Kidd becomes a prestigious figure in Bellona, through no particular merit of his own. Really, he just drifts passively through it all. But as the gossip flows, he finds himself acclaimed as a poet, credited with enormous sexual magnetism, recognized as the leader of a gang. His amnesia is his one great asset. For it frees him from the burden of goals and expectations.
All enterprise is futile.
Tomorrow will be no different from today. Dhalgren is a huge, beautiful paean to wasting time. There's nothing left to do, except fuck, fight, and party.