I like the image of The Old Man and the Sea, of striving and succeeding but finding that the success was ghost success. In other words, in the long run, after a certain age, the motives for success, pride or oppressing people or getting power.
Allen Ginsbergwho burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism
Allen GinsbergI heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?
Allen Ginsberg