ties the Russians and Chinese would inevitably inflict, and is recentered on the ones America has already inflicted. He comments (P-M 370):That no good. Ugh. Him make Indians learn read. Him need big black niggers. Hah. Her make us all work sixteen hours a day. Help.America this is quite serious.America this is the impression I get from looking in the television set.The fear instilled into the American hearts was that the Communists would change their way of life and take away their freedom, but many either ignored, or denied, the fact that these atrocities had already happened once before: here in America. In Ginsberg's last criticism he plainly asks, "America is this correct?" (P-M 370)Ginsberg doesn't answer this question directly, but he alludes to his future when he says, "I'd better get down to the job." (P-M 370) He then professes that he isn't fit out for the army, or making precision parts, so the reader is left to ponder what direction Ginsberg will take. Based upon his later work, it is clear that he chose the path of greatest resistance, yet he remained true to form his entire career. Always having to have the last word, Ginsberg wraps up "America" by stating proudly he is "putting (his) queer shoulder to the wheel." (P-M 370) He has accepted only his version of America and has exposed the other America for the fraud it was. He was brutally honest and spared no feelings. His words were brave and meaningful, with irony and cynicism woven into the pattern of razor-sharp criticism. America could never be the same again. Allen Ginsberg had slaughtered the scared cows. ...
