A Thanksgiving Prayer

heterosapien

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Nov 24, 1994, 4:18:33 PM11/24/94

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A Thanksgiving Prayer by William Burroughs
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Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons,
destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts.

Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum
of challenge and danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin
leaving the carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream, to vulgarize and falsify
until the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin' lawmen, feelin' their notches.

For decent church-goin' women, with their mean,
pinched, bitter, evil faces.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for prohibition and the war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to
mind their own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the memories -
all right let's see your arms!

You always were a headache and you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal
of the last and greatest of human dreams.

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to fear death is to misunderstand life

Nick Berzins

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Nov 25, 1994, 5:47:28 PM11/25/94

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Wierd, but the colonials have always been intelletually challanged
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Nick Berzins
Sabre Imaging
Tel: 0932 252782 Fax: 0932 252878

henri ennui

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Nov 26, 1994, 3:39:43 AM11/26/94

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In article <785803...@sabcomm.demon.co.uk>,
Nick Berzins <ni...@sabcomm.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Wierd, but the colonials have always been intelletually challanged

no punctuation, hideous orthography.

and speaking ill of burroughs as well.

ignorance _and_ arrogance. what a charming combination.

i suppose this is that excellent uk education they're always
yawping about.

he
[new record: five lines, containing a spelling and a punctuation
flame in the same line, an author flame, a sarcastic jibe,
and a nationality flame. that's good even for me.]

henri_ennui

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no punctuation, hideous orthography.

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In article <1707ADF72S...@ulkyvm.louisville.edu>,

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> In article <785803...@sabcomm.demon.co.uk>

> ni...@sabcomm.demon.co.uk (Nick Berzins) writes:
>Wierd, but the colonials have always been intelletually challanged

>Nick Berzins

Nick, you have an annoying habit of forgetting which country props up your
lame-assed island's economy. you're the fucking 51st state except that we
enjoy giving you less representation than Puerto Rico in Congress.

now go drink some of that crappy sludge you call beer and shut the fuck
up.

....tony...
yes, i had a bad evening last night