Modern Times

Black power, white power, red power,
Green power - money power,
Hippy power - without shower,
Miniskirts - excessive stimulation,
Malthusian problem - overpopulation,
Changing sexual norms,
No virginity - parental storms,
Love, love, love - birth control pills,
Blood clots, discomfort and some chills,
Religious reforms - God is retired,
Topless habits for nuns,
Maybe the old boy was fired,
Atom bombs and overkill,
Gay excursions to some Iraq hill,
Anthrax bombs for germ warfare,
Napalm spread with loving care,
Have a fried baby, served on toast,
Or a yummy people roast,
Marxist theories, Islamic jazz,
Compassionate Conservatism
Or some other mess,
Fidel Castro or another neurotic,
Or Bush, who is less exotic,
Welfare clients in Cadillacs,
While the middle classes
Join the proletariat,
And everywhere you look,
- nothing but hair,
I see, you feel sick,
Sit down, have a chair,
I'll give you some dope,
And all will seem fair.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz