Boris Johnson

Eccentric British PM

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Sayings by Boris Johnson

I didn't foresee what you felt—what more hideous gape of bad mouth came first—to you—and were you prepared? To go where? In that Dark—that—in that God? a radiance? A Lord in the Void? Like an eye in the black cloud in a dream? Adonoi at last, with you? Beyond my remembrance! Incapable to guess!

1961 — Kaddish
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The key is in the window, the key is in the sunlight at the window—I have the key—Get married Allen don't take drugs—the key is in the bars, in the sunlight in the window.

1961 — Kaddish (from his mother Naomi's 'strange prophecies')
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Magnified Lauded Exalted the Name of the Holy One Blessed is He! In the house in Newark Blessed is He! In the madhouse Blessed is He! In the house of Death Blessed is He! Blessed be He in homosexuality! Blessed be He in Paranoia! Blessed be He in the city! Blessed be He in the Book! Blessed be He who dwells in the shadow! Blessed be He! Blessed be He! Blessed be you Naomi in tears! Blessed be you Naomi in fears!

1961 — Kaddish
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I'm sick of your insane demands. When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?

1956 / 1986 — America (poem) / WFCR Radio Interview
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America I've given you all and now I'm nothing. America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17, 1956. I can't stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war?

1956 — America (poem)
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America when will you be angelic? When will you take off your clothes? When will you look at yourself through the grave? When will you be worthy of your million Trotskyites? America why are your libraries full of tears?

1956 — America (poem)
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I used to be a communist when I was a kid I'm not sorry. I smoke marijuana every chance I get.

1956 — America (poem)
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I don't feel good don't bother me. I won't write my poem till I'm in my right mind.

1956 — America (poem)
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