IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

"Howl" would have been more appropriate.

I viewed "Please Master" similar as MS. It wasn't anything that was thought provoking to me. It was like when I went to the MOMA and there was a film of two naked people tossing a beach ball back and forth to each other. I would not call that art, I'd call it a bunch of nonsense and a waste of my time.

I hear ya. It's not a poem that I've felt inspired to read after the first time.

Back in the 60s when it was written, "Please Master" was way more shocking and unexpected than it would be if it were written in today's culture.

Ginsberg wasn't ashamed and hiding in the closet, obviously. I think he helped open the door for more writers, comedians, artists, and people in general to say "fuck it" to societal conformity and all-PC-all-the-time.

The impacts of some of his poems are greater than the content of them, IMO.