{Louanne Henderson ~ Marylou}

Uma vez descrita por Jack Kerouac como “ uma ninfeta de cabelos sujos, longos e loiros”, era a noiva de 16 anos de Neal Cassady, quem ele deixou por Carolyn. Neal tinha visto os lindos cachos de Louanne numa farmácia e anunciou: “Essa é a garota com que vou casar”. Um mês depois- ele casou-se numa terrível nevasca antes do Natal. Eles decidiram ter a lua de mel na estrada e dirigiram-se para New York num carro roubado com poucas roupas, um volume de Shakeaspeare, e um de Proust “O tempo redescoberto”. Louanne era aventureira como Neal, o personagem da garota em On The Road é baseado nela. 

(Fonte: on the road blog)

{LOUANNE}

We're on the road

We know where to go, we know

We know who to trust in

You were howling naked, howling naked

Last night

Do you know your road

Sailing in a sad little boat

An old south story ends

But you don't know where your heart belongs

"I was lost when you met me last night

You said you love but you don't know why

Because they call me when they're feeling bored

You're the only don't think I'm a teenage whore"

It's on the road

You throw your sins in the window

In the window

In the window

Only we know

Where we shall go

Only we know

Where we shall go

{BACKSEAT}

I saw you cry

Thinking about the life

Feeling bad for not forget

What you did last night

I like to think

That wasn't just a wink

That burned inside a spark of love

Then put out with the words you told

To make me know there was not hope

In the backseat

It's all right

Hold my hand and watch the night

Nevermind

In the night

Our love died

You were wrong and I was right

Wasting time

We forget and nevermind

When it died

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* Poemas em homenagem a Louanne Henderson, que junto com Neal Cassady e Jack Kerouac marcaram não só um momento revolucionário na literatura (o movimento beat) mas fizeram suas vidas pedaços de uma eterna estrada.