I saw the best minds of my generation
,
Who driving five-speed red coupe BMW down suburban streets, craved angry fix of carrot juice and latte . Hip-hop shysters of the Eternal Strip Mall . Who seeking redemption from daily turmoil
,
Who then meeting Veronica Incarnate [Web designer] from Sausolito - engaged , married and procreated. Who variable-rate mortgaged and over-leveraged
,
I saw the best minds of my generation
,
Who stock-optioned and 401K'd at a software
company ,
Who chanting mantras of Microchips and Mips
Who then later, after burn-out and spiritual
dissipation , ventured
pilgrimage to the Bodhisattva monastery
of
And , after 7 Day spiritual rebirth , returned to Palo Alto for Beta Test.
I saw the best minds of my generation
,
Drugstore terrorists of many suburban Guerilla campaigns. Who Prozac-numb and strung out on binary
incarnation of Kama Sutra ,
worshipped the golden Dharma Bull
Who naked in the limb of a 3 A.M. cocaine
binge ,
Who beholden to the four noble truths of
buy low , sell high ,
I saw the best minds of my generation ,
Who HBO'd and Cinemaxed in their door-manned
condominiums ,
made obscene proposals
to strange ladies
Who self-assured and arrogant ,
I saw the best minds of my generation ,
Zoot-suited gangster of the Franchise Convention . Who home-paged , e-mailed , buddy-listed
and cell-phoned ,
Who on the anniversary of their marriages
,
By Allen Ginsberg Copyrights©1999 Ja Uhm |