"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." Sorry, I just thought that was a great quote.

Anyway, after reading Ginsberg's crazy poem, I just think that there's so much to being a Beat, and Kerouac misses much of it. So, I think that Ginsberg wrote his poem to show how limitless the Beats are, how much they can do. It's important to note that Kerouac is "defining a generation," therefore sort of limiting it with the matter-of-fact tone, whereas Ginsberg "describes" his generation with endless phrases, showing how free they were. In addition, he demonstrates the madness in general, while Kerouac is more interested in the specific relationship between Dean and Sal.