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A PROPHECY by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: O FUTURE BARDS / CHANT FROM SKULL TO HEART TO ASS
Last Line: To take me home
Subject(s): UNITED STATES; AMERICA;

O future bards
chant from skull to heart to ass
as long as language lasts
Vocalize all chords
zap all consciousness
I sing out of mind jail
in New York State
without electricity
rain on the mountain
thought fills cities
I'll leave my body
in a thin motel
my self escapes
through unborn ears
Not my language
but a voice
chanting in patterns
survives on earth
not history's bones
but vocal tones
Dear breaths and eyes
shine in the skies
where rockets rise
to take me home



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