Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Read Funny Sad Letters

'..."I am Me," Ginsberg writes...'

Read Funny Sad Letters

of Kerouac, and of Ginsberg, who
goes from hating women to
liking them and everyone else --
Kerouac from liking women, though
fearing them also -- to hating women and
everyone else --
"I am Me," Ginsberg writes. "Me"
is feelings, in "belly and chest."
Head-thoughts Not-Me. "LUSH
kills feelings," Ginsberg writes to
Jack. Thus, "LUSH NOT GOOD." But
Kerouac stay LUSH ... Drink himself
to death ... Sad and dark.







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