High School Confidential, Beat Poetess, "Tomorrow is a Drag" LBX

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Uploaded by on Jul 11, 2010

Philippa Fallon recites the greatest beat poem of them all from "High School Confidential." -1958. d. Jack Arnold. From letterboxed laserdisc.
That's Jackie "Uncle Fester" Coogan in the background on the ivories.
Transcription:
My Old man was a bread stasher all his life
He never got fat
He wound up with a used car, a 17 inch screen. Arthritis
Tomorrow is a drag, man
Tomorrow is a king sized bust
They cry put down pot Don't think a lot
For what?
Time, how Much and what to do with it
Sleep, man, and you might wake up digging the whole human race
Giving itself 3 days to get out
Tomorrow is a drag pops, the future is a flake
We cough blood on this earth
Now there's a race for space
We can cough blood on the moon, soon
Tomorrow is dragsville, cats
Tomorrow is king-sized drag
Tool a fast short
Swing with a gassy chick
Turn on to a 1000 joys
Smile on what happened, or check what's gonna happen
You'll miss what's happening
Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum
Tomorrow, Draaaaag

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  • Fantastic!

  • fantastic. Thanks for posting this

  • "Father was a saver all his life but never got much to show for it. They said stop getting high, but what to do with the time? Well you meditate & think; you might understand human desperation. Who cares about tomorrow? We can get to the moon But if we suffer here we'd suffer there too Who cares about tomorrow? Have fun and joy in the Present Moment If you reminisce about the Past, you'll miss what's going on Now Look inside Yourself & explore the Emptiness Let tomorrow take care of itself"
  • wo uncle fester's a reel kewl cat diggin on them ivory's baaaby!! yo...(didn't know he was like amadeus, man>:)...he's snot???

  • I love this film.

  • Why did I watch this???

  • so where did she end up?

  • Excellent! I really enjoyed this clip. Thanks for posting the prose too.  Jack Kerouac, anyone?

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