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Poetry || SubmissionsI have to think outside the fucking box to surviveBy Gato Clemente "If you ever see me coming And If you know who I am Don't you breathe it to nobody 'cause you know I'm on the Lam." Johnny Cash / Wanted man Outlaws are existentialists... That's what Hamlin says We are discussing the merits of Sartre via email He writes me "All outlaws are existentialists because they have to think outside of the box to survive." I wonder if it's not the other way around Maybe all existentialists are outlaws Because they can't think inside the box I am not an expert on existential thought I do know that reading Sartre's Nausea Makes me laugh harder than anything Bukowski ever wrote And somehow I feel ashamed and embarrassed By finding humor in Sartre In what should seem so bleak and desperate and alone And somehow I feel ashamed and embarrassed Of being white and nearly middle class Of being so goddamned invisible Fuck it We're all outlaws At least any one of us With the time or inclination to Think Outside of the box I feel like the shooter in Le Etranger I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive I have not had gainful employment in 11 months I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive I buy my children's xmas gifts at the 99 cent store I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive I buy my bread at the day old outlet I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive I hustle movie star's books I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive Wanda Coleman Doesn't have time to let me publish her work I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive The towers have fallen I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive We are flirting with war I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive I am afraid I am an outlaw I have to think outside the fucking box to survive Sartre was an outlaw I am an outlaw My friend Bradley is an outlaw Johnny Cash is an outlaw... You... Are an outlaw GATO CLEMENTE IS AN EX JUNKIE, PARATROOPER, MADMAN AND CONVICT. HE RESIDES IN EAST LOS ANGELES WITH HIS CAT PANOCHA WHERE HE EARNS HIS LIVING STEALING HUBCAPS AND RAISING GREYHOUNDS FOR THE TIJUANA DOG RACES. He has a website Today's Situation
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