Japanese.. By the way, I hate racists. I'm full of hate for all kinds of people.

Fav Band: Varies

Fav Movie: Gattaca

Fav TV Show: I don't have a tele

Fav Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky

Fav Actor: either Christopher Walken or Steve Buschemi

Fav Actress: whichever hot bitches takes her clothes off

Fav Food: pizza/tuna sammiches/schnitzel

Fav Sport: badminton

Fav Athlete: they're all buncha weenies

Drink of Choice: Brandy (at least VSOP)

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): EPHEDRA

Smoker?: Sometimes

Occupation : student ... at least until May.

Do you work out? : that depends on if you count masturbation ...

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : OH I'M DROP-DEAD SEXXXY, BABUH

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Parents love me! Kids cry when I'm around! Teenage girls want me in their beds! The 'scene' wherever I go thinks I'm a wacky but fun outsider!

Add anything you want people to know:
Public Transit 4-eva

Name: Orbit (Chelsea)
Age: 40
Height: 5'8

Fav Band: That's hard. The Clash, Blondie, The Charlatans a million others

Fav Movie: Casablanca

Fav TV Show: Sex and the City and Rockford Files re-runs

Fav Book: Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Fav Actor: Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant

Fav Actress: Doris Day! (perky perky!)

Fav Food: oh geez! Lamb, bastillah, foie gras in context....

Fav Sport: Hockey and baseball

Fav Athlete: I used to like Luc Robataille but now I don't really have one.

Drink of Choice: WINE!!!

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Context-dependent.

Smoker? : No.

Occupation : Consultant

Do you work out? : NO. I am a flab monster.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7. (10 if you like pudgy cheerful brunettes.)

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : You either like me or you hate me.

Add anything you want people to know:
I am a collosal feminine failure. I need liposuction, botox, collagen, breast implants or reduction, a wax job, unassertiveness training, cash, and a future. I desperately need to avoid signs of aging, feminine odor, dry eye, dishpan hands and spots on the china, can you help me?

Fav Band: pavement

Fav Movie: spaceballs

Fav TV Show: all of them

Fav Book: shampoo planet, douglas coupland

Fav Actor:

Fav Actress:

Fav Food: pizza

Fav Sport: figure skating [i used to skate competitively] or ice hockey

Fav Athlete:

Drink of Choice: tomato juice with lemon / cosmopolitan

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): ew, gross!

Smoker? : ew, gross!

Occupation : paying gig: assistant to the director, kelly writers house, university of pennsylvania; non-paying gig: promoter, plain parade

Do you work out? : 3 times a week, plus i ride my bike all over this city. doesnt help, since im borne into a family of fat people.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6, if im wearing my nice clothes: 7

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5

Add anything you want people to know: im allergic to seafood and shellfish. i dont like mayonnaise. doritos and peanut butter cups are my downfall.

Fav Band: XTC, Cure, Blackalicious, Wu Tang Clan, T. Rex, Mott the Hoople

Fav Movie: Five Easy Pieces

Fav TV Show: Freaks and Geeks

Fav Book: Goodbye to Berlin

Fav Actor: Burt Reynolds

Fav Actress: Bette Davis

Fav Food: Homemade bread

Fav Sport: Swimming

Fav Athlete: Fuckin' ... Mo Vaughn back in the day.

Drink of Choice: Belgian Ale

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Dope

Smoker? : Recovering, but occasionally relapsing.

Occupation : Screenwriter / Grad Student

Do you work out? : Daily.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : ihttp://img68.photobucket.com/albums/v208/jcoombs/?

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :
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On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/jcoombs/Picture5.jpg

Fav Band: XTC

Fav Movie: Brazil

Fav TV Show: Goodies

Fav Book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Fav Actor: n/a

Fav Actress: n/a

Fav Food: chocolate

Fav Sport: cricket

Fav Athlete: n/a

Drink of Choice: ouzo & coke

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): alcohol

Smoker? : no

Occupation : IT

Do you work out? : yes

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i wouldn't

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : yes

Name: Andrew
Age: 21
Height: 184cm

Fav Band: WHAT?! Impossible to answer.

Fav Movie: The Blues Brothers

Fav TV Show: Family Guy (Comedy), Six Feet Under/Twin Peaks (Drama)

Fav Book: A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick

Fav Actor: Edward Norton

Fav Actress: Franka Potente or Audrey Tautou

Fav Food: I've no idea.

Fav Sport: No sport for me!

Fav Athlete: I don't care enough to have a favourite. Does Anna Kournikova count?

Drink of Choice: Vodka Tonic

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weed, although I like it a lot less these days.

Smoker? : Not when I can help it.

Occupation : Software Developer

Do you work out? : Just started - let's see how long it lasts.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I prefer to let other people do this for me. I'm not that egomaniacal.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 4

Nobody fucking stocks ouzo anymore. Now I have to give it up for the same reason I stopped drinking Pernod in the '90s.

Name: Kenan
Age: 30
Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: fuck you very much for asking

Fav Movie: hmmm... maybe Goodfellas?

Fav TV Show: easily The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Fav Book: hmmm... maybe Lolita? (BTW... I hate the way "lolita" has come to mean an innocent young girl. People should read more.)

Fav Actor: Dirk Bogarde, or maybe the young David Hemmings

Fav Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Faye Dunaway, maybe Nathan Lane

Fav Food: ass falafel

Fav Sport: baseball, by a wide margin

Fav Athlete: Freddy Roach

Drink of Choice: bourbon

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot, if that's my thing at the moment

Smoker?: sadly, yes. I don't apologize in font of people, but I will here.

