My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. Gregory Corso More Quotes by Gregory Corso More Quotes From Gregory Corso It is a great feeling to know that from a window I can go to books to cans of beer to past loves. And from these gather enough dream to sneak out a back door. Gregory Corso dream beer book Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power. Gregory Corso poetry power waiting Spirit is Life. It flows thru the death of me endlessly like a river unafraid of becoming the sea. Gregory Corso flow sea rivers If you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both. Gregory Corso two-things choices two They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me. Gregory Corso long-ago fall moving If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved. Gregory Corso saved poet believe The fall of man stands a lie before Beethoven, a truth before Hitler. Gregory Corso men lying fall Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs! Gregory Corso dictator bombs poet I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. Gregory Corso wise white hair But when the conquered spirit breaks free And indicates a new light Who'll take care of the cats? Gregory Corso perspective cat light it's just that I see love as odd as wearing shoes-- Gregory Corso girl mother love I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. Gregory Corso prison remember people I think of New York City lost in stars Gregory Corso stars new-york night O how terrible it must be for a young man-- Gregory Corso tea men thinking The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Gregory Corso crime judging said You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went. Gregory Corso sixth-grade grades highest I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant Gregory Corso life-is dream men The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. Gregory Corso italian lucky fighting I feel capitol punishment is dooming U.S.A. Gregory Corso capitol punishment feels a fat Reichian wife screeching over potatoes Get a job! Gregory Corso wife running jobs
