{"id":703,"date":"2004-11-25T07:42:42","date_gmt":"2004-11-25T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=703"},"modified":"2004-11-25T07:42:42","modified_gmt":"2004-11-25T11:42:42","slug":"thanksgiving-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"THANKSGIVING PRAYER"},"content":{"rendered":"

by William S. Burroughs
\n(hear<\/a> Burroughs read his poem)<\/p>\n

“To John Dillinger and I hope he is still alive.
\nThanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986.”<\/p>\n

Thanks for the wild turkey and
\nthe passenger pigeons, destined
\nto be shit out through wholesome
\nAmerican guts. <\/p>\n

Thanks for a continent to despoil
\nand poison. <\/p>\n

Thanks for Indians to provide a
\nmodicum of challenge and
\ndanger. <\/p>\n

Thanks for vast herds of bison to
\nkill and skin leaving the
\ncarcasses to rot. <\/p>\n

Thanks for bounties on wolves
\nand coyotes. <\/p>\n

Thanks for the American dream,
\nTo vulgarize and falsify until
\nthe bare lies shine through. <\/p>\n

Thanks for the KKK. <\/p>\n

For nigger-killin’ lawmen,
\nfeelin’ their notches. <\/p>\n

For decent church-goin’ women,
\nwith their mean, pinched, bitter,
\nevil faces. <\/p>\n

Thanks for “Kill a Queer for
\nChrist” stickers. <\/p>\n

Thanks for laboratory AIDS. <\/p>\n

Thanks for Prohibition and the
\nwar against drugs. <\/p>\n

Thanks for a country where
\nnobody’s allowed to mind his
\nown business. <\/p>\n

Thanks for a nation of finks. <\/p>\n

Yes, thanks for all the
\nmemories– all right let’s see
\nyour arms! <\/p>\n

You always were a headache and
\nyou always were a bore. <\/p>\n

Thanks for the last and greatest
\nbetrayal of the last and greatest
\nof human dreams.<\/p>\n

via<\/em> Fabio Girelli-Carasi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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