1972. A diatribe by Ginsberg against the war in Vietnam and against the re-election of Richard Nixon. Four pages (plus several words on the back of one page), approximately 250 words total plus several lists of numbers (of wounded, dead, refugees, etc.). Typed on the first page: "Horrible War In Indochina Bombtonnage Billions Spent Deaths Wounds Refugees Ecologic Damage." The rest is handwritten by Ginsberg. In part: "Pin this on your wall. [Wake up! Wake up! (crossed out).] Vote for Mass Murder? Electronic Automated Battlefield against Oriental Human Beings? This is Nixon's War: $60 Billion Bombs. Your call??? Is This Our Prosperity??? ... Everybody's sleepwalking into Nixon's Hypnosis Victory ... A dope dealing, murdering, robotized military bureaucracy out of control dominating America sucking it dry & wrecking the last hopes of the civilized world. Don't be crazy! Don't let Nixon get back in the White House and assassinate Indochina another half decade. Get out there and vote! Get your ass boogying to the rescue of your Indochine Brothers in the Polling Booth. Wake Up! Wake Up! A Ah Sha Sa Ma Ha." Ginsberg continues with notes on reading a September 25th New York Times article about the increasingly tight rule of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, and a full page of tabulations of the dead, the wounded and the refugees, by nationality, and he ends with a calculation of tons of bombs per minute (after a bit of math in which he incorrectly calculates the number of minutes in a day). The pages are unsigned; a similar (but much shorter) "Open Letter" by Ginsberg from the same time period was provided to logosjournal.com by Bill Morgan, Ginsberg's archivist. Very slight wear to the top edges; else fine. Unique. [#027613] SOLD