TEARS

Tears

I`m crying all the time now.

I cried all over the street when I left the Seattle Wobbly Hall.

I cried listening to Bach.

I cried looking at the happy flowers in my backyard, I cried at

                     the sadness of the middle-aged trees.

Happiness exists I feel it.

I cried for my soul, I cried for the world`s soul.

The world has a beautiful soul.

God appearing to be seen and cried over. Overflowing heart of

                    Paterson.

Allen Ginsberg, 1956

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), amerikansk beatpoet med jødisk bakgrunn. Paterson i New Jersey var heimbyen hans.