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Thanksgiving Day, Nov 28,1986 first appeared in the chapbook Tornado Alley, with illustrations by S. Clay Wilson. Gus Van Sant then made a short fi...
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Thanksgiving Day, Nov 28,1986 first appeared in the chapbook Tornado Alley, with illustrations by S. Clay Wilson. Gus Van Sant then made a short film of Burroughs reading the text.
This poem resonates today as exposing what has gone horribly wrong in the USA, or maybe what has always been wrong.
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986
William S. Burroughs
For John Dillinger
In hope he is still alive
Thanks for the wild turkey and the Passenger Pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts
thanks for a Continent to despoil and poison
thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger
thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin, leaving the carcass to rot
thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes
thanks for the AMERICAN DREAM to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through
thanks for the KKK, for nigger-killing lawmen feeling their notches, for decent church-going women with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces
thanks for Kill a Queer for Christ stickers
thanks for laboratory AIDS
thanks for Prohibition and the War Against Drugs
thanks for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business
thanks for a nation of finks — yes,
thanks for all the memories all right, lets see your arms you always were a headache and you always were a bore
thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.
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From the new album "There Is No Enemy"
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Jason Ajemian and the High Life in Richmond, VA. Episode 01 of the video tour blog. This video is in no way associated with Miller or its affilia...
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Jason Ajemian and the High Life in Richmond, VA. Episode 01 of the video tour blog. This video is in no way associated with Miller or its affiliate companies. www.jasonajemian.com/highlife
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http://www.louisck.net
Standup comedian Louis C.K. is thinking about his future...
Starring Louis C.K. and Bobby Cannavale
Louis C.K.'s new series, "...
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http://www.louisck.net
Standup comedian Louis C.K. is thinking about his future...
Starring Louis C.K. and Bobby Cannavale
Louis C.K.'s new series, "Louie" will premiere on FX in March of 2010.
http://www.louisck.net
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November 19th 2009
Soda Bar
Seesaw Ensemble featuring Elliot Levin.
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