Kerouac's Ghost
i saw ol Jack's ghost
back in seventy-two,
taking one last trip
down the Great Highway,
headin for Big Sur
& the terrible surf
of old delirium tremors
& fog-bound nightmares.
ol Jack Duluoz,
beat rucksack
On his back,
dangling Saint Christopher
gleaming in the sad
moon-glow of
California autumn
Ol Jack,
still lost in America.
“Hey, Jack,
you Dharma
Angel-Headed
bum you,
you ol Mad Saint
of redbrick Lowell
& midnight freight Yards,
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poem by Terry L. Young
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