"Before I Forget"

There's a 1994 Allen Ginsberg poem -- which is to say, one he wrote toward the end of his life -- that describes in tender but unflinching detail the day-to-day routine of living inside an aging body. The poem, called "Tuesday Morn," begins with the lines "Waking with aching back at base of spine, walked stiffly to kitchen toilet to pee,/ more limber returned to unmade bed, sat to write,… » Full Story on Salon.com