At first read through it does seem like
Grinsberg is lamenting how drugs have been lamenting how drugs have
been ruining the lives of some of the people he considers the “best
minds of my generation.” Everything described in the poem seems to
support this, every action seems to be the work of drugged induced
hallucinogens. However look at part two and you see something
different, here Grinsberg is describing Moloch. Here Moloch is
“loveless”, “Mind [of] pure machinery”, with “blood running
of money.” This doesn't seem to describe drugs as evil at all, but
it does sound like a communist version (or at least a very left
leaning view) of Capitalism. Any thoughts?
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