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Everything The Beats Stood For Was The Opposite Of The Dominant Culture Today.

The Art Has To Make It On Its Own, Without Explanations, And It’s The Same For Poetry. If The Poem Or The Painting Has To Be Explained, Then It’s A Failure In Communication.

We Have Seen The Best Minds Of Our Generation Destroyed By Boredom At Poetry Readings.

Constantly Risking Absurdity And Death Whenever He Performs Above The Heads Of His Audience, The Poet, Like An Acrobat, Climbs On Rhyme To A High Wire Of His Own Making.

Our Government Is A Bird With Two Right Wings... They're Devoted To The Perpetuation & Spread Of Corporate Capitalism.