Burroughs

        William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch is one of the most memorable reads from my youth. Surely, what drew me to read this book was the fact that it sat on my brother's desk for weeks until I grew curious enough to ask what it was about. He told me, "Drugs," so I read it. This does not take anything away from what an insightful and important piece of literature it is. It deals with an array of important societal issues including (what struck me most) at such a spongey, young age, internal and external power struggles.
        After reading the assigned interview with Burroughs I was delighted by some of his blunt responses. My favorite of these responses is where the interview asks Burroughs about whether or not he hates politicians. His response of. "I'm bored by politicians, is exactly what I find myself saying when engaged in political conversations (yipeeee)
       As for his "cut-up" poems, I could care less about the actual poems themselves. In theory, the idea behind these poems (similar to an artist's collage) is quite innovative, but actually sitting down and reading these poems does nothing for me.
       In honor of my feelings about these cut-up poems, I have decided to make a cut-up poem out of the interview we were assigned to read. Here it is:

coming in out
narcotics
photography
clockwork orange; adolescence
kafka
i thought it was very funny!

and acupuncture
decreased tolerance, lomotil
it is quite unpleasant


Thanks!

Doug