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Kerouac’s Pacific

January 6, 2011 by Steve Mentz Leave a Comment

A billion

years aint nothing —

…

These gentle tree pulp pages

which’ve nothing to do

with yr crash roar,

liar sea, ah,

were made for rock

tumble seabird digdown

footstep hollow weed

move bedarvaling

crash? Ah again?

Wine is salt here?

Tidal wave kitchen?

Engines of Russia

in yr soft talk —

from “Sea: Sounds of the Pacific Ocean at Big Sur” in Big Sur

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Steve Mentz
Professor of English
St. John’s University
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