Q. And I presume you
understand the whole thing, is that right? Well, let's go into
some of this. You have the book there. Will you open to page 133? What are
"angelheaded hipsters?"
A. I would say characters of some kind of
celestial beauty like an angel; "hipsters" is part of the vernacular
today. I'm not sure I can translate it into any literal way, though.
Q. In other words, you
don't have to understand the words to - Skip down a couple
of lines there: "With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares, alcohol
and cock and endless balls." What significance does that have to you?
A. Well, there are
uprooted people wandering around the United States, dreaming, drugged - that's
clear isn't it? Even their waking hours like nightmares, loaded with liquor and
enjoying, I take it, a variety of indiscriminate sexual experience.
Q. Do you understand
some of these pages where there are just little dots in there?
A. I think I know the
words that were intended.
Q. Let's take page 135.
A. Yes.
Q. Fifth line up:
"Who let themselves be -" one, two, three, four, five, six dots - "in
the -" three dots - "by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with
joy." What does that mean?
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