in that spirit

Jun 01, 2008 - 00:23 AM PST

Allen Ginsberg spoke of a conversation with Jack Kerouac:

- There was a time that I was absolutely astounded because Kerouac told me that in the future literature would consist of what people actually wrote rather than what they tried to deceive other people into thinking they wrote, when they revised it later on. And I saw opening up this whole universe, where people wouldn’t be able to lie anymore! They wouldn’t be able to [i]correct[i] themselves any longer. They wouldn’t be able to hide what they said –

in that spirit

i am no poet
what do i see??
i see nothing
or
some-thing
not as it is. no. no.
learned the dude cool manner
beat skank chatter
there, only words i hear
neat folding upside down street words
above my soul words
dictionary detours
roundabout circus words
quick spit talk
fire poker red talk
smooth it over, no regrets
for art man, see it like it is man
with revolution eyes
fuck hungry for da-
da before your time
retro ‘cause it’s not your fault
the boys die young, man

it’s empty
it’s empty it’s empty
oh god it’s so fucking
empty, i don’t burn for
anything, what the fuck!?

is
the
matter with me

animal fury
no surviving on animal fury alone
but cold so cold the other
love? love. love. love. loved
i loved now what
worry-fuck-worry
money money money money money
money, goings toes alive knee
ache tremors ideas
exponents math in the
head killing sleep!!
tell a story and be merry

eat the pain
survive on
animal fury

bus ride, train ride
ten dollar split the gas ride
fuck yeah
might be a queer ride
guarding the cock with devil eyes

-smd, 2008