e were worried that Dirk wasn’t writing enough, but then Dirk spent some time writing a poem, completely uninhibited, just whatever came to mind, with stanzas labeled by color. It was not a very good poem, but he wrote it very quickly, in about 8 minutes. It was very reassuring to see him writing again. Oh yeah? Sez who. Red says, cascading back Into the darkness which Is red. Blue. Says who? Who says, rippling forward Into the light which Is blue. Violet is lacking. Yellow seems mellow, Orange says, creeping sideways Into the murk which Is yellow. Green? Who says? Says green, growing forth, Into the life which Is green. —A poem attributed to Dirk Stratton, Oct. 25, 1998, 3 a.m., but actually written by his arch-nemesis and fellow collaborator on The Unknown: Scott “T The Shagmeister” Rettberg.

Dirk’s Color Poem Read 4/19/99 at Priceless Books, Urbana, IL 1:14 142K