in 2003, when i was a senior in high school, i started to memorize allen ginsberg’s “America”. the poem is filled with great lines (like one of my favorites, “When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks”) but the one that i keep returning to most these days is probably the opening: “America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing.”
the emperor
the emperor
the emperor
in 2003, when i was a senior in high school, i started to memorize allen ginsberg’s “America”. the poem is filled with great lines (like one of my favorites, “When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks”) but the one that i keep returning to most these days is probably the opening: “America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing.”