What if someone gave a war & Nobody came?
Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself again.

Allen Ginsberg

Graffiti 12th Cubicle Men's Room Syracuse Airport

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Anti-war War

Author

Allen Ginsberg

Source

Graffiti 12th Cubicle Men's Room Syracuse Airport

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Ginsberg, Allen. "Graffiti 12th Cubicle Men's Room Syracuse Airport." The Fall of America: Poems of These States. City Lights Bookstore, 1973.

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