And not every woman was delighted to once again be her husband's house servant. ... And the sense of power and freedom even menial jobs provided was not something many wanted to trade in for being cooped up in a split level tract house with only the companionship of a vacuum cleaner and a screaming five year old. ... In the "113th Chorus" of Mexico City Blues is a perfect explanation of this blissful void. ...

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And not every woman was delighted to once again be her husband's house servant. ... And the sense of power and freedom even menial jobs provided was not something many wanted to trade in for being cooped up in a split level tract house with only the companionship of a vacuum cleaner and a screaming five year old. ... In the "113th Chorus" of Mexico City Blues is a perfect explanation of this blissful void. ...

• Word Count: 1018
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Also with Diane di Prima he founded, in 1961 the American Theater for Poets, an experimental dramatic troupe which read the works of various poets and dramatist in local coffee houses. ... His poetry from that period contains such phrases as, "I got the extermination blues, jewboys."...

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• Grade Level: High School