What feeling or idea does Ginsberg express with this allusion to Walt Whitman?

Ginsberg’s allusion to Walt Whitman connects the two poets as observers who do not fit comfortably into mainstream society. In “A Supermarket in California,” Ginsberg imagines Whitman wandering with him through a modern supermarket, making them both seem out of step with its ordinary consumer culture. The allusion suggests they are outsiders, not that they are superior or literally running out of time.

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