Rivalerne Iggy og Allen

Jeg har set mindst én anmelder tolke disse linjer på Iggys "Gardenia" som som slet skjult ubeskedenhed:

Alone in the cheapo motel
By the highway to hell
America's greatest living poet
Was ogling you all night
You should be wearing the finest gown
But here you are now
Gas, food, lodging, poverty, misery
And gardenia
You could be burned at the stake
For all your mistakes, mistakes, mistakes

- men Iggy har forklaret, at det slet ikke er ham, der er Amerikas største, nulevende digter:

"I was in San Francisco, with Allen Ginsberg, and there was this black stripper, Gardenia. She was beautiful, a lot of body. We were both going after her but I ended up hooking. But she just wanted drugs at the end of the day. She was amazing ..."

Ginsberg har taget dette fine, fine, sjældent SØDE foto af Iggy i 1990: