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       ABOMUNISTS JOIN NOTHING BUT THEIR HANDS OR LEGS, 
                  OR OTHER SAME. 
      ABOMUNIST SPIT ANTI-POETRY FOR POETIC REASONS 
                   AND FRINK. 
      ABOMUNISTS DO NOT LOOK AT PICUTRES PAINTED 
                  BY PRESIDENTS 
        AND UNEMPLOYD PRIME MINISTERS. 
       IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERIL, ABOMUNISTS, AS REALITY 
                  AMERICANS, STAND 
        READY TO DRINK THEMSELVES 
                  TO DEATH FOR 
        THEIR COUNTRY. 
       ABOMUNISTS DO NOT FEEL PAIN, NO MATTER HOW MUCH 
                  IT HURTS. 
       ABOMUNISTS DO NOT USE THE WORD SQUARE EXCEPT WHEN 
                  TALKING TO 
        SQUARES. 
      ABOMUNISTS READ NEWSPAPERS ONLY TO ASCERTAIN THEIR 
                  ABOMINUBILITY. 
       ABOMUNISTS NEVER CARRY MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS 
                  IN DEBTS ON 
        THEM. 
       ABOMUNISTS BELIEVE THAT THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS 
                  OF RELIGIOUS 
        BIGOTRY IS TO HAVE A CATHOLIC 
                  CANDIDATE 
        FOR PRESIDENT AND PROTESTANT 
                  CANDIDATE 
        FOR POPE. 
         
        ABOMUNISTS DO NOT WRITE FOR MONEY; THEY WRITE 
                  THE MONEY ITSELF. 
      ABOMUNISTS BELIEVE ONLY WHAT THEY DREAM ONLY 
                  AFTER IT COMES 
        TRUE. 
      ABOMUNISTS CHILDREN MUST BE REARED ABOMUNIBLY. 
       ABOMUNIST POETS, CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW LITERARY 
                  FORM "FOOT-PRINTISM' 
        HAS FREED THE ARTIST 
                  OF OUTMODED 
        RESTRICTIONS, SUCH AS: THE ABILITY TO 
                  READ AND WRITE, 
        OR THE DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE, 
                  MUST BE PREPARED 
        TO READ THEIR WORK AT DENTAL 
                  COLLEGES, 
        EMBALMING SCHOOLS, HOMES FOR UNWED 
                  MOTHERS, HOMES 
        FOR WED MOTHERS, INSANE ASYLUMS, 
                  USO CANTEENS, 
        KINDERGARTENS, AND COUNTY JAILS. 
                  ABOMUNISTS 
        NEVER COMPROMISE THEIR REJECTIONARY 
                  PHILOSOPHY. 
         
        ABOMUNISTS REJECT EVERYTHING EXCEPT SNOWMEN. 
      
       [Bob Kaufman. Abominist Manifesto (broadside), City Lights, 1959.] 
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