My books piled up before me for my use waiting in space where I placed them, they haven't disappeared, time's left its remnants and qualities for me to use -- my words piled up, my texts, my manuscripts, my loves.
("Howl and Other Poems")
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Now mind is clear
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Lion that eats my mind now for a decade knowing only your hunger
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Your starved and ancient Presence O Lord I wait in my room at your
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