To paraphrase what Kerouac says in the first stanza of the “195th Chorus” his poetry is raw and unrefined (to those with a conventional mind set) but underneath there is still something of literary value. However, understanding Mexico City Blues can be extremely difficult. Kerouac’s ideas sometimes flow from one chorus into the next, and occasionally go off on tangents only to return to the original topic in a later chorus. These poetic jams …showed first 75 words of 1156 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1156 total…he does not need direction since he roams at his own discretion. The final stanza of this poetic jam brings everything together. It reveals that the “lowdown junky” is William S. Burroughs and that his "time-space travel ship" (opium) allowed him to be an "explorer of souls and cities." The stanza then goes on to offer some of Burroughs' “show” that was so good people would give up a good movie just to hear it.