When The Light Appears
You'll bare your bones you'll grow you'll pray you'll only
When the light appears, boy, when the light
You'll sing & you'll love you'll praise blue heavens
When the light appears, boy, when the light
You'll whimper & you'll cry you'll get yourself sick and
You'll sleep & you'll dream you'll only know what you
When the light appears, boy, when the light
You'll come & you'll go, you'll wander to and
You'll go home in despair you'll wonder why'd you
You'll stammer & you'll lie you'll ask everybody
You'll cough and you'll pout you'll kick your toe with
You'll jump you'll shout you'll knock you're friends
You'll bawl and you'll deny & announce your eyes are
You'll roll and you'll rock you'll show your big hard
You'll love and you'll grieve & one day you'll come
As you whistle & you smile the lord made you
You'll preach and you'll glide on the pulpit in your
Sneak & slide across the stage like a river in high
You'll come fast or come on slow just the same you'll never
When the light appears, boy, when the light appears
Allen Ginsberg
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