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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?' by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: I WAS SHY AND TENDER AS A 10 YEAR OLD KID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
Last Line: SHE WAS NICE TO ME A SCARED GAY KID AT EASTSIDE HIGH , YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? / ALLEN GINSBERG
Subject(s): GAYS & LESBIANS; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Identity_Lessons/MnGXu0Y-wWkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ginsberg+%22I+was+shy+and+tender+as+a+10+year+old+kid,+you+know+what+I%27m+saying%3F%22&pg=PT370&printsec=frontcover



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