Dream Song 3: A Stimulant for an Old Beast

Read 'Dream Song 3: A Stimulant for an Old Beast' by 'John Berryman' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Dream Song 3: A Stimulant for an Old Beast by John Berryman

 Acacia, burnt myrrh, velvet, pricky stings.
-”I'm not so young but not so very old,
said screwed-up lovely 23.
A final sense of being right out in the cold,
unkissed.
(-”My psychiatrist can lick your psychiatrist.) Women get under 
 things.

All these old criminals sooner or later
have had it. I've been reading old journals.
Gottwald & Co., out of business now.
Thick chests quit. Double agent, Joe.
She holds her breath like a seal
and is whiter & smoother.

Rilke was a jerk.
I admit his griefs & music
& titled spelled all-disappointed ladies.
A threshold worse than the circles
where the vile settle & lurk,
Rilke's. As I said,-”

Form: Free verse

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