Which is worse? The venal lies they feed us? Or our docilely making a meal of them? We'll throw up eventually, don't you think!!?? - Maybe not...

Hey Folks -

Here's the rant from Circus of Cool at Comfest. It seemed to be well-received. It does best if read in time with a slow, dark jazz piece - such as "Monk's Mood."

- Uke Man






I’ve lived a while – long enough
And it’s lookin’ like this place that looked so great
is a dollar short – and a day or two late..

If I’d known that,
I’d’ve lived a wilder life,
Mr. Eubie Blake.

Too much knowledge is a dangerous thing.
That’s why they never tell the kids what’s what;
They’d lose it, and quit shopping

Like there really WAS no tomorrow and
The credit card really WAS a shark.

No … can’t tell the kids.
They wouldn’t believe it anyway.
What with everyday low prices at Wal-Mart

There’s stuff that needs to be owned.
NEEDS to be owned.
Here, in W’s OWNER SHIP society !!

Oh, Captain, my Captain!!
The Owner Ship,
She’s runnin’ on impulse power, Cap’n.

The dilithium crystals are … DEAD.

And in the armory on the hill
Where the Shining City sits,

The American dream is dead
Killed by stupid, greedy shits.

Ronald Reagan’s dead
and I don’t care
And asshole Milton Friedman’s there!!
Hovering in the fog and filthy air.

And round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

The USA has seen its day.
And as Malcolm would say
The chickens are roosting;
There’s hell to pay

And no amount of smashing queers
and single moms and brothers with the mark of Cain
Will EVER make your kingdom-come again.

The dilithium crystals are DEAD.

And in the armory on the hill where
The Shining City sits,
The American dream is DEAD
And flown
And round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, the lone
and level sands stretch far away.