Decoration

“Come face to face with
the lonely grave now,
beyond it is Heaven
– the lonely hole you’ll
lie in is the only hole
you’ll have – round it
God has woven golden
 rewards the Fabric
    of His Glory –
 My father only now
is blinking his eyes on
the other side of Light –
       Jesus loved the
Individual –
      America is Decoration
Now – planted palms in
  San Jose –”

Kerouac, Jack. « NOTES ON THE MILLENIUM OF THE HIP FELLAHEEN Oct. 1952, Calif. », Book of sketches. Penguin Books, 1952-1953, New York. Pages 178-179.