Author: Kerouac, Jack, Albert Saijo and Lew Welch,
Title: Trip Trap: haiku along the Road from San Francisco to New York 1959 with recollection by Albert Saijo and Lew Welch.
Description: Bolinas, Grey Fox Press, (1973). Second Prtg. VG PB. Shsortly after we moved into Hyphen House we heard tat Jack was coming to San Frnacisco from Hollywod where he had appeared on. the Steve Allen Show. Then he was there in the kitchen seated at the rable iwth red Plaid hunting cap set back o his head and red check flannel shirt worn with tails out and dress slacks with creases gone, knowkdabout on hit sfee,k looking downhome and French Canadian. He was then at the height of his fame after On the Road, The Subterraneans, and The Dharma Bums. He looked tired and was drinkiing heavily na dhe appeared to be on a binge and deetermined to party on. Hw nwcwe lacked company. His celebrity drew company. Thsee was dicerse and sundry talk about politics and politicians, intricate rimes, talk of wars and panics, food, drink, clothes, beds, flowers, talk of women, relatives, home towns, travel, foreign cities, talk about movies and movie stars, about sors and champions of sport, gossip of th eliterary life, ghot stories, fables, riddles, jokes, talk of grammar, of origins, about what' real and what isn't and plain swap talk. We were with Jack most of he tiem. Went to the First Zen Institute for an evening service. By Lew Welch:We started for New York in my old jeep f or no reason. No reson to stay inSan Francisco, they fired me for eery rea sons after saying I was doing jut fine only tht morning. Trip Trap E'en lions look at me. Lew Welch Old men drive slowly backwards in Safeway Parking Lots.

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