Bob Kaufman, Abomunist Manifesto

BOB KAUFMAN

ABOMUNIST MANIFESTO

 

ABOMUNISTS JOIN NOTHING BUT THEIR HANDS OR LEGS,
          OR OTHER SAME.

ABOMUNIST SPIT ANTI-POETRY FOR POETIC REASONS
           AND FRINK.

ABOMUNISTS DO NOT LOOK AT PICUTRES PAINTED
          BY PRESIDENTS AND UNEMPLOYD PRIME MINISTERS.

IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERIL, ABOMUNISTS, AS REALITY
          AMERICANS, 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 OF PROBLEMS
          OF RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY IS TO HAVE A CATHOLIC
          CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT AND 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.

ABOMUNISTS CHILDREN MUST BE REARED ABOMUNIBLY.

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,
          USO CANTEENS, KINDERGARTENS, AND COUNTY JAILS.
          ABOMUNISTS NEVER COMPROMISE THEIR REJECTIONARY
          PHILOSOPHY.

ABOMUNISTS REJECT EVERYTHING EXCEPT SNOWMEN.

[Bob Kaufman. Abominist Manifesto (broadside), City Lights, 1959.]