CHRISTMAS BLUES of ALLEN GINSBERG

CHRISTMAS COME BACK
     NEW YORK CITY DIED LAST YEAR
NEW YORK COME BACK
     BIG CITY DIED LAST YEAR
DEAD ON HER BIG STONE FEET
     LIGHT BULBS SHED NO TEAR


O MISTER SANTA CLAUS
     HOW COME YA STILL COMMING ROUND
HISTORIC REINDEER
     FLYING THE SAME OLD GROUND
ANYWAY YOU PEOPLES
     SURE MAKE PRETTY SOUND

BRING ME A BIG MASS TRANSPORT
      GARBAGE (DISPOSAL) SYSTEM TOO
CLEAN MY POLICE FORCE
     SO MY BOY FRIENDS WONT SNIFF SO MUCH GLUE
& I'LL START GIVING PRESENTS
     & THANK YOU FOR COMMING IN BLUE 
 
LAST YEAR I THOUGHT
     I'LL NEVER LEAVE IN MANHATTAN ALIVE
YEAR BEFORE BROUGHT UP
      MY VOMIT ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE
NEXT YEAR I'LL BRING MY BEE HIVE

HONEY OH HONEY
     I KNOW MAKING NO SENSE
SWEET MOLASSES FORGIVE
     MY ANTI WAR GRUNTS
SUGAR BABY THIS CITY
     STOLE MY POETRY PANTS

MERRY CHRISTMASS
     DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH HARD DOPE
HAPPY NEW YEAR
     DON'T HANG YOURSELF WITH A ROPE
MANAHATTA REBORN
     AFTER WE GAVE UP ALL HOPE

RADIATOR COCKROACH
     WAVING YOUR HORNS AT THE WALL
WHAT'LL I FEED YOU
     I DON'T EAT MEAT AT ALL
GO TELL THE BEDBUG
     HE BETTER STAY OUT IN THE HALL  

Dec 1971



[copyright (c) 1972, 2012, Allen Ginsberg and Michael Andre for The Unmuzzled OX Foundation, Ltd.]