Sonido Fulgor

miércoles, 1 de septiembre de 2010

Patti Smith reads Footnote To Howl by Allen Ginsberg





Foot note to Howl. By Allen Ginsberg


Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! 
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! 
The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! 
The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand 
and asshole holy! 
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is 
holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an 
angel! 
The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is 
holy as you my soul are holy! 
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is 
holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy! 
Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy 
Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cas- 
sady holy the unknown buggered and suffering 
beggars holy the hideous human angels! 
Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks 
of the grandfathers of Kansas! 
Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop 
apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana 
hipsters peace & junk & drums! 
Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy 
the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the 
mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! 
Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the 
middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebell- 
ion! Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! 
Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & 
Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow 
Holy Istanbul! 
Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the 
clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy 
the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! 
Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the 
locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucina- 
tions holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the 
abyss! 
Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! 
bodies! suffering! magnanimity! 
Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent 
kindness of the soul! 

Berkeley 1955

4 comentarios:

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  2. Bendita eres Mina¡

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  3. Bendita eres Mina Harker¡

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  4. Mina, hemos agregado tu tremendo blog a nuestra selección. Te seguiré.

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