It's also a reference to the opening line of Howl, of course: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179381 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179381 I don't k

It's also a reference to the opening line of Howl, of course: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179381 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179381 I don't know if that's what Jeff intended or not, but a lot of readers are going to have a strong association with the phrase "the best minds of my generation."