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Book of Dreams

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© 2001 by John Sapas and The Estae ofJack Kerouac Kerouac Introduction© 2001 by Robert Creeley

 Rights Reserved 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover photograph: 'ack Kerouac" © 1958 by Robert Fran, courtesy Pace/MacGil Gallery, New York Cover design Yolanda Montijo Typography Harvest Graphics Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pubcation Data Kerouac, Jack, 922969. Book of dreams   by Jack Kerouac p m ISBN 0872863608 1  Kerouac Kerouac,, Jack, 19221969Diaries 19221969Diaries 2 Autho A uthors, rs, American20th Amer ican20th centuryDia centu ryDiaries ries 3 Beat generation Diaries 4 Dreams I ite PS3521E735 Z484 2001 885403dc21

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 cod co d se seee hen geng h hir ir s s  og ogehe eherr he h orses redy redy eons ood. Moeny hey had rdden o he oen e en o o  o heir he ir ork nd  ond  yse yse sisiing ing on he gr gro ond nd ihh he chdren i chdren ho ere ere ying ying s s ae aess g nking nking ie hoses ho ses siing in a sc scaered aered ern ro rond nd e  s no ih i h he he s soneo soneone ne gh be ho h o a ass kng c r ree o o  he he   I sn here o each hen or o e he nyhing I sn  e y h  e e   ece ece        ere  ere oo oo a ace cedd s hey

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\ e s  y y on he he  o ond nd Wk kn n  hoh ho h he d dem em od o d ee o cce mysef s  chd o sy Vh h hechc  ce o ee n1 n1yy s so on n s sch ch s nh nh be be ce nd n n  Yes e nnby n1ch pn whfh confson of sef nd \h n ncesn o kee wh my f1ys needs I wen o see  sef dse n sch nes  Feudn sychs who Vs bou y e nd  coee  he nesy whee Ve boh woked.  oed hs ne n es  h? Acy he dd qe he cony nd heed e  o B he dd dme my s de whch  od hm qe ody hnkn  sowed h ho ecee nd wse I s eee enn wh whe e seen s een Af Afe e he hd sen  sened ed he s sdd  " Yo s s nee e wh wh  yo wn wn  B B I  m he 11ee wh es es ge e e I oned o    me m e wh   1   e es s  w whhy se hes e s hgy! "Who do yo hnk hey  e e he s s dd  "wh "whee ee do yo hnk hey  hey e b n yo hed hey e e  u one wy o nohe.  don hnk  ee od hn he second. Ae  h hes esee dems hen "ck ck  on onee  y o o  noh nohe e

s hs eodny book js he sme eeed eson nd e esons o ben wh ony  wkn enon of hemsee hemse ess ? s   s s he cse c se h h n n  whoe whoee e  n d he ee he my now be ee be  s s s s hes hs nme s n? A son fo o eneon ws Yess "In dems ben be n es eson onsb sb es es . . .  o o whch d nnoow dd he oe Robe Dncns sef cooy "Resonsby s he b  y o es eson ondd  Fo  ck ck esec es ecy y de des s we weee  e e kby kby sncn sn cn so soce ce nd e eso soo onn fo  hs fe fe s  w w e e nd fo  nd ny of  ohese As e s y   he wes n dme Cn  (eee Lees 95799 [New Yok kn Penn )

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ar Hal, hak or r o ogr r do 1y dra o ak g, oo ay or o, bu ud o, b  ad  al  ook o Dra1 u do ak d pracc o ug 1 or  da o kg oaday, d a kpg rack o rag rcurrc ad  a  dra1 o  1d. So ay ocao, mup. Fac, I lk o p o  ca u   ha appg  a bg ho. Popl ay  lp a hd o our l aay, hy I'd rahr dra1 ha  aoud blkly h bo  ral l. My da (lk your) ar aacally rl 1o o ha acually gog o yayFr Ohr drarcod kpr al g  po ko. aocao o dra1 ar clud ray road o g you o aor ocao ' ac Pop  dra ju adr ad adcap ad roo1 pac ad cy da c ack rouac Dra  b rcrdd a hy co1, poouy

Jck Jc kss eer ry y is isings ings ooff mnscr mnscri is s for for ossibe ossi be  bi bic c ion inriby noe he resen book For ee  eer o his if i fe-ong gen SSer eriing ng Lor Lordd  ded d ed Jnry 3 55 nd rien reios o he ccence of On he R refers o i s "Gr Bo Book ok o Dre Dres s (" ("nr nred ed in my os session) (eee ees 995 e York iking Pengi Peng in n   )  Per Perhs hs nos nos eng eng i s his h is e eer er o Mcom Mcom C oey oey he edi ed ior or  iking iki ng Press Press ho  ho s ny  ny o rrnge  rrnge for 01 he R bicion Coey hd been  signicn oe in he enie eniess  os idenied ih he e e ries ries nd he nned o do n inrodcion for he noe So Jck ries hi (Feb 4 5) Dar Malcol o g  ad o r  your o or  roduco

