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would you say that "Howl" has any literary merit?
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Yes.
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And I presume you understand the whole thing, is that right?
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I hope so.
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It's not always easy to know that one
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understands exactly what a contemporary poet is saying,
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but I think I do.
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Well, let's go into some of this.
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"With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares,
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alcohol and cock and endless balls."
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What significance does that have to you?
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There are uprooted people wandering around the United States,