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Stephen Kuusisto
Autobiographia Litteraria
"Johnny Nolan has a patch on his ass
Kids chase him"
—Lawrence Ferlenghetti
Kids chase him"
—Lawrence Ferlenghetti
O I had that thing— Patch on the ass, Guaze-y S.O.S. dangling Like a fig, Stain on the world-- & the kids who ate dirt Geniuses all— They knew The sign-- Bull’s Eye; Local flag; Dog in the manger; Birth mark; Patch on the ass; & God have mercy— Running for your life Hoping Just that once To cut out Into stray eternity; Morse code in your head; Patch on the ass; Patch on the ass; & all about you street lights coming on.
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Stephen Kuusisto is the author of Only Bread, Only Light, a collection of poems from Copper
Canyon Press, and the memoirs Planet of the Blind and Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and
Listening. He teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Iowa and serves as a public
humanities scholar in the Carver Institute for Macular Degeneration. His website is www.
stephenkuusisto.com and his blog is kuusisto.typepad.com.
