Abomunist Manifesto
ABOMUNISTS JOIN NOTHING BUT THEIR HANDS OR LEGS, OR 
        OTHER SAME. 
ABOMUNISTS SPIT ANTI-POETRY FOR POETIC REASONS AND 
        FRINK. 
ABOMUNISTS DO NOT LOOK AT PICTURES PAINTED BY PRESI- 
        DENTS AND UNEMPLOYED PRIME MINISTERS. 
IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERIL, ABOMUNISTS, AS REALITY AMERI- 
        CANS, STAND READY TO DRINK THEMSELVES TO DEATH FOR 
        THEIR COUNTRY. 
ABOMUNISTS DO NOT FEEL PAIN, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT 
        HURTS. 
ABOMUNISTS DO NOT USE THE WORD SQUARE EXCEPT WHEN 
         TALKING TO SQUARES. 
ABOMUNISTS READ NEWSPAPERS ONLY TO ASCERTAIN THEIR 
         ABOMINUBILITY. 
ABOMUNISTS NEVER CARRY MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS IN 
         DEBTS ON THEM. 
ABOMUNISTS BELIEVE THAT THE SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS OF 
         RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY IS, TO HAVE A CATHOLIC CANDIDATE 
         FOR PRESIDENT AND A PROTESTANT CANDIDATE FOR POPE. 
ABOMUNISTS DO NOT WRITE FOR MONEY; THEY WRITE THE 
         MONEY ITSELF. 
ABOMUNISTS BELIEVE ONLY WHAT THEY DREAM ONLY AFTER 
         IT COMES TRUE. 
ABOMUNIST CHILDREN MUST BE REARED ABOMINUBLY.
ABOMUNIST POETS, CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW LITERARY FORM 
         “FOOT-PRINTISM” HAS FREED THE ARTIST OF OUTMODED 
         RESTRICTIONS, SUCH AS: THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE, 
         OR THE DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE, MUST BE PREPARED TO 
         READ THEIR WORK AT DENTAL COLLEGES, EMBALMING 
         SCHOOLS, HOMES FOR UNWED MOTHERS, HOMES FOR WED 
         MOTHERS, INSANE ASYLUMS, SANE ASYLUMS, U. S. O. CAN- 
         TEENS, KINDERGARTENS, AND COUNTY JAILS. ABOMUNISTS 
         NEVER COMPROMISE THEIR REJECTIONARY PHILOSOPHY. 
ABOMUNISTS REJECT EVERYTHING EXCEPT SNOWMEN.
From Bob Kaufman, Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman, edited by Neeli Cherkovski, Raymond Foye, and Tate Swindell © 2019 by Robert Parker Kaufman for the Estate of Bob Kaufman. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of City Lights Books, citylights.com.