Rub that smog off the north pole, wipe up all the pipelines in alaska, rub a dub dub for rocky flats and los alamos, flush that sparkly cesium out of love canal in this excerpt, ginsberg uses repetition to reinforce his idea that • the world is in need of a good cleansing. • anything is possible with determination. • mankind should be more appreciative of nature. • manmade disasters are a result of modern technology.