Friday, March 9, 2018

#351: Canadian

I GUESS Canadian cataloguing-in-publication data
does not care when publication occurred if ever
I mean I am looking at the t.p. verso
of Irving Layton, For My Neighbors in Hell
and I get 

Layton, Irving, 1912-
For my neighbors in hell
Poems.
ISBN 0-88962-111-X bd. ISBN 0-88962-112-8 pa.
I. Title.
PS8523.A98F67    C811'.54     C80-094126-8
PR9199.3.L39F67

and a warning not to reproduce.
a shout out to Canada Arts Council.
 ⓒ Irving Layton [n.d.]
cover design: Ludwig and Susanna.
bound in Canada.
printed on Canadian paper.
but nothing
other than the ravings of the poet himself
to indicate that any of this took place
at any one time
and it's bugging me, Mr President.
It's bugging me.

I remember distinctly buying this book
in London
summer of 2015
Skoob
66 The Brunswick
off Marchmont
£4

otherwise I would not be sure this book
even existed or
that I was alive
these things are important

good one, Irving





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