I feel as if I am at a deadend and so I am finished.All spiritual facts I realizeare true but I never escapethe feeling of being closed inand the sordiness of self,the futility of self,the futility of all that Ihave seen and done and said.Maybe if I continued thingswould please me more but nowI have no hope and I am tired.
- Allen Ginsberg, Empty Mirror: Gates of Wrath (1947-1952).