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Excerpt:
Syksy 65
Viesti jonka l�ysin kirjoitettuna yhdelle niist� muistilapuista joita saa kymmenell� sentill� Gussielta… Kirjoitin sen LSD-matkalla jokin aika sitten:
“Pikkulapset leikkiv�t marmorikuulilla siell� miss� oksat leikkaavat auringonpaisteen loistaviksi valons�teiksi… Haluan vain olla puhdas.”
L�ysin sen rypistettyn� n�ist� vanhoista housuista t�n� aamuna historian tunnilla. (Page 131)
From The Basketball Diaries, Penguin Edition (1987), pages 140-41.
Fall 1965
A note found on one of those little homework pads you cop for ten cents at Gussie’s . . . I wrote on an experience with L.S. D. a while ago:
“Little kids shoot marbles
where the branches break the sun
into graceful shafts of light . . .
I just want to be pure.”
I found it all crumbled up in these old pants in history class this morning.
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