Allen Ginsberg:

The anxiety was directly traceable to fear of being apprehended and treated as a deviant criminal; put thru the hassle of social disapproval, ignominious Kafkian tremblings in vast court buildings coming to be judged, the helplessness of being overwhelmed by force or threat of deadly force and put in brick & iron cell.

— Allen Ginsberg Modern

Howl, Beat poet

Context

From 'The Great Marijuana Hoax', describing paranoia associated with marijuana use due to legal risks

Date / Period

1966

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