THE EAR
Hal Sirowitz
God is listening,
Mother said. SometimesI think He’s one big ear.
If He’s not listening to youdirectly, then He’s doing
it indirectly—hears otherstalking about you. Therefore,
if you don’t want Him to knowyour business, then you not
only have to shut your mouth,but you have to withdraw from society.
Hakim Bey once called Hal Sirowitz the most bearable of the Unbearables. He's the author of four books of poetry—Mother Said, My Therapist Said (Crown/Random House), Father Said, and Before, During & After (Soft Skull)—with a fifth one forthcoming from Backwaters Press in Nebraska. Ron Kolm, the undeclared guiding light of the Unbearables, was the first one to publish him in book form.