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Thursday, May 20, 2010

desposition: a testimony concerning a sickness

I awoke from The Sickness at age fourty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness. I have no precise memory of writing the notes which have now been published under the title 'Naked Lunch'. The title was suggested by Jack Kerouac. I did not understand what the title meant until my recent recovery. The title means exactly what the words say: NAKED LUNCH - a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork.

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