Homage to Ginsberg / Hommage ÌÊ Ginsberg / Homenaje a Ginsberg / Ehrerbietung zu Ginsberg - an art work by T Newfields

Homage to Ginsberg


The queerness in me
and queerness in you
is nothing compared to
the strangeness of
20th Century Amerika
which rapes the environment
fucks nature
sodomizes people
and destroys anything
it doesn't understand

Heavy karma -
no doubt about it
Sing a kaddish
for this tainted mutant
Big Mac Behomoth

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

There is a chance
some might get out of the closet
and recognize
the Beast is Dead -

We've been worshipping
merely shining bones


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- 59 -
Chris: I'm afraid that 21st century America iz even weirder than before.
Ted: At one time many Americans felt comfortable believing they were in the right.
Now, many people are less certain. IIt seems like we've mutated into an Evil Empire:
Mammon incarnate lives comfortably in Capital Hill.
Chris: And what did Alan Ginsberg do about it?
Tim: Howl I suppose.