kerouac
Jazz killed itself
But dont let poetry kill itself
Dont be afraid
of the cold night air
Dont listen to institutions
when you return manuscripts to
brownstone
dont bow & scuffle
for Edith Wharton pioneers
or ursula major nebraska prose
just hang in your own backyard
& laugh play pretty
cake trombone
& if somebody give you beads
juju, jew, or otherwise,
sleep with em around your neck
Your dreams'll maybe better
There's no rain
there's no me
I'm tellin ya man
sure as shit.
~Jack Kerouac
I cant remember the last time I wanted to know this much about anything! Last night Marcy and I watched the biography of Jack Kerouac.....It got me thinking about a lot of stuff.....I just want to read everything he's ever written.....Thomas Wolfe is the writer Kerouac posed himself after.....I want to read what hes written.....both of these authors have written mostly autobiographies....I need to read more of that sort of stuff so I know where to go with what I am writing.....I wish classes were in session right now.....I just want to learn all about the Beat Generation......im weird.....i used to get like this all the time.....wanted to know everything about every author.....read all their books....i got all these books that I wanted to read....and I never did....i have so much to read right now.....i have to finish invisible monsters and diary because they're interlibrary loan books....i just ordered the book that Korys currently reading.....the gospel according to jesus christ....normally I would never read anything with a title like that but because kory is reading it I know it has to be semi controversial in some way.....its not going to be like a second bible type....I checked out thomas wolfe's look homeward, angel......autobiography......pretty big....and everything else I have to read, I own, so I can take my time with all that.....I really hope this isnt something that goes away.....this is the reason I became an english major.....because I had this insatiable need for knowledge inside of me.....I just wanted to know about every kind of writing there was.....and then that need left for a long time.....hense the reason my grades were so poor this year....i just really want it to last....
After marcy and I watched the jack kerouac thing, we both said that we wanted to travel....just get up and travel.....dont worry about how we'd get money....or where we were going.....just go.....I remember when I read the beginning of on the road.....thats the impression it gave me....it made me want to drop out of college.....quit my job....sever all friendships and just go....go and find myself.....I knew I could never do that alone though....But im almost positive I could do that with Marcy.....her and I are very comfortable around each other.....and we're similar in the sense that we both want to go learn things....go see things....go see what is outside of pennsylvania.....just go....and not worry what is behind you.......not worry about anything....just do what you have to to get where you want to go......and thats all this thing is about...just going....going someplace you've never been before.....going someplace that you will be telling stories about for the rest of your life......going somewhere where you will learn something you never could have learned any other place....taking a trip of a lifetime....just packing your clothes in the car and going.....if my whole life didnt ride on this college thing....if I had parents to back me up....you bet your ass that I would be travelling right now.....maybe marcy and I will do this when we have some time off work.....and some money saved up....maybe we will have a few weeks off of work before the beginning of the semester.....maybe we will take a trip together that will stir jealousy in the minds of every person we tell....maybe we will take this trip over christmas vacation.....maybe......who knows.....who knows what greatness you are capable until you have accomplished it? And then even, is there still not more to be done? more to be seen? more to be thought? god damn im in a weird mood....but it certainly doesnt disagree with me....
But dont let poetry kill itself
Dont be afraid
of the cold night air
Dont listen to institutions
when you return manuscripts to
brownstone
dont bow & scuffle
for Edith Wharton pioneers
or ursula major nebraska prose
just hang in your own backyard
& laugh play pretty
cake trombone
& if somebody give you beads
juju, jew, or otherwise,
sleep with em around your neck
Your dreams'll maybe better
There's no rain
there's no me
I'm tellin ya man
sure as shit.
~Jack Kerouac
I cant remember the last time I wanted to know this much about anything! Last night Marcy and I watched the biography of Jack Kerouac.....It got me thinking about a lot of stuff.....I just want to read everything he's ever written.....Thomas Wolfe is the writer Kerouac posed himself after.....I want to read what hes written.....both of these authors have written mostly autobiographies....I need to read more of that sort of stuff so I know where to go with what I am writing.....I wish classes were in session right now.....I just want to learn all about the Beat Generation......im weird.....i used to get like this all the time.....wanted to know everything about every author.....read all their books....i got all these books that I wanted to read....and I never did....i have so much to read right now.....i have to finish invisible monsters and diary because they're interlibrary loan books....i just ordered the book that Korys currently reading.....the gospel according to jesus christ....normally I would never read anything with a title like that but because kory is reading it I know it has to be semi controversial in some way.....its not going to be like a second bible type....I checked out thomas wolfe's look homeward, angel......autobiography......pretty big....and everything else I have to read, I own, so I can take my time with all that.....I really hope this isnt something that goes away.....this is the reason I became an english major.....because I had this insatiable need for knowledge inside of me.....I just wanted to know about every kind of writing there was.....and then that need left for a long time.....hense the reason my grades were so poor this year....i just really want it to last....
After marcy and I watched the jack kerouac thing, we both said that we wanted to travel....just get up and travel.....dont worry about how we'd get money....or where we were going.....just go.....I remember when I read the beginning of on the road.....thats the impression it gave me....it made me want to drop out of college.....quit my job....sever all friendships and just go....go and find myself.....I knew I could never do that alone though....But im almost positive I could do that with Marcy.....her and I are very comfortable around each other.....and we're similar in the sense that we both want to go learn things....go see things....go see what is outside of pennsylvania.....just go....and not worry what is behind you.......not worry about anything....just do what you have to to get where you want to go......and thats all this thing is about...just going....going someplace you've never been before.....going someplace that you will be telling stories about for the rest of your life......going somewhere where you will learn something you never could have learned any other place....taking a trip of a lifetime....just packing your clothes in the car and going.....if my whole life didnt ride on this college thing....if I had parents to back me up....you bet your ass that I would be travelling right now.....maybe marcy and I will do this when we have some time off work.....and some money saved up....maybe we will have a few weeks off of work before the beginning of the semester.....maybe we will take a trip together that will stir jealousy in the minds of every person we tell....maybe we will take this trip over christmas vacation.....maybe......who knows.....who knows what greatness you are capable until you have accomplished it? And then even, is there still not more to be done? more to be seen? more to be thought? god damn im in a weird mood....but it certainly doesnt disagree with me....