Ginsberg, Forca, and Whitman: questioning

I saw A Supermarket in California as a critique of commercialism. Allen Ginsberg also used the poem to illustrate the ambiguity of his own sexuality. At first, I didn’t know too much about Garcia Lorca, but after some research, I found that he had a harsh struggle with concealing his homosexuality. Garcia Lorca was diagnosed as depressed in the late 20’s (it is speculated that this might be because of his ordeal with hiding his sexuality). The more famous that he became, the more difficult it was for him to hide his true self. In the case of Walt Whitman, he was more extroverted about his sexual orientation. Both Lorca and Whitman represent a form of Ginsberg himself: a man that is sexually ambiguous and authorial. These authors are torn between the line of being in the spotlight and being able to balance their private lives. Just as Ginsberg writes Supermarket mentioning Walt Whitman, Lorca once also did the same thing. Lorca’s admiration mirroring Ginsberg’s admiration for Walt Whitman presents a poignant message about their relationship: that Ginsberg does not wish to hide his life, and that he admires Walt Whitman’s openness. Supermarket goes from overtly sexual tones, using food as a metaphor for the audience’s sexuality. He critics American’s perception of sexuality by saying, “Whole families shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wives in the avocados! Babies in the tomatoes!” This section describes how the nuclear family is established, and how this societal pressure affects those that are not heterosexual to conform to the rest of the fruit in the grocery store. It continues to be very sexual when Ginsberg says things like, “Which way does your beard point tonight,” and “I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.”
When he writes to Whitman, he asks, “Will we walk all night through the solidarity streets?” in regard to sexuality. He wonders whether or not he will be able to stand proudly and openly instead of being confined to find clarity within his own solitude.