"Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!"

Allen Ginsberg was a countercultural figure that thought highly in cost-free expression and uniqueness. In this quote, he seems to be revealing his antipathy for democracy, which he sees as a hollow, superficial idea. He dismisses it as if it were an out-of-date style accessory that he finds ridiculously unnecessary to his very own existence. The use of a feather boa, an icon of frivolity as well as decadent luxury, highlights the witticism and also paradox had in the statement. Ginsberg's being rejected of mainstream concepts as well as worths is a characteristic of his poetry as well as his life.