Dear Mr. Ginsberg

Dear Mr. Ginsberg

 

Dear Allen,

May I call you,

Again,

Allen?

 

You answered me

When a student called

 

He was blown

away by your words

against authority.

You were polite,

asking “Please.”

Ironic.

 

You answered me, too

I think I know you

after sitting together

You,

blasting words of Plutonium,

wonder.

I wonder how to counter

Culture

of war, violence—

how to call it ignorance

 

You answered me

When another student heard you

Howl—

 

She needed you at

that

moment

of

time (to call her body her own).

 

 

Dear Allen,

May I call you Allen?

I feel like I know you, so I will call you again.