Poets hitchhiking on the highway

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This poem, by Gregory Corso, deals with two poets in the middle of a discussion on conformity, and how society tries to swallow up the individual. "I told him the sky chases the sun" is the first example where this is presented. This is followed by "The ocean chases the fishes" then to show the merge of the individual into uniformity we see: "Suppose the strawberry were pushed into a mountain" After seeing the individual conforming against his will we see chaos in "The apple-cart like a broomstick-angel snaps &splinters old dutch shoes." Yet then we are presented with a chance to be freed "Lightning will strike the old oak and free the fumes!" Overall the poem deals with an individuals attempt to remain free from society, a common idea in the Beat Generation.