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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MULTIPLE IDENTITY QUESTIONNAIRE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm a jew? A nice jewish boy? Last Line: Mr. Sentient being! Absolutely empty neti neti identity, maya nobodaddy, / relative phantom nonentit Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Jews; Buddhism; Self; Identity; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men | |||
Nature empty, everything's pure; Naturally pure, that's what I am." I'm a jew? a nice Jewish boy? A flaky Buddhist, certainly Gay in fact pederast? I'm exaggerating? Not only queer an amateur S&M fan, someone should spank me for saying that Columbia Alumnus class of '48, Beat icon, students say. White, if jews are "white race" American by birth, passport, and residence Slavic heritage, mama from Vitebsk, father's forebears Grading in Kamenetz-Podolska near Lvov. I'm an intellectual! Anti-intellectual, anti-academic Distinguished Professor of English Brooklyn College, Manhattanite, Another middle class liberal, but lower class second generation immigrant, Upperclass, I own a condo loft, go to art gallery Buddhist Vernissage dinner parties with Niarchos, Rockefellers, and Luces Oh what a sissy, Professor Four-eyes, can't catch a baseball or drive a car-courageous Shambhala Graduate Warrior addressed as "Maestro" Milano, Venezia, Napoli Still student, chela, disciple, my guru Gelek Rinpoche, Senior Citizen, got Septuagenarian discount at Alfalfa's Healthfoods New York subway- Mr. Sentient Being!-Absolutely empty neti neti identity, Maya Nobo- daddy, relative phantom nonentity | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FEMALE MASCULINITY by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM THE ASS FESTIVAL by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM THE BOOK OF SCAPEGOATS by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM DOSSIER OF IRRETRIEVABLES by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM THIS ONE'S FOR YOU by JAN HELLER LEVI I KNOW MY HUSBAND'S BODY by TIMOTHY LIU |
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