Xmas GiftDecember 24, 1972by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)I met Einstein in a dream Springtime on Princeton lawn grass I kneeled down & kissed his young thumb like a ruddy pope his face fresh broad cheeked rosy "I invented a universe separate, something like a Virgin"-- "Yes, the creature gives birth to itself," I quoted from Mescaline We sat down open air universal summer to eat lunch, professors' wives at the Tennis Court Club, our meeting eternal, as expected, my gesture to kiss his fist unexpectedly saintly considering the Atom Bomb I didn't mention.
Christmas Poems
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