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“Kill the Badger!” (An excerpt from William S. Burroughs’ novella The Cat Inside)

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Justin • Leave a comment

An excerpt from William S. Burroughs’ novella The Cat Inside… ****** At Los Alamos Ranch School, where they later made the atom bomb and couldn’t wait to drop it on the Yellow Peril, the boys are sitting on logs and rocks, eating some sort of food. There is a stream at the end of a … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Justin • Leave a comment

  A Thanksgiving Prayer 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 … Continue reading →

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