Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs was possessed by genius
founding member of the Beat Generation
1st novel was Junkie
hipster subculture sweeping the nation

After WWII morphine was his choice drug
Greenwich Village heroin was sold
became an addict for the rest of his life
shooting up till he was 83 years old

In 1951 drunk in Mexico City
time for the "William Tell Act"
highball glass on his wife's head
gun shot murder, that's a fact

Naked Lunch was his biggest seller
a series of loosely connected vignettes
highly controversial due to obscenities
Burroughs pushed forward, no regrets

His legacy is impressive
writers, artists and musicians
had a role in Drugstore Cowboy
opposite of actor Matt Dillion