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By William S. Burroughs
[1914-1997]
You
gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven
deadly sins
Should first sort out the
basic food position
Then start your preaching,
that's where it begins
Your lot who preach restraint
and watch your waist as well
Should learn for once, the
way the world is run
However much you twist or
whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing,
morals follow on
So first make sure that those
who are now starving
Get proper helpings when we
all start carving
What keeps mankind alive?
What keeps mankind alive?
The fact that millions are
daily tortured
Stifled, punished, silenced
and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks
to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity
repressed
And for once you must try not
to shrink the facts
Mankind is kept alive by
bestial acts.
ABOUT:
William Burroughs, right, with Maurice Girodias on Rue Git-Le Coeur, Paris. The street is where the no-star Beat Hotel was located. Home to Burroughs, Ginsberg and other "Beat" era poets in the 50s. |
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