"Abomunist Manifesto" The "Abomunist Manifesto", Bob Kaufman The "Abomunist Manifesto" Bomkauffer, the cough bomber From a— from the cough bomber to Bomkauf, word From— Abomunists join nothing but their hands or legs, or other same Abomunists spit anti-poetry for poetic reasons and frink Abomunists do not look at pictures painted by presidents and unemployed 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 do not write for money, they write the money itself Abomunists believe only what they dream only after it comes true Abomunist children must be reared abominubly Abomunist poets, confident that the new literary form Footprintism has freed the artist of outmoded restrictions, such as The ability to read and write 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, sane asylums, USO canteens, kindergartens and county jails Abomunists never compromise their rejectionary philosophy Abomunism's main function is to unite the soul with oatmeal cookies Abomunists love love, hate hate, drink drinks, smoke smokes, live lives, die deaths Abomunist writers write nothing, or they write in writing Abomunist poetry, in order to be completely understood, should be eaten Except on fast days, slow days, and mornings of executions If abomunist could be a color, they'd be green itself And they'd go around telling everyone to go Uncrazy abomunists, crazy unabomunists, these proxy kicky tricks You know what I'm talkin' 'bout? Psychometric poets, two heads better than none Selling middle names to impotent personnel managers Giving children brightly-wrapped candy fathers We're on to you We're on to you We're on to you