ALLEN GINSBERG
Allen Ginsberg, small and wizened,
gray hair of head and face
flying out in all directions.
Allen Ginsberg, hand organ groaning,
sang off key,
“Lay down. Lay down yr. mountain.
Lay down God.”
Wrote it for Bob Dylan
on the Rolling Thunder Tour.
Allen Ginsberg, small and wizened
author of Kadish, Howl, and Mind Breaths,
but whose best poem was being
Allen Ginsberg, small, wizened,
gray hair of head and face
flying out in all directions.
—Dan Edwards