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Patti Smith, Green Studio Portrait, 1976. Photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Photo via @pinterest “I thought of Thomas Paine‘s words: these are the times that try men’s souls. Outside, the rain ceased but high winds remained. And what was truth remained the truth. It was the last day of the year of the monkey and the golden cockerel was crowing, for the insufferable yellow-haired confidence man had been sworn in, with a Bible no less, and Moses and Jesus and Buddha and Mohamed seemed somewhere else entirely.” - Patti Smith, Year Of The Monkey @thisispattismith #pattismith #pattismithgroup #pattismithofficial #pattismithandherband #womenofthebeatgeneration #beatgeneration #punk #punkpoetry #beatpoetry #beatwomen #beatliterature #womenwritersofthebeatgeneration #womenartistsofthebeatgeneration #lynngoldsmith #lynngoldsmithphotography @lynngoldsmith #pattismithyearofthemonkey #yearofthemonkey