Angle of Eros

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the ballad of Ivan Schitsky

man things have been fucked up since Obama came in promisin change
they’re bailing out the banksters with billions
where’s my change
they’re bailin out the privateer hucksters with billions
by their very nature they’re not competitive
stealin with state backing
where’s my change
they’re bailin out the corporadoes of City Bank
Merrill Lynch, AIG
with blood money of the very poor
where’s my change
fuck the middle class you’ve always had privilege
and will skate on this too
imagine this, if ya own property ya can write off your taxes
a burden and blood on the backs of the poor
who fight the wars in their name
and take your place on the front lines of war THEY’VE been
conscripted in
your place
what a FUCKIN rigged game
where is any breathing room ANY Freedom for the poor
who are the whores of this whole rigged game
including the Middle class
they’re bailin out millions of Attila the Stockbrokers and their
stockholders all the 401K
middle class asshole stock portfolios
where’s my change
if ya bought into this game you too are guilty
oh what a Quilt we’ve weaved when first we’ve begun to practice how
to deceive
and even AFSCME, SEIU TIAA~ CREP and other progressive unions all
caved  n tried to cash in on this
in their pension backed mutual funds greed ponzy scheme

look around middle class you’re in on this dark scam scheme and
crime, you CREATED the scene of the crime
since late seventies
you made shitloads on your mutual funds and investments totally
protected by tax write offs in this scheme
since Reagan came in you bought in lock(down) stock(portfolio) and
(pork) barrel
and pushed the bubble on this dark violent evil scheme of profits
for thirty years
you sold out and BOUGHT IN to this evil
and you knew
so who wrecked this country
look in the mirror dear middle class friend,
you are a criminal
if you’ve taken a tax write off for any investments in your stock

portfolio
if you’ve taken tax writeoffs for property owned
or taxes paid on this property
then look in the mirror
you’ve helped produce casino capitalism
and the coming zombie banks
Bernie Madoff was something quite small
just a Big me of Mini Me you
the whole system was a ponzy scheme

and poor Ivan Schitsky looks around
and sees other stuff he just shakes his gruff head at

singing fairy tale song from Childhood Billy Goat’s Gruff
can’t put humpty dumpty back together again
capitalism is dead
even tho obamanomics keep saying everything is hunky DORKY

and Schitsky pukes on religious revival of free market religion
Schitsky is spot on
even from the trailer tent on the edge of town
where the gathering millions of homeless
Hover
before they discover their strength and truth and
SPRING INTO ACTION
with THE rallying cry
OVERTHROW!!!!

and Ivan Schitsky can’t believe
when he looks in
on Marxist book discussion groups
and finds AYN Randists posing and posturing as Marxists

ah the old liberal doctrine of “freedom”
and hiding your truth so you won’t have to DO
or be RESPONSIBLE for anything or anyone
and just wash your hands of it all  guilds, guilt and gilded lily
white liberal truth
easy to understand

and all an ILLUSION

of all of this shit
Ivan Schitsky hates hypocrisy the most

it all comes round to the
mantra of Ivan Schitsky
who’s side are you on
who’s side are you on

only YOU can re~write the Ballad of Ivan Schitsky
AHO!

Brothers Karamazov
March 30th
Two Thousand and Nine
Paz Vobiscum
John (Juan Carlos Zapatero) Shumaker
copyleft 2009

Published in the May~June issue 2009 of the North Star Journal,
Toronto, Canada, published simultaneously in 67+ countries.

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“Which Side Are You on?”

Come all of you good workers,
Good news to you I’ll tell,
Of how that good old union
Has come in here to dwell.

cho: Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner,
And I’m a miner’s son(daughter),
And I’ll stick with the union,
Till every battle’s won.

They say in Harlan County,
There are no neutrals there.
You’ll either be a union man(woman),
Or a thug for J.H. Blair.

Oh, workers can you stand it?
Oh, tell me how you can.
Will you be a lousy scab,
Or will you be a man(woman) ?

Don’t scab for the bosses,
Don’t listen to their lies.
Us poor folks haven’t got a chance,
Unless we organize.

Florence Reese

“Harlan County USA”