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Originally Posted by Sordid Sentinel

Hi guys,

I was just wondering...some of you might know Allen Ginsberg much better than I do, so do you know the work (or poems) that is (are) referred to in Hits of Sunshine?

Is it like a vague tribute to him or rather something more "intertextual"????

Thanks in advance!

Sord. Sent.

The line "John's reflection decried perfection" could be a reference to Jack Kerouac, one of Ginsberg's peers and a close friend throughout his life. Ginsberg's poem Sunflower Sutra contains some text and imagery similar to Hits of Sunshine, and Kerouac features prominently in it.

The "conflicted goddess" in the lyrics could also refer to Ginsberg's mother, who ended up in a psychiatric hospital and was eventually lobotomized.