"Howl" -- Allen Ginsberg

This poem, if you could call it a poem, was a very graphic representation of self-gratification and a euphoric way of life. Personally I found this to be very disturbing and I did not enjoy reading this at all. The whole point of this "poem" seems to be to talk about drugs, sex, alcohol, as well as many other socially disturbing ideas. I was also very irritated with the lack of grammar in this, considering the majority of the writing is a series of run-on sentences and fragments. It appears to me that this work was written mostly while the author was either high or drunk, and if I had to guess, I would say this author had some serious issues. Again, I was rather appalled by this reading and feel I would have been better off not having to read this.