When The Light Appears

You'll bare your bones you'll grow you'll pray you'll only know

When the light appears, boy, when the light appears

You'll sing & you'll love you'll praise blue heavens above

When the light appears, boy, when the light appears

You'll whimper & you'll cry you'll get yourself sick and sigh

You'll sleep & you'll dream you'll only know what you mean

When the light appears, boy, when the light appears

You'll come & you'll go, you'll wander to and fro

You'll go home in despair you'll wonder why'd you care

You'll stammer & you'll lie you'll ask everybody why

You'll cough and you'll pout you'll kick your toe with gout

You'll jump you'll shout you'll knock you're friends about

You'll bawl and you'll deny & announce your eyes are dry

You'll roll and you'll rock you'll show your big hard cock

You'll love and you'll grieve & one day you'll come believe

As you whistle & you smile the lord made you worthwhile

You'll preach and you'll glide on the pulpit in your pride

Sneak & slide across the stage like a river in high tide

You'll come fast or come on slow just the same you'll never know

When the light appears, boy, when the light appears

 

by Allen Ginsberg

 

 

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