One time I thought she was trying to make me come lay her -- flirting to herself at sink -- lay back on huge bed that filled most of the room, dress up round her hips, big slash of hair...
— Allen Ginsberg Modern

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From 'Kaddish', recounting a disturbing perception of his mother's behavior during her mental illness

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1960

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Shocking

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