[Kerouac] The stars in the sky In vain The tragedy of Hamlet In vain The key in the lock In vain The sleeping mother In vain The lamp in the corner In vain The lamp in the corner unlit In vain Abraham Lincoln In vain The Aztec empire
In vain The writing hand: in vain [The shoetrees in the shoes In vain The windowshade string upon the hand bible In vain— The glitter of the greengla** ashtray In vain The bear in the woods In vain The Life of Buddha In vain]