HOMAGE TO GINSBERG: Tribute to a 20th Century Beat Poet

	The queerness in me
	& queerness in you
	iz nothing compared ta
	the strangeness ah
	20th Century Amerika
	which rapes the environment
	fooks nature
	sodomizes people
	& destroys anything
	it dozn't understand

	Heavy karma –
	no doubt about it
	Sing a kaddish
	fer its tainted
	Big Macs
	& vermin-infested apple pies

	If we chant
	genuine nonsense
	& howl at monstrosity
	some people might awaken

	There's a chance
	a few closet doors will open
	as sum recognize how death hippens each day
	in a million ways,
	butt new art manifests again & again.


Terri: 	(shaking her head) Was 20th century America this weird?

Ted: 	Yeah. In many ways America could be described as an Evil Empire:
        Mammon incarnate lived comfortably around Capital Hill.

Terri: 	And what did Alan Ginsberg do about it?

Tim: 	(shrugging his shoulders) What could any person do? 
        Name the monstrosity and pray for awakening.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  A graphic image, poem, and dialogue in memory of Allan Ginsberg (1926 - 1997).
KEYWORDS: American poets, American terror, queer poetry, 20th Century America

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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ESPAÑOL:  http://www.tnewfields.info/es/gins.htm
NIHONGO:  http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/ginzubaagu.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/jinsibao.htm