William S. Burroughs demonstrating his anti-mugger stun-gun, 222 Bowery, "the Bunker" (an old gymnasium locker-room)  age 71 --and completed his second novel of trilogy The Place of Dead Roads, March 26, 1985.   John Giorno by then in residence had set up a wall with black cloth and lights for his own poetry rock&roll rehearsals. (photo & caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #williamsburroughs #johngiorno #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #bowery #222bowery #poetrycommunity #writers (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/COyWaciB6K3/?igshid=1a3n2u6hwz73y














