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.

Credit

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.