sunrise
&
sunset
a young man
enters THE SHERTON
and announces that:
he is here
& is there upon informed
that he must have a police
permit
permitting him to make a public
speech before he is allowed to make
his presence known
& upon
inspite of misdi
rection
finding
the correct
downtown
coordinating
administrative
civic-center
bureaucratic
police station
is ushered into a plain
sterile
office
illuminated
by a poster boasting
the freedom
of free
speech
& is informed that he may
make
public speeches
only
in Purshing
Square
between
9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.
& that he will
please
to pay
his
twenty-five
dollar$ to the cashier
on
the
way
out
says: "forget it"
&
departs
never officially having been
there.