HALLOWEEN

Anne Turyn took an earlier photo of Allen wearing the lone ranger mask. Then Allen gave me the mask. We were reading our poetry in Washington Square at the end of the 1982 Village Halloween Parade in support of Daniel Berrigan and the Plowshares 8.

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

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