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Time article on Allen Ginsberg titled "Holy the Bop Apocalypse!". I presume that was a saying/title of his. How does it parse, tho? That "the" is throwing me all off.

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Parse?? Ginsberg??You can have anything you want but you can't necessarily have any combination of things you want. Ginsberg and parse are mutually exclusive.

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http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/lyrics/spell.htmHoly Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cassady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy...

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For comparison, though, consider this old translation of Silent Night.http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/silent_night_holy_night-5.htmStill the night, Holy the night,Sleeps the...

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Now that I read that, I must say, it's the "Bop", not the "the" which is the problem. "Holy the Apocalypse" could reasonably be taken to mean "Holy is the Apocalypse" in the above."Bop", tho....EDIT:...

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Bop is short for bebop, an offshoot of jazz.

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