Allen Ginsberg

I'm a lover, but I'm not a philanderer.

I'm a husband, but I'm not a patriarch.

I'm a father, but I'm not a disciplinarian.

I'm a son, but I'm not a mama's boy.

I'm a brother, but I'm not a rival.

I'm a human being, but I'm not a robot.

I'm a soul, but I'm not a ghost.

I'm a spirit, but I'm not a phantom.

I'm an essence, but I'm not an apparition.

I'm a presence, but I'm not a specter.

I'm a being, but I'm not an entity.

I'm an existence, but I'm not a phenomenon.

I'm a reality, but I'm not an illusion.

I'm a truth, but I'm not a falsehood.

I'm a light, but I'm not a darkness.

The CIA is dope peddlers, murderers, and liars.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world.

I don’t think there’s any difference between the reality of the inner world and the outer world.

Politicians are ugly caricatures of the human spirit.