There can only be satisfaction in knowing that everyone plays a role and everything acts in perfect balance. Illusion is dangerous, ultimately poisonous. The blank infinity of dreams forever to be tempered with reality.
— Allen Ginsberg Modern

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Interview at Caffé Trieste, San Francisco

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Circa 1996 (interview published November 20, 2020)

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Philosophical

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