[New-Poetry] "wet socks and gin before breakfast"

[Bob Grumman]

Anny Ballardini wrote:
> They called me to speak on the local German radio about the election 
> and so forth and I tried to think of something intelligent to say 
> about the Election Anthology and the Elections and I came up with the 
> outlook that poetry presents which is the best humanity has to offer. 
> They naturally cut my philosophical speculations, but it was nice 
> anyhow to listen to my voice this morning speaking half in German (I 
> can barely remember a few words but I understood the questions) and 
> English.
>
Just to continue my hostilities to Everybody, Anny, but it's mathematics 
that presents to best that humanity has to offer!  Just kidding.  My 
preference actually is for music.  But all I know for absolute certain 
is that it is not politics.

--Bob G.