by zhivkov » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:14 am
OE if the following poem doesn't fit this thread please remove it. It mentions the year Zero towards then end, and I thought it would be better with an image from the album or Reznor or something-thanks for the new images!ps OE and Perelandra thank you for your priceless words regarding my lost friend-if I can ever do anything (within my power) for either one of you let me know.Edit:Thanks so much OE! My favorite thread on RI!
"Cointelprose," a poem by John Alejandro King
Cointelprose
If I neither confirm nor deny it
Cointelprose
Someone's sure to buy it
Back in the 50's
The FBI proposed
A new kind of poetry:
Cointelprose
Cointelprose
The moment you conceal it
Cointelprose
Is the moment you reveal it
Then came the 60's
When J.Edgar Hoover chose
To frame a bunch of hippies
Using Cointelprose
What rhymes with Weathermen?
How about Forged-letter-men?
Or: Plant-dope-in-his-sweater-men?
No? Whatever then
Cointelprose
the moment you confess it
Cointelprose
Is the moment you suppress it
On to the 70's
When the government disclosed
It was brainwashing lefties
With Cointelprose
Cointelprose
What rhymes with Black Panther?
I got the anther
Give 'em all canther
Cointelprose
They're trying to tail this poem
To find out where it goes
Well I ain't gonna show 'em
And I can't overthrow 'em
I'll just let this poem show 'em
Cointelprose
The moment it's detected
Cointelprose
Is the moment you're infected
Along came the 80's
When the truth was exposed
That instead of spreading AIDS we
spread Cointelprose
Cointelprose
If I told you, you'd have to kill me
Cointelprose
If I sold you, you'd have to bill me
Cointelprose
If I hold you, you'd have to thrill me
Fast forward to the 90's
A controversy arose
When the CIA was cited
For selling kilos and kilos
of Cointelprose
Cointelprose
If you're a Blactivist
Blow-n-tell-prose
We'll claim you're a Cractivist
Show-n-don't-tell-prose
See, we got our Hacktivists
your files to recompose
Cointelprose
The moment you hate it
Cointelprose
Is the moment you fellate it
Now in the Year Zero
We'd best be on our toes
For all the hippie weirdos
The terrorists and the queer-o's
And even the poets are cleared;so
The end is surely near, no?
For Cointelprose
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zhivkov on Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
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