El Toro (with annotations) 1

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Made sure of him while sliding down my pain, past growling snowclouds, by rashly yelping at the setting sun and with my newgrip ski-tip fangs awkwardly nipping the snowmounds at the end. 1972 1978 El Toro *The longest poem I ever wrote, read only to the Cockpit Theatre workshop in London, it recaptures experiences in various parts of Spain while driving and vacationing with Marie-France Plassard When he fell twitching on the street my coffee spoon went slack, took noonday heat from lances cutting through a window of Cafe Colon from far as Andalusian hills (Oh, Toro, Toro, what have they done to you?) *Whole question: why society kills, maims, or otherwise abuses its courageous members. far as the mountain curve where I first saw him, giant throbbing with black strength, poised beyond thick shimmerings of olive trees that, row on row, speared from him strict electric radius into my steering wheel to hold it tense against his demon horns that owned the steady-riding space between us, his twin lords of cactus, pine, and willow,

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Poem written by Emanuel in 1978/1980, typed with handwritten annotations. In his notes, Emanuel states that this is the longest poem he has ever written. The poem arises questions of how society treats its inhabitants. (Page 1)

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  • type
    Image
  • created on
  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    661 kB
  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    BOX 5 FOLDER 12 "Whole Grain and Later Poems of James A. Emanuel (Annotated by the Auhtor), draft, part I, 1995 (2 of 2)
  • rights
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • rights holder
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • version
    1978/1980