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Quote #38190

This is the end, the redemption from Wilderness, way for the Wonderer, House sought for All, black handkerchief washed clean by weeping.

Allen Ginsberg

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The line reads like a compressed, visionary benediction: an arrival at “the end” that is not mere termination but “redemption,” a passage out of spiritual desolation (“Wilderness”) toward shelter (“House sought for All”). Ginsberg’s diction fuses biblical-exodus resonance with Beat-era yearning for a communal refuge beyond alienation. The “Wonderer” (likely a purposeful misspelling of “wanderer”) suggests both the seeker who roams and the one who remains open to awe. The final image—“black handkerchief washed clean by weeping”—turns grief into purification: sorrow becomes a solvent that cleanses, implying catharsis and moral or spiritual renewal through honest lament.

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