This poem alludes to the poet's persecution when the speaker notes that he is "followed in [his] imagination by [a] detective."
This poem alludes to the poet's persecution when the speaker notes that he is "followed in [his] imagination by [a] detective." The speaker of this work parenthetically confesses, "I touch your book and dream of our odysseyÂ…and feel absurd."  At the end of this poem, the speaker imagines his "courage-teacher" getting out on a "smoking bank" and watching Charon's boat disappear. This poem mourns the "lost America of love" and describes a "lonely old grubber" who asks "Are you my angel?" The speaker of this poem sees Garcia Lorca among the watermelons before seeing another poet "poking among the meats" and "eyeing the grocery boys." For 10 points, name this poem in which Allen Ginsberg imagines walking with Walt Whitman through the title store.
This poem alludes to the poet's persecution when the speaker notes that he is "followed in [his] imagination by [a] detective."
"A Supermarket in California"