#egoconfessions

I want to be the spectacle of Poesy triumphant over trickery of the world Omniscient breathing its own breath thru War tear gas spy hallucination whose common sense astonished gaga Gurus and rich Artistes— who called the Justice department & threaten’d to Blow the Whistle Stopt Wars, turned back petrochemical Industries’ Captains to grieve & groan in bed Chopped wood, built forest houses & established farms distributed monies to poor poets & nourished imaginative genius of the land Sat silent in jazz roar writing poetry with an ink pen— wasn’t afraid of God or Death after his 48th year— let his brains turn to water under Laughing Gas his gold molar pulled by futuristic dentists Seaman knew ocean’s surface a year carpenter late learned bevel and mattock son, conversed with elder Pound & treated his father gently —All empty all for show, all for the sake of Poesy to set surpassing example of sanity as measure for late generations Exemplify Muse Power to the young avert future suicide accepting his own lie & the gaps between lies with equal good humor Solitary in worlds full of insects & singing birds all solitary

Photo, Allen Ginsberg 1975 snapped by pacifist, peace activist,  & CNVA (Committee for Non-Violent Action) organizer, Bradford Lyttle #egoconfessions #allenginsberg #bradfordlyttle #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #beatgeneration #nonviolentaction #cnva (at New York, New York)