My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets. Gregory Corso backfathergreenwich share on social
I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. Gregory Corso cellfastlearn Change image and share on social
My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. Gregory Corso armfatherhappen Change image and share on social
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that. Gregory Corso chaircloseelectric Change image and share on social
The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man. Gregory Corso aristocraticburroughsdig Change image and share on social