INTERNATIONAL WASTERS AND DRIFTERS CLUB

est ACAPULCO 1969

 

Old and Gray

 

Now that were Old and Gray

and can arm chair our lives,

its easy to see that we are;

Physically 50,

Mentally Capable,

and Emotionally about the Age

of that Child

Standing in Front of that Imposing Building

that even looks like the 

Brainwashing Factory that it really is.

That place where they separate you

from Your Feelings,

you know - Your Feelings -

The Natural Person you could have been,

instead of all this Neurosis.

Its real easy to see why we love

coffee, tobacco, alcohol, valium, marijuana,

speed, T.V. or any of the other things 

we use to escape from ourselves.

We simply don't know who we are

because of the way they Diverted

our True Selves (Our Feelings) to something

they could fashion to fit there

Industrial, Military Madness Machine.

Consume, Baby, Consume.

And all that consuming is nothing more

than trying to fill that big hole

they left in you when they kept

telling you over and over and over,

Pay Attention in Class,

Don't be Looking Out the Window,

What Page are We on

Quit Passing Notes,

Quit Daydreaming 

like it was something Ugly or Bad.

Trapped in that Authoritarian World,

being to young to realize they were

molding us into good little

soldiers for the next

CIA effort abroad.

God! I could puke every time

I see an Uncle Sam Poster!

Just reminds me I was part of all

that aggression for 19 months

in Vietnam.

I'm really glad I woke up

and saw the truth before I died.

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