April 06

David won't read Howl

Joseph Dobkin

David won't read howl
But what does he know
He never piled up papers and spun
His head the way I do

He says he's gone this long without
Reading howl, he's not just gonna
Pick it up

Don't worry girls
Don't sing about David till he
Wakes up and listens

The best minds of his generation
Have read howl

The best minds of his generation
Are deep freezing in colleges and little towns and
Jumping off cliffs into water for

Why not

The best minds are out growing like flowers
If you want the truth
They're shedding their clothes in fountains
And riding their bikes in ferocious little circles
They're passing out full of painkillers and wine
They're passing out full of moonlight and
If you wake them they look at you gently
And add the final couplet to your day.