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REVISED PENAL LAW
Section 841.256. Subdivision: Oxymoron of the Revised Penal Law
governing the reading of this prose poem provides that a person is
guilty of reading this poem if he/she/ it loiters on or about the
premises which underlie the creation of said poem, or if he/she/it
remains in the presence of said poem with its attendant lines and
figures of speech for a discernable measure of time not easily
quantified, not having any reason or relationship to the writer, or
not
invoking any responsibility for what the poem means or how it may or
may
not affect other innocent persons, nor possessing any other specific,
legitimate reason for spending valuable time in such an economically
displeasing enterprise, and not having the written permission from
the
poet and his/her/its publisher or from any other person duly authorized
to grant same. Conviction of reading this poem without praising it
and
its author is a violation, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding
l5
days (Section 70:15) or a fine not to exceed $250 (section 80.05. Subdivision
4).
Copyright 2001, Louis Phillips
Louis Phillips is a widely-published poet, playwright, and short-story
writer, whose one-act play , "TRAGEDY: A COMEDY," is in the Fall issue
of THE GEORGIA REVIEW. In the Spring of 2001, Fort Schuyler Press
will publish his second colllection of short stories, THE BUS TO THE
MOON.
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