Apprendo da pop life, purtroppo in ritardo, che Peter Orlovsky è morto e subito penso a Hydrogen Jukebox di Philip Glass/Allen Ginsberg, per inciso uno dei cinque dischi che porterei sull'isola deserta e, sempre per inciso, opera di straordinaria attualità. Da riascoltare con cura e ripetutamente.
To P.O.
The whitewashed room,
of a third-rate Mohammedan hotel,
two beds, blurred fan
whirling over yr brown guitar,
knapsack open on floor, towel
hanging from chair, Orange Crush,
brown paper manuscript packages,
Tibetan tankas, Ghandi pajamas,
Ramakrishna Gospel, bright umbrella
a mess on a rickety wooden stand,
the yellow wall-bulb lights up
this scene Calcutta for the thirtieth night -
Come in the green door, long Western gold
hair plastered down your shoulders
from shower: "Did we take our pills
this week for malaria?" Happy birthday
dear Peter, your 29th year.
Calcutta, July 8, 1962
(Allen Ginsberg, To P.O., in Hydrogen Jukebox)
To P.O.
The whitewashed room,
of a third-rate Mohammedan hotel,
two beds, blurred fan
whirling over yr brown guitar,
knapsack open on floor, towel
hanging from chair, Orange Crush,
brown paper manuscript packages,
Tibetan tankas, Ghandi pajamas,
Ramakrishna Gospel, bright umbrella
a mess on a rickety wooden stand,
the yellow wall-bulb lights up
this scene Calcutta for the thirtieth night -
Come in the green door, long Western gold
hair plastered down your shoulders
from shower: "Did we take our pills
this week for malaria?" Happy birthday
dear Peter, your 29th year.
Calcutta, July 8, 1962
(Allen Ginsberg, To P.O., in Hydrogen Jukebox)
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