America I've given you all and now I'm nothingAmerica two dollars and twenty seven cents, January 17 1956
I can't stand my own mind
America when will we end the human war?
Go fuck yourself with the atom bomb [...]
America when will you be angelic?
When will you take off your clothes?
When will you look at yourself through the grave?[...]
I'm sick of your insane demands[...]
Your machinery is too much for me
You made me want to be a saint[...]
My mind is made up there is going to be trouble
You should have seen me reading Marx
My psychoanalyst thinks I'm perfectly right
I wont say the Lord's prayer
I have mystical visions and cosmic vibrations
America I still havent told you what you did to Uncle Marx after he came over from Russia[...]
America you sont really want to go to war
America it's them bad Russians
Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians
Russia wants to eat us alive.
The Russia's power's mad. She wants to take our cars from out our garages[...]
I'd better get right down to the job
It's true I dont want to join the army or turn lathes in precision parts factories
I am nearsighted and psychopathic anyway
America I'm putting my queer shoulder on the wheel.
15 comments:
This is featured in the New Bob Dylan Doc of Scorsese. breathtaking...I love it...
No way, really?I want it!!!
I gave it to my father for a Xmas present and James for a birthday present...i think James is closer for us to steal it from. and I have information that he leaves his room unlocked...hi hi hi.
thank you for this. Ginsberg is one of my heroes. :-)
@sixy: Ok!Hihihi!
@rimone: You are welcome! The Beat generation has always been on the top of my fav list! :)
hi! Επέστρεψα (μέχρι να ξαναφύγω). Εσύ σε ποι γεωγραφικό μήκος και πλάτος είσαι αυτή τη στιγμή?
Μήκος 0.45, Πλάτος 51.47 Κοινώς welcome to London!Καλώς γύρισες και καλή συνέχεια! (και καλό φθινόπωρο για εμάς εδω...βρέχει συνέχεια σήμερα :()
if you haven't seen it, i stole the very astute map and sent it down to Lukery, who posted it (and via'd you).
Super, hahaha! i love the other map you sent him too! (btw I am not British!:))
i'm sorry--that's my American coming out again. i know you're Greek and stupidly assumed you were British-Greek (a la Greek-American or whatever).
:))
Was he a beat generation writer or poet?I did not know him I only know the most famous like Kerouak...I am so impressed; the poem is so relevant with what goes on today!Thanks for this Mia!
I am back from holidays but I will leave again for a few days.Φιλάκια!
ps, forgot to tell you thank you for adding me to your links. i've added you to my sacred (to me) list of Reservoir Dogs (lower lefthand column) cause i think your writing, photos and subject matter totally rock. :-)
you may commence blushing here, lol.
@pixie: Yes, he belonged to the Beat generation of writers along with Burroughs, Kerouac and others, and I remember he died fairly recently (around 6-7 years ago??. Basically, he wrote poems (the most famous is The Howl-Το Ουρλιαχτό) Oh yes, he is still very contemporary!
Welcome back and enjoy the rest of your holiday...! I am stuck in England writing a thesis chapter agrr....Φιλάκια!!
@your: Thanks!!
@Rimone: And I am blushing!!!:)) I am honoured!(Mr Pink)
LOL, 'shit, Negro, that's all you had to say!'
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