Diane Di Prima ⋅ « No Problem Party Poem » ⋅ Beat Attitude 08 04 21
first glass broken on patio no problem forgotten sour cream for vegetables no problem Lewis MacAdam’s tough lower jaw no problem cops arriving to watch bellydancer no problem plastic bags of melted ice no problem wine on antique tablecloth no problem scratchy stereo no problem neighbor’s dog no problem interviewer from Berkeley Barb no problem absence of more beer no problem too little dope no problem leering Naropans no problem cigarette butts on the altars no problem Marilyn vomiting in planter box no problem Phoebe renouncing love no problem Lewis renouncing Phoebe no problem hungry ghosts no problem absence of…