ALLEN GINSBERG WEARS KHAKIS

1994

 

I saw it

in a GAP

ad in Interview Magazine.

"Picture it:

you're sitting on the floor

Indian style,

surrounding you are piles

of old books.

(We'll even

let you choose

the authors.)

At your fingertips sits

an antique typewriter.

(Maybe we can use yours.)

You're wearing

the traditional

uniform of beatnik

poets -- literary

spectacles, the classic

GAP T-,

a rugged tweed jacket,

and of course --

khaki pants.

At the bottom of the page,

we see

in elegant black letters,

'ALLEN GINSBERG WEARS KHAKIS

1994.'

So, what do you think,

Allen?"

 

 

Penya Sandor

What it Means to Be Quirky