Open Poetry #49 |
William S. Burroughs Peeled Back |
JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
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not well known anymore beat poet known to eat Naked Lunch claim to fame international gay guy intellectual junkie by the way of Harvard lover of teenage boys William S Burroughs was a lot of things to a lot of people to himself he was a pile of dog doo-doo walked the streets with the hip cats in the Village spoutin' groovy poetry to the snapping fingers of the stoned his audience nose held aloft dripping literary snot on the peons shot his wife once for something to do Burroughs and whatshisname that dude Mickey Rourk played in the movie ah, yes Bukowski Bukowski and Burroughs woulda been butthole buddies Bukowski woulda never made it as a beat though too common Naked Lunch I read it yeah, yeah I read it thought I was hip in tha joint felt like I had to read it long trip to Long Island looking for horse of all the beats you know Kerouac and Ginsberg that bunch Burroughs was the most talented also the most strung-out so his talent took a backseat ain't that the shits he was the walking dead and thought he controlled the beats nobody was hip until Burroughs gave him a finger-snap cool, man, like the dude's hip their arrogance caught up with them all in time at the end "the Beats" were merely legends in their own minds jealously played a role had to man too much talent spread around one thing about the beats if they were alive today they would be completely decisively Hillary Clinton devotees ©May 27, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
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Wow! what a cool train of thought to read! Yes, I agree with your last line too. Trump would have scared the livin' daylights out of them. ~L (me thinks they might really have felt the Bern) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
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Heh.Heh They probably did feel the Bern, but the Bern flaked out due to ballot stealing. Thanks, Lori, for the read and comments to be sure. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
You got it nailed, buddy. Maybe the Oscar Wilde of his day, without the treadmill that would be more deserved? Reminds me of a Van Morrison song: 'On Hyndford Street' ''And reading Mr Jelly Roll And Big Bill Broozny And 'Dharma Bums' by Jack Kerouac Over and over again.' Bring on Hilary, the alternative is rather troublesome. Thank you. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks Redstart, and you can honestly say that Hillary isn't troubling? ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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