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Kill a Queer for Christ (William S Burroughs tribute) (1124 hits)

Category: Quotes & Stories -> Poetry

Rating: 1.33 on 20 reviews (Rate this item) (V)

Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (View user info) at 2004-11-06 00:18:33 EST

With Thanksgiving now approaching, and the political landscape in turmoil, I thought it was time to dust off the William S. Burroughs. For anyone who hasn't read or heard this, you may find it interesting. I highly recommend clicking the link and downloading the mp3. It is very poingant, at least I think so.

http://www.hiddencity.net/misc/WilliamSBurroughs_AThanksgivingPrayer.mp3

Thanksgiving Prayer - William S Burroughs
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"For John Dillenger. And I hope he's still alive. Thanksgiving Day, November 28th 1986."

Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts.

Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream, To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin' lawmen, feelin' their notches.

For decent church-goin' women, with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind the own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the memories-- all right let's see your arms!

You always were a headache and you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.

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User Reviews

Submitted by ETS (user info) at 2004-11-06 21:03:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 0

Somebody needs a HUG!

Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-11-06 13:48:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2

Man William Burroughs is pretty fucking good. I love the beat generation, from Jack Kerouac to Neal Cassidy to William S Burroughs to Allen Ginsburg to Ken Kasey. Good taste in literature. I've yet to read Naked Lunch or Junkie, two of Burroughs best works, but I read Cities of The Red Night and was impressed by his writing style(the actual plot and story are a little to bizzare for me though, I prefer non-fiction or fiction closely related to reality.) Then again, what do you expect from a homosexual and heroin addict, two highly taboo lifestyles of the 50's, to act like? Truely a literary genius.

Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2004-11-06 11:48:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2

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Submitted by bart <bart.at.cilfone.com> at 2004-11-06 06:11:16 EST (#)
Ranking: -2

And then...this one time at band camp...I fucked this kid named Brad Linzy right in his super dilated asshole. He bled to death from his injuries. I celebrated by drinking a 12 pack of beer and smashing the bottles upon his head.

THE END

Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-06 05:59:18 EST (#)
Ranking: -2

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Submitted by DyingBreed (user info) at 2004-11-06 05:36:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2

that shit is still funny. i remember hearing it for the first time and laughing my ass off. when was that? 94' or some shit? anyway, great link

Submitted by FuckTheArmy (user info) at 2004-11-06 01:14:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2

I know it's borrowed but it still rocks.

Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2004-11-06 01:13:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2

I almost gave you a -2, because you're on the front page twice. But props to Burroughs.