I hear all the latest hit tunes

Jean-Louis Kerouac,

 I hear all the latest hit tunes


1            somewhere in whatever neighborhood
2            there's
3            some guy
4            at 10:30 in the morning
5            sunday morning
6            monday morning
7            any morning


8            washing and polishing his
9            car
10          with the radio on
11          LOUD
12          so that the entire neighborhood
13          is compelled
14          to listen to the music
15          that he is
16          listening to
17          but it's all right
18          because we surely don't
19          want him to be bored out
20          there;
21          it's going to take him
22          hours.


23          they'd arrest a drunk or a
24          panhandler
25          as a
26          public nuisance
27          but this boy is a
28          respectable citizen
29          and it's the respectable
30          citizens



31          that our culture is built
32          upon
33          and whom
34          the music is written
35          for.


36          if I murdered him
37          no court in America would
38          forgive
39          my courage.


40          meanwhile
41          he circles his car
42          with the
43          hose plus
44          a bucket of
45          suds.


46          he's safe
47          he's fearless
48          look at him there
49          almost as handsome as that twittering
50          bluejay
51          and at least 4 women are
52          in love with
53          him and he
54          deserves them all
55          and I hope he
56          gets them all.


57          it's the only way we can
58          teach that
59          son-of-a-bitch what
60          suffering is.

1957

Now I'm going to West Beach with Orlovsky. He is starting to pester me.  But  he is my friend when I needed one.

Jack.