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Gone Gone Gone
Gone Gone Gone

Gone Gone Gone

Date5/24/1997
MediumLetterpress on paper
DimensionsPaper Size: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Object numberUAC7452.03
DescriptionLetterpress printed poem by Allen Ginsberg, titled "Gone Gone Gone".

Gone Gone Gone

"The wan moon is sinking
under the white wave and
time is sinking with me, O!"
Robert Burns
yes it's gone gone gone
gone gone away
yes it's gone gone gone
gone gone away
yes it's gone gone gone
it's all gone away
gone gone gone
won't be back today
gone gone gone
just like yesterday
gone gone gone
isn't any more
gone to the other shore
gone gone gone
isn't any more
gone to the other shore
gone gone gone
it wasn't here to stay
yes it's gone gone gone
all gone out to play
yes it's gone gone gone
until another day
no one here to pray
gone gone gone
yak your life away
no promise to betray
gone gone gone
somebody else will pay
the national debt no way
gone gone gone
your furniture layaway
plan gone astray

gone gone gone
Where Alcatraz made hay
gone gone gone
Sunk in Baiae's Bay
yes it's gone gone gone
wallet and all you say
gone gone gone
so you can waive your pay
yes it's gone gone gone
gone last Saturday
yes it's gone gone gone
tommorow's another day
gone gone gone
bald & old & gray
yes it's gone gone gone
whitebeard & cold
yes it's gone gone gone
cashmere scarf & gold
yes it's gone gone gone
gone far far away
to the home of the brave
down into the grave
yes it's gone gone gone
moon beneath the wave
yes it's gone gone gone
so I end this song
yes this song is gone
gone to kick the gong
yes it's gone gone gone
No more right & wrong
yes it's gone gone gone
gone gone away

Published by The Alternative Press, The Final Issue Finally.
1965 - Mississippi
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