thanksgiving_prayer
william s. borroughs
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
to
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
the
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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