Gregory Corso

I think of New York City lost in stars forgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full; ↗

— Gregory Corso

#poet #poetry #love

I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#adopted #city #east #east side #eight

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#close #down #electric #exist #go

Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I'm a wealthy man. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#come #course #go #greenwich #greenwich village

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. ↗

— Gregory Corso

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