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Transcription Of Organ Music: To be so lonely. To be so creative. To be so gifted that you are cursed.
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smileymakaveli
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A Supermarket in California: Consumerism that consumes you. Satiation vs hunger fatigue. Cookie-cutter vs uniqueness (and the isolation that accompanies it). Enlightenment vs idealism.
I could write an essay about this poem.
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I could write an essay about this poem.
smileymakaveli
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Mary Jo Bang's commentary on Howl: "He registers his objection to the fact of their social outcast status, and highlights the contradiction between a country that says it welcomes difference but then fails to protect the rights of those who are different.
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milo ✪
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Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums!
— Feb 19, 2026 11:17AM
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lornapalmer
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It's always telling me about responsibility. Business-
men are serious. Movie producers are serious.
Everybody's serious but me.
— Feb 19, 2026 05:46AM
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men are serious. Movie producers are serious.
Everybody's serious but me.
lornapalmer
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I want people to bow when they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the Creator.
And the Creator gave me a shot of his presence to gratify my wish, so as not to cheat me of my yearning for him.
— Feb 09, 2026 11:25AM
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And the Creator gave me a shot of his presence to gratify my wish, so as not to cheat me of my yearning for him.