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() Tt s  "recording an el owever I ve to do it in  ecessrily irds-eye personal-view form of a leg  DULUOZ LEGEND to wic all nd wic is te te ooks eong except rst novel natrlistic ctionl Tow  City "D "Duloz uloz is Kerouac as you kow t migt note (2) We forgot to add BOOK O DREMS to te c plete list of works wic is a 300page tone of soe exceece spontaneosly ritten dreas soe of tem written i te peculiar drem-lanuage of alf awake in te morning If yo ave te te let e kno at you tink liter ryspiritually d ten professionaly of DESOLTON ANGELS ad if yo decide for tat or DOCTOR S as

or next ventur Hoping yore aving a peasant rest as ever Jack

Such en1hss s I e here n1y e see1 n1ore hn s necessry Wh fer  does hs curous dgresse end essy crcng nsseny reurnng cuser of bref nrres he o do V Vh h he " re boo boos s of Jc Kerou erouc c he noes e hn of s hs ser Vor? One execs  rer o he hs or her  Vn Vn reoc reoccu cuos os   n1e n1eo orr erh erhs s n cco ccoun un of so1e so1e exceon reon reon een een  coec coecon on of ess essys ys Bu hs dense obsessey deng coecon of "dren1s cn hrdy nd n  ce h 01 the Rd o r D x If h hee bou b ound ndry ry ooff nrr nrr e e he he sory s ory on onee hhoes oes o e e  n1us 1us of of nec necess essy nd    he uusu su 1 1s of co connsc sco ousness usness  or u n1ore cery be nded by our Vn undersndng he fc of h e hn Ve recognze nd no hen  beco1es  sory h  be rdoxcy foreer n  ar ardy dy f fu u " dre dre   c  c on h ony  n1 n1ng ng ne  nen non on

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as ad   k o ay  uc a day ord V os uo caacrs ad occaso c us us  aa ays   c ca a · or a V ko eray  c o ca  ay sse ay a  a fo rr Fd aso aks ufy ca s   ory aks ak s a uu  o  s s oo\\  sooe soo e   dos soh so h \V \ cao aca   ac ad  ad

c o ay bco ccusacs  r ukoy jus as  radr s s  a our sory bg No oy as ack eouacs  o oe ad a hs ha ac bu  ad aso o dco a aua or  a addrss ha \oud o dsac  foao  h fac o r So h rs o Fred  auory h beyod a ors for suc a drak Dm lyss s oly cdcodto plto (sch s cl  sybo dg wkin dy lik d with kn bcs winow t ock)--n nyss is oy  nsnnt o th yk n hs no v  spson s th ony v---Fnsn s  bg stp stkn wt css  cotons nst o th nys tos ssnt ssnt pnt pnt ty ty o  Essn E ssnc c 

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Thre is he dig ad aying of sond ers of he iia  iiarr ari aricc ars h " rd s snn o grade sch schoo oo he a av vys ys rsn r sn "S "Shr hrod odd d SSr rager ager  d hen he se sese se of  qqi ie e a  .erasie era sie resig of hings hings a frshness and an d innocen innoc ence ce"n "noo   aces y 

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So he aces of he noes and oe1s hei eans of escae and secing efge e he o b no he and sca sc aee is o sseq eqen enia ia oo ine ine Rahe Rah e ii 1 1o oes es as eahe conf co nfo oiinng e eei eiio ios s and nee nee enie en iey y anc an ci ied ed . Wh aeas ofe again and again hs nee  sin1e enion d e sie aica esons ho e sddeny hee ch ie he bbi i Cos Thuh h Lki   Gss hee is  cs of a aen en cha chaces ces  his 1oh 1ohe e sise sise fhe fhe his f iends s B  oghs nd Ginsbeg o1en ho e a  of he con  ny ny i so1e  bi bien en 1nne 1nne ec ec ing ing he he e e so aic a ic  ocions ocio ns h h  h hee  cios "ie achin ac hine e e eec ecas he ny  ny c ces es of o oe e he ens o in iniie nd n d o oded ih echoes ech oes So he "iny "iny  cone co ne of Moody S See ee beco be coes es  co n n1ee co n1eeing ing g goo nd no n o oy oy ffo o he cchidh hidhoo oodd conies coni es he ini inii iing ing f fend endss of c c ss if  ife-o e-obe be I  s so h ce hee den1s begin nd so hey en hee oe nd oe: Nobody's explaining the trip of the word to us but theres the spectra Riverside hiway oward goig as if God had bee a 1alicious creator of dyers ad suerers ad hopeess throatchok at ish bedazzed ces i this ipossibe bri iance heart  horror of te hoe o high-Gad I  w  wish ish I coud d ny way out of these dreas as ideaths begin ig to occupy y thoughts againStra j !

he "c  fond in hs boo s no  consisen o necess nec essy y ineged ineged esence  b his s no j s he es of his b eing so iosy io sy e e one oen  c hd d nne e  son en  sing sii sy o ese  s ong n kng  f see hoe. e s of necessi he i e he ny ny in one he    h bei being ng one is i s f co cose se no one "c hee s h e s he s he been ying in bed

