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Just finished ‘Howl’, the first poem. And God!!!!! Howl reads like the confessions & the anxious ramblings of a mad genius and an unabashed degenerate in the best way possible. Every word feels so incredibly raw. Ginsberg’s writing is so vivid like he’s pried his skull open with a crowbar and assaulted us with its contents. Howl, even after 66 years, remains terrifying relatable.

“Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the human soul!”

The total animal soup of time…

Hold back the edges of your gowns, Ladies, we are going through hell.