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Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg

Absences of women in history don’t “just happen,” they are made.

My name is Miles Morales. I was bitten by a radioactive spider. And for like two days, I’ve been the one and only Spider-Man. I think you know the rest.

Every time I collected a chip, whether it be 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, I was lying. But I met someone. And she’s helped. And now I want to stay clean. And, shit, maybe that’s me being selfish, you know, and Ali just scared the shit out of me. ‘Cause he told me that it wasn’t gonna last. And, fuck, you know what? Maybe you’re right. But I really, really, really hope you’re wrong. ‘Cause, uh, I’ve been clean for 13 days. It’s been okay. I’ve actually been really happy.