Occupation: butt-monkey for people who make a lot more money then me

Do you work out?: No. I should, but then again, I shouldn't. I want to look good and be healthy, but I don't want to be vain. (too late.)

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: Zero. I am a horribly disfigured monster.*

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: I can't rate it on a scale, but I can say that some people find me charming, some find me charming enough, some find me a bit cloying, and some find me completely disingenuous and distasteful. These reactions, if charted, would almost certainly directly relate to the degree of discomfort I felt around that person.

Add anything you want people to know: I'm a really good kisser.

*This answer given on the assumption that false humility makes you more attractive.

Name: Barry
Age: 30
Height: 6'3"

Fav Band: Too many to mention, Google my name on ILM and you'll be spoilt for choice

Fav Movie: I am not a movie person.

Fav TV Show: The Apprentice, WWE RAW, ER (I am not really a TV person either, I watch TV less out of love and more out of habit)

Fav Book: V/A -- All Music Guide to Electronica, Walter Koechner -- Solid State Laser Engineering, Werterbukh English-Yidish Yidish-English Modern -- Weinreich Uriel

Fav Actor: Chris Jericho

Fav Actress: can't pick

Fav Food: beer

Fav Sport: baseball

Fav Athlete: can't choose

Drink of Choice: rye and ginger

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): music

Smoker? : no

Occupation : student

Do you work out? : I'm in shape.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 2 if you hate long hair, 8 if you like long hair

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 2 if I'm in a good mood, 8 if I'm in a bad mood

You've got me pretty-much spot on there.

Name: Samantha
Age:30
Height: 5'4"

Fav Band: this year - the Riverboat (motherfucking) Gamblers, best rock band evah! ; elliott smith ; Slick 57 and still on top for 19 years running. . . .the Beastie Boys!!! yay! What's 2400 miles when it's for guys you love?

Fav Movie: Giant (1956)

Fav TV Show: Don't have TV anymore but when I did I was into Law&Order (svu please) like it was a bag of potato chips.

Fav Book: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte. Read it at least once a year.

Fav Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal. Come sit in mommy's lap.

Fav Actress: I liked his sister when she was getting her ass spanked but let's see. . . Christina Ricci continues to surprise me.

Fav Food: currently Paydays. Overall, whatever's easy.

Fav Sport: skateboarding

Fav Athlete: who to choose, who to choose, Bucky and Bam

Drink of Choice: water, especially Evian. Sonic slushes aren't bad either.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Wellbutrin has done me well over the years in a plodding, loyal dog kind of way. Fancy a bit of Xanax when I'm feeling nervous.

Smoker? : nope. Have you heard that shit gives you cancer?

Occupation : secondary English teacher

Do you work out? : unfortunately no. I do walk about half a mile each day at school and must sometimes walk when using the bus. Thankfully my rainbow of prescribed pills keep me generally thin.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7. when in stockings and tall boots, straight devestating.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : hmm, hard to say. Depends on how well you like fast-talking, strong-headed, too honest, bipolar bitches. Personally I'd say about a 6.

Add anything you want people to know: I'm currently eating from a bag of inside-out Reeses. Excellent. I choose to live in poor, non-white, "dangerous" neighborhoods and would do so even if I became suddenly wealthy. I have a beastie boys and an elliott smith tattoo. My brother's a rapper who's recently begun performing in Europe. If you're German, you might have saw him on MTV last month.

enough. night night.

Also, was I the first person here to declare you an asshole? You were far less-assholish in person so I've gathered it's just a Web thang.

sorry, hijack

What I meant was, I've heard "lolita" used to describe young girls in many contexts, none of them true to the book's intention. The book's intention, as I read it, was that she was a young girl who aspired to dirtiness but had no idea what it meant. This certainly makes no less a monster of Humbert, who is IMO one of the greatest villians of literature, but it makes Lolita no more "innocent." So you have the dirty little girl and the exploitative old man. To cast Lol as a complete innocent is not.. right. Not getting it. Not getting the give and take that makes the book so interesting. Of course Humbert is an awful man, but throwing the word "lolita" around as if it has an unsubtle definition hurts the work of art that Lolita is. It doesn't get it.

Anyway.

Sam, has anyone already expressed the degree to which we're all happy you're back? I don't want to bandwagon or anything, but it's really nice to see you.

albeit as a naiive and playing-with-fire type

Makes all the difference, don't it? If you didn't read that book and think that Humbert was an awful man, however charming, there's something wrong with you, and I'm sure Nabokov would agree.

Because you took advantage of a sin
when I was helpless moultng moist and tender
hoping for the best
dreaming of marriage in a mountain state
aye of a litter of Lolitas

Because you took advantage of my inner
essential innocence
because you cheated me--

Because you cheated me of my redemption
because you took
her at the age when lads
play with erector sets
a little downy girl still wearing poppies
still eating popcorn in the colored gloam
where tawny Indians took paid croppers
because you stole her
from her wax-browed and dignified protector
spitting into his heavy-lidded eye
ripping his flavid toga and at dawn
leaving the hog to roll upon his new discomfort
the awfulness of love and violets
remorse despair while you
took a dull doll to pieces
and threw its head away
because of all you did
because of all I did not
you have to die"

Read together the first and last lines. The rest is tapdancing.