Hum Bom! - A poem by Allen Ginsberg


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Allen Ginsberg - Hum Bom!

I

Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!
Whom bomb?
We bomb them!

Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!

What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?
What do we do?
Who do we bomb?

What do we do?
You bomb! You bomb them!
What do we do?
You bomb! You bomb them!
What do we do?
We bomb! We bomb them!
What do we do?
We bomb! We bomb them!

Whom bomb?
We bomb you!
Whom bomb?
We bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!
Whom bomb?
You bomb you!

                                        May 1971
                                        
II

Why bomb?
We don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
We don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
You don't want to bomb!
Why bomb?
You don't want to bomb!

Who said bomb?
Who said we had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said we had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said you had to bomb?
Who said bomb?
Who said you had to bomb?

We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!
We don't bomb!

                                        for Don Cherry and Elvin Jones
                                        New York, June 16, 1984

III

Armageddon did the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon did the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon does the job
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon does the job

Armageddon for the mob
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Armageddon for the mob
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog

Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog & Magog Gog & Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog

Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog
Gog Magog Gog Magog

Ginsberg says Gog & Magog
Armageddon did the job.

                                        February - June 1991

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Poet: Allen Ginsberg Poem: Hum Bom! Volume: The Fall of America Year: Published/Written in 1971 Comment 2 of 2, added on June 2nd, 2006 at 9:41 PM. 4,270 people read this and only one "interesting"??? how sad: the bombs are still falling, 35 years later, just different bombs in different places, still rushing to Armeggedon at the end... bob magog from United States Comment 1 of 2, added on September 26th, 2005 at 1:34 PM. interesting... annonymus from Bosnia and Herzegovina More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Hum Bom!, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Allen Ginsberg with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Allen Ginsberg Poem: Hum Bom! Volume: The Fall of America Year: Published/Written in 1971 Last read: Jul 6 2008, 7:59AM Viewed 5521 times. Added on September 26th, 2005 at 1:34 PM.

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