Beerspit Night and Cursing (49 page)

Kati…good nature
”: the Egyptian king’s aphorism is quoted at the beginning of Canto 93.

Artie Richer
: a poet and painter who contributed to
A&P
.

H.D.…godless place
”: from “Acon” and “Sea Heroes,” respectively.

Earth 2…Charles Somebody
”: a polemic entitled “In Defense of a Certain Type of Poetry, a Certain Type of Life, a Certain Type of Blood-Filled Creature Who Will Someday Die—.”

“
The human soul…from it
”: an English translation of the Latin epigraph to Canto 90 (625); see SM’s letter of 12 April 1966 and note.

Telo Rigido
: Italian: “with rigid javelin” (a sexual reference), from Canto 20 (91).

‘e forma di Filosophia’
: Italian: “is the form of philosophy,” form Canto 93 (646).

John Thomas
: a poet CB hung out with at the time. An avid drug user, Thomas introduced CB to yage and LSD. See his memoir
Bukowski in the Bathtub
, ed. Philomene Long (Raven, 1997).

Horse Vessell Song
: “The Horst Wessel Song” was a popular Nazi anthem.

Goring
: Hermann Göring, Hitler’s chief of the Luftwaffe; he committed suicide in jail in 1946.