N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 2

JIM COHN

Written On Allen Ginsberg’s Birthday

Also born June 3: Curtis Mayfield, Jefferson Davis,

Josephine Baker, Tony Curtis, Raoul Dufy, Henry James

I would like to continue this presentation at a later date.

For now, I’ll end by saying I did not write as a corporation.

“Why do they always say ‘relax’

when something terrible

is about to happen?”

“I wrote like a gypsy.”

“I’m not interested in being a low-buy crystal pawn in anymore games.”

“If we haven’t seen each other for months, where have you been?”

“I’ve got to go to Paris.”

“But you said, “Marseille.”

“We got a little lost.”

“It sounds lonely.”

“I thought about you ever nanosecond you were gone.

“Do me a favor,” she said. “Don’t ever do that again.”

3 June 2012