praised be wood, it is

praised be wood, it is milk

"Praised be man, he is existing in milk
and living in lilies -
And his violin music takes place in milk
and creamy emptiness -
Praised be the unfolded inside petal
flesh of tend'rest thought -
(petrels on the follying
wave-valleys idly
sing themselves asleep) -
Praised be delusion, the ripple -
Praised be the Holy Ocean of Eternity -
Praised be I, writing, dead already and
dead again -
Dipped in acid inkl
the flamd
of Tim
the Anglo Oglo Saxon Maneuvers
Of Old Poet-o's -

Praised be wood, it is milk -
Praised be Honey at the Source -
Praised be the embrace of soft sleep
- the valor of angels in valleys
of hell on earth below -
Praised be the Non ending -
Praised be the lights of earth-man -
Praised be the watchers -
Praised be my fellow man
For dwelling in milk"

-- jack kerouac, mexico city blues 228th chorus


I love these poems and love to hear him reading them... thanks greg s. for leaving that tape in my room back in 1986... I could not bring myself to return it. Pre-net days when i felt i would perhaps never be able to find it again. I love jack kerouac, let that be recorded in heaven's unchangeable heart...

Comments

[Kurt Milam]

Do you have any more information on this poem? I can only seem to find it referenced here and on a website for a band called Apollo 440.

I would be interested to know more about its provenance...

[badgerbag]

i think it might actually appear in "mexico city blues"

[natalia]

This is an interesting tidbit:
this is quoted wonderfully in Scorsese's Bob Dylan documentary with commentary by Bobby D. himself.

[Ahmer Khan]

this poem is also read out in the Documentary "No Direction Home" by martin scorcese.

[Paul]

Dipped in acid ink. Wow!