Carl Solomon! I’m with you in Rockland where you’re madder than I am I’m with you in Rockland where we wake up electrified out of the coma by our own souls’ airplanes roaring over the roof they’ve come to drop angelic bombs the hospital illuminates itself imaginary walls collapse O skinny legions run outside O starry-spangled shock of mercy the eternal war is here O victory forget your underwear we’re free (from “Howl”) • Carl Solomon was born this day in 1930 in the Bronx. He would have been 90. It was Carl who got William Burroughs’ Junkie first published, the same year this photo was taken, 1953. (Photo: Carl Solomon, in his Prince Street apartment, NYC 1953, snapped by Allen) #carlsolomon #allenginsberg # beat generation #williamsburroughs #junkie #acebooks #mishapsperhaps #moremishaps (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Xz5Kqh-u-/?igshid=g8b5jdtmpjbw