mardi 2 mars 2010

The Ballad of the Skeletons (1995), ALLEN GINSBERG

Said the Presidential Skeleton
I won't sign the bill
Said the Speaker Skeleton
Yes you will

Said the Representative Skeleton
I object
Said the Supreme Court Skeleton
Whaddya Expect

Said the Military Skeleton
Buy Star Bombs
Said the Upperclass Skeleton
Starve unmarried moms

Said the Yahoo Skeleton
Stop dirty art
Said the Right Wing Skeleton
Forget about your heart

Said the Gnostic Skeleton
The Human Form's divine
Said the Moral Majority Skeleton
No it's not it's mine

Said the Buddha Skeleton
Compassion is wealth
Said the Corporate Skeleton
It's bad for your health

(...)
Said the Homophobe Skeleton
Gay folk suck
Said the Heritage Policy Skeleton
Blacks're outa luck

Said the Macho Skeleton
Women in their place
Said the Fundamentalist Skeleton
Increase human race

(...)
Said the Downsized Skeleton
Robots got my job
Said the Tough-on-Crime Skeleton
Tear gas mob

(...)
Said the Neo Conservative Skeleton
Homeless off the street !
Said the Free Market Skeleton
Use'em up for meat

Said the Think Tank Skeleton
Free Market's the way
Said the Savings & Loan Skeleton
Make the State pay

(...)
Said the Ecologic Skeleton
Keep skies blue
Said the Multinational Skeleton
What's it worth to you ?

Said the NAFTA Skeleton
Get rich, free trade
Said the Maquiladora Skeleton
Sweat shops, low paid

Said the rich GATT Skeleton
One world, high tech
Said the Underclass Skeleton
Get it in the neck

Said the World Bank Skeleton
Cut down your trees
Said the I.M.F. Skeleton
Buy American cheese

Said the Underdeveloped Skeleton
We want rice
Said Developed Nations' Skeleton
Sell your bones for dice

Said the Ayatollah Skeleton
Die writer die
Said Joe Stalin's Skeleton
That's no lie

Said the Middle Kingdom Skeleton
We swallowed Tibet
Said the Dalai Lama Skeleton
Indigestion's watcha get

Said the World Chorus Skeleton
That's their fate
Said the U.S.A. Skeleton
Gotta save Kuwait

(...)
Said the Junkie Skeleton
Can't we get a fix ?
Said the Big Brother Skeleton
Jail the dirty pricks

(...)
Said the NY Time Skeleton
That's not fit to print
Said the CIA Skeleton
Cantcha take a hint ?

Said the Network Skeleton
Believe my lies
Said the Advertising Skeleton
Don't get wise !

Said the Media Skeleton
Believe you me
Said the Couch-potato Skeleton
What me worry ?

Said the TV Skeleton
Eat sound bites
Said the Newscast Skeleton
That's all Goodnight  

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