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" What’s sacred when the Thing is all the universe?
creeps to every soul like a vampire-organ singing behind
moonlit clouds —
poor being come squat
under bearded stars in a dark field in Peru
to drop my load — I’ll die in horror that I die!
Not dams or pyramids but death, and we to prepare for that
nakedness, poor bones sucked dry by His long mouth
of ants and wind, & our souls murdered to prepare
His Perfection!
The moment’s come, He’s made His will revealed forever
and no flight into old Being further than the stars will not
find terminal in the same dark swaying port
of unbearable music
No refuge in Myself, which is on fire
or in the World which is His also to bomb & Devour!
Recognize His might! Loose hold
of my hands — my frightened skull
— for I had chose self-love —
my eyes, my nose, my face, my cock, my soul — and now
the faceless Destroyer!
A billion doors to the same new Being!
The universe turns inside out to devour me!
and the mighty burst of music comes from out the inhuman
door — "

Allen Ginsberg , Kaddish and Other Poems


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Allen Ginsberg quote : What’s sacred when the Thing is all the universe?<br />creeps to every soul like a vampire-organ singing behind<br />moonlit clouds —<br />poor being come squat<br />under bearded stars in a dark field in Peru<br />to drop my load — I’ll die in horror that I die!<br />Not dams or pyramids but death, and we to prepare for that<br />nakedness, poor bones sucked dry by His long mouth<br />of ants and wind, & our souls murdered to prepare<br />His Perfection!<br />The moment’s come, He’s made His will revealed forever<br />and no flight into old Being further than the stars will not<br />find terminal in the same dark swaying port<br />of unbearable music<br />No refuge in Myself, which is on fire<br />or in the World which is His also to bomb & Devour!<br />Recognize His might! Loose hold<br />of my hands — my frightened skull<br />— for I had chose self-love — <br />my eyes, my nose, my face, my cock, my soul — and now<br />the faceless Destroyer!<br />A billion doors to the same new Being!<br />The universe turns inside out to devour me!<br />and the mighty burst of music comes from out the inhuman<br />door —