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Lawrence Hall [email protected]   https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com                                      No Howling, Please                                    A rebuke to Ginsberg            While acknowledging that the typewriter is indeed holy I saw the best of my generation Refuse to howl, not in the situational poverty Of their birth, not in others’ noise and drugs Not in their elders’ go-fight-our-wars-for-us I saw the best of my generation Doubling up in unfurnished rooms Doubling up on the day and night shifts Making each sweated-out life into a poem I saw the best of my generation Work                      and thus rebuked for their privilege
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Apr 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022 at 10:21 PM UTC
No Howling, Please
Lawrence Hall [email protected]   https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com                                      No Howling, Please                                    A rebuke to Ginsberg            While acknowledging that the typewriter is indeed holy I saw the best of my generation Refuse to howl, not in the situational poverty Of their birth, not in others’ noise and drugs Not in their elders’ go-fight-our-wars-for-us I saw the best of my generation Doubling up in unfurnished rooms Doubling up on the day and night shifts Making each sweated-out life into a poem I saw the best of my generation Work                      and thus rebuked for their privilege
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Apr 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022 at 10:21 PM UTC
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