One of several iconic pot protest shots of Allen, this by Benedict J Fernandez, December 1964. Allen once referred to it as the first āpro legalization protest everā, itās at the steps of the Department of Welfare building, now the Christodora, Ave B & 9th Street, NYC. ā¢ ā¢ Larry Sloman in his āReefer Madnessā amusingly writes: āBesides, I had always loved the poster of Ginsberg that was sold in the mid-sixties, the one where he was wearing a huge placard at an early marijuana demonstration like some bearded, horn-rimmed rent-a-vagrant advertising three-dollar haircuts, a styrofoam of coffee gingerly held aloft, with a light snow topping almost bald pate like white laurel leaves. The sign, crudely hand-lettered, read āPot Is Fun,ā and the sly, sheepishāno, elfishāgrin on Ginsbergās face was testomony to thatā (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1998, pp. 171-172). ā¢ props toĀ Ā aphelis.net for the great research on this! #420 #allenginsberg #pot #legalize #potisfun #christodora #poet #poetrycommunity #larrysloman #reefermadness
