Hogwash Poem by ed purchla

He, who died
on halloween

Outmaneuveri
ng jean-eugè
ne, but keepi
ng the 'i'

Grounded in un
surpassed/pe
rfected techn
iques

Whitehead's su
cker-punches
landed but 't
he handcuff k
ing' marched o
n

Always debunk
ing the spirit
ualism of cra
ndon, fay, ho
pe, 'the won
der twins' and
even conan do
yle

Seeing the fina
l curtain fallin
g, for the sak
e of bess, pro
mising that 10
years after his
death, he'd do
his best to try
and contact her

Halloween '36 br
ought on the sé
ance, but prese
nce bess did no
t feel, but to th
is day people s
till try to conta
ct him on this
night, always
without succes
s.