Ginsberg’s Howl can be turned into a strangled love song with some noun -> pronoun substitutions.
Original:
Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the
loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy
judger of men!
Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the
crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of
sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment!
Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stun-
ned governments!
Fake:
Her! Her! Nightmare of her! She the
loveless! Mental she! She the heavy
judger of men!
She the incomprehensible prison! She the
crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of
sorrows! She whose buildings are judgment!
She the vast stone of war! She the stun-
ned governments!
And, no it doesn’t make too much sense.
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