When I was 19 and in my Beat worshipping, black turtleneck wearing phase I scrawled this in one of my journals. Though I've only retained my love of Ferlinghetti, it still holds true and is somewhat beautiful..


"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

-jack kerouac




(okay, I still wear the turtleneck sometimes...)

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I read this in college, too, and it still holds true for me, as well, and is beautiful.
Anonymous said…
I was into the Beats in high school. I even wrote a short story for my high school lit mag about a nudist colony inhabited by old beats. The town was called "Kirksy."