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sleeing then cng ke to rite don ht his drem hd been be en  ee o oed ed the nn nng g slcing slci ng edge edge bbet eteen een con sciosness s its clled ndth dren-d sl on ls to ce bck to it. One tie hen  of s hd colected t Locke McCorkles hose in Mrin for ry Snyders freell  rty  he s s o the net net dy to to n ck nd  slslet et o ott t the to of the hil in sleeing bgs the cbin being fll of rents nd kids. I reeber hin king me momently the sn Vs  ith  gret shot (�re you pure?" "Thts like sk ing ter to be et  soeho nsered e lghed Dres re like asking water to be wet, hich i t is i s l lys ys nd foreer. Drems re here Wynken Blynken nd Nod stil set o to ech night n their onderflly thoghtess shoe. ch night they retrn to sh those niginbe deths nd distnces coon to l ho trst their lies beliee they re not ony their on nderstnding not jst sole fct of the conscios lterlizing orld. So ck listened nd belieed belieed:: All ght log ther ets they thre To dow the stars  the the skes tklg The rom caeoa the oode shoe, Brgg the shee hoe; Twas all so pretty a al t seeed As  t cod ot be Ad soe olks thoght twas a drea theyd draed O salg that batl sea Bt I shall ae yo the shee three:

Wk,

Bk, Ad Nd No go to slee.

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to' ote D ust b co s t co sontnous, wt Jc Kouc bout his Bo c Dram h ito's ob is v sotous, n s of th fct boo  nv liz nv   o f Dra, Jc Fo t 6 i it t Lights Lights ition of o f  Kouc t  nuscit bs on t n notboos h h b ig fo sv s is ubish, L L n nc c Fi Fingh ngh tti tti    s sl lction ction of  itt o o  th hlf of t ntis o isos to uc th nuscit to  siz tht th sl ss cou g hn Kouc hn coct thos slctions to x  fw toghicl os n to o o  o  l ss sstn sst n titic c chng ch ng th ns ns ooff in i n tibl sons ow h is th coplt boo  hv ttnpt to it  boo tt cts Koucs intntions.  ss tht Kouc wou hv wnt t cot nnuscit ub is  n is  is cc f fu u ing n th c osonnc osonnc s s   to ttst to tt wish  so ssun tt t nn chngs tht Kouc  fo th 9 ition sou b tn to t viousl unubish n unit sctions si

si tn on, of cous, with t ts  o icult b Kouc's on inconsistncis in nng On th ssub ub ct ct o n ns, s, t wis wis   wil sil ci t ctions in which th fos  ligt c  ss is o on on ss is vn on Wiin Buoughs is Bu bb; n An Ginsbg is win Gn hs  ubic  sons whos bioghis  nows connon cnc o,

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b e tte he  th th A en entt Ke Keo ocin will hve no tou be uing thei ecet ecoe ing to evel the e nne of  of the othe chcte who popute Keouc e ccount We hv hvee t tie ie to ffoow oow coe coe   pho photo toco copp of ofKe Keou ou c tpecipt (fuihe b Keouc ongtie gent Steing o) Wheeve poibe pecuiitie of the utho peig puctutio n pcing hve been etine An uge to coect obviou tpogphic eo w eite fo t eo (  ) Keouc h pe oppotunit to ne hi n coection in the ection choen fo publiction in th e t e i tion tionn n efine efine fom oing oi ng o o in mot ce ce  (2) n en ccount vht cou be oe expeive thn "e eo oip ip of the tongue o tpewite tpewite?? he ucipt of Keouc n Foewo Pefce n be of hcte hve not been foun he e pubihe hee  the wee in the 9 eition ecept fo the coection of two tpogphic eo in the pefce

n thi thi  unbige unbige eition the hpe of Book  Drem i cee hee the e intouction to the voge in the opening pge " cnt ee the en of it on l hoizon thi i the boo of e h boo then te the ee on n  n oe of Ke Keouc ou c no noctu ctun n wnei wneig g in e e ch ch of ove ventue  evetu fe hbo in tht onent whe the to cone to New ngn hunte houe of o white cce white pint with t tee of Nove Nov ebe be     It ii uch  ention n eniti eni tive ve n cchm hm ing G ing G en enie ie iint nte eiiggent em I woe u p mze      me Brook

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rr The reader should know that this is just a collection of dreams that I scribbled after I woke up from my sleep-They were all written spontaneously, nonstop, just like dream happen, sometimes written before I was even wide awake-The char acters that I've written about in my novels reappear in these dreams in weird new dream situations (check the Table of Characters on the next page) and they continue the same story which is the one story that I always write about. The heroes of "On the Road, "Te Subterraneans, etc reappear here doing further strange things for no other particular rea son than that the nd goes on, the brain rippes, the moon sinks, and everybody hides teir heads under pilows with

seepingcaps Good. And good because the fact that everybody in the word dreams every night ties al manknd together shal we say in one unspoken Unon and also proves that the word is realy transcendnta which the Communists do not believe because they think their dreams are "unrealities instead of visions of what they saw in their sleep So I dedicate this book of dreams to the roses of the unborn.

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