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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1973)

Story (1973)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man

He phones from a bar; I can hear the juke music. He's in town from San Francisco, been hustling the Ferlinghetti strand, gave a reading for Bob Kaufman. Duke's in town, wants to know if he can come on up. "Come on up," I say. I tell Karen that Duke Santeen's in town and on the way over. Duke's a street poet. Duke's been hustling the Muse since the early '50s. He can write good poetry when he writes it...

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