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REDS by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: THERE ISN'T MUCH TO SAY TO MARXISTS IN NICARAGUA WITTH .45S
Last Line: PETER ORLOVSKY LAUGHED.
Subject(s): MOTION PICTURES; MOVIES; CINEMA;

There isn't much to say to Marxists in Nicaragua
with .45's
afraid of the U.S. Secretary of State, eating celery.
Back in New York, "we went to see a beautiful movie",
said Allen Ginsberg. "It made me cry."
I hadda loan him my big green handkerchief,
to blow his nose on!" Peter Orlovsky laughed



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