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Allen Ginsberg - Hum Bom!

I

Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!

Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!

What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?

What do we do?
You bomb! You bomb them!
What do we do?
You bomb! You bomb them!
What do we do?
We bomb! We bomb them!
What do we do?
We bomb! We bomb them!

Whom bomb?
We bomb you!
Whom bomb?
We bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!

                                        May 1971
                                        
II

Why bomb?
We don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
We don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
You don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
You don't want to bomb!

Who said bomb?
Who said we had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said we had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said you had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said you had to bomb?

We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!

                                        for Don Cherry and Elvin Jones
                                        New York, June 16, 1984

III

Armageddon did the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon did the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon does the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon does the job

Armageddon for the mob
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon for the mob
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog

Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog

Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog

Ginsberg says Gog & Magog
Armageddon did the job.

                                        February - June 1991

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Hum Bom! - Comments and Information

Poet: Allen Ginsberg
Poem: Hum Bom!
Volume: The Fall of America
Year: Published/Written in 1971

Comment 7 of 7, added on April 26th, 2013 at 4:48 AM.
Its always necessary keep your teeth clean

A tooth (plural teeth) is a small, calcified, whitish order ground in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and worn to defeat down food. Some animals, strikingly carnivores, also take teeth in behalf of hunting or for defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered by gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but to a certain extent of multiple tissues of varying density and hardness.

The ordinary structure of teeth is similar across the vertebrates, although there is respectable converting in their fabric and position. The teeth of mammals drink esoteric roots, and this figure is also create in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most teleost fish, manner, the teeth are attached to the outer surface of the bone, while in lizards they are attached to the inner come up of the jaw by a man side. In cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are joined beside tough ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that type the jaw.





ManteetleRima from Belarus
Comment 6 of 7, added on April 19th, 2013 at 1:13 PM.
Its always necessary keep your teeth clean

A tooth (plural teeth) is a small, calcified, whitish order ground in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and occupied to break down food. Some animals, strikingly carnivores, also use teeth for the purpose hunting or in place of defensive purposes. The roots of teeth are covered by gums. Teeth are not made of bone, but rather of multiple tissues of varying density and hardness.

The unrestricted structure of teeth is similar across the vertebrates, although there is of distinction modulation in their shape and position. The teeth of mammals have profound roots, and this decoration is also rest in some fish, and in crocodilians. In most teleost fish, manner, the teeth are attached to the outer outside of the bone, while in lizards they are fond of to the inner interface of the jaw by way of the same side. In cartilaginous fish, such as sharks, the teeth are attached beside tough ligaments to the hoops of cartilage that type the jaw.





Uncotoovefe from Micronesia
Comment 5 of 7, added on December 28th, 2011 at 9:00 AM.